The cultural identity of Batak Toba university students in Medan

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  • Meutia Nauly Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
  • Vivi Fransisca Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.24854/jpu29

Keywords:

cultural identity, Batak Toba culture

Abstract

The phenomenon that underlies the condition of Batak students who grew up in the city of Medan, which no longer uses the language batak, even with their own families, and a lack of understanding for the value of the main culture Bataknese, namely Hamoraon, Hagabeon and Hasangapon and understanding Dalihan na tolu as a concept family relationship in the Batak, raised a main concern of this study. This was a non-experimental and comparison study that aimed to find differences of cultural identity, which consists various aspects, including: perception, importance, esteem, maintenance and behavioral expression, on Batak Toba students who enrolled at the University of North Sumatra, in terms of where the subjects were raised. Results of the data analysis showed the existence of significant difference of the cultural identity in student’s Batak Toba, who enrolled at the University of North Sumatra, in terms of where the subject was raised – between the ones who were born and raised in Batak Toba and within the city of Medan. The results shows that cultural identity of students who were born and raised in Batak Toba tends to be stronger than the one possessed by students who were born and raised from the city of Medan. It expressed the need to keep transmitting these values to the younger generation, so that these values remain intact.

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2015-01-01

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Nauly, M., & Fransisca, V. (2015). The cultural identity of Batak Toba university students in Medan. Jurnal Psikologi Ulayat, 2(1), 364–380. https://doi.org/10.24854/jpu29

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