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Utilization of Keyboard Drums at the Karo Ethnic Youth Year Work Party in Mardinding Village, Mardingding District, Karo Regency Immanuel Sinaga; Emmi Simangunsong; Happy Majesty Waruwu
Musica: Journal of Music Vol 5, No 2 (2025): MUSICA : JOURNAL OF MUSIC
Publisher : Institut Seni Indonesia Padangpanjang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26887/musica.v5i2.5990

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This study discusses the use of keyboard drums at the Karo ethnic youth work party in Mardingding Village, Mardinding District, Karo Regency. This study uses descriptive qualitative research. The results of the study indicate that the use of keyboard drums is currently used in almost every Karo ethnic activity or traditional ceremony, because the keyboard is a digital musical instrument with a music program (style) that can produce sounds like the Karo ethnic traditional instrument, the five sendalanen drum. The functions contained in this year's work party are the function of music as an aesthetic appreciation, the function of music as entertainment, the function of music as an emotional expression, the function of music as a means of communication, the function of music as a physical reaction, the function of music as related to social norms, the function of music as a sustainable contribution, the function of music as social integration. This event was held to unite residents in Mardingding District, Tanjung Pamah Village, Bandar Purba Village, and Lau Solu Village
Analysis Song Lyrics Of Towi-Towi As Social Criticism In Nias Society Happy Majesty Waruwu; Kartini R.M. Manalu; Emmi Simangunsong
Jurnal Seni Musik Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): December, 2025
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/jsm.v14i2.36456

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This study explores the meaning of the song Towi-Towi, composed by Piet Harefa, as a form of social criticism against the customary marriage law (fondrakö) of the Nias people. Written in the 1960s and later popularized by Ayu Zega in 2014, the song reflects the social struggles of Nias women who face difficulties in marriage due to the high böwö (bridewealth) determined by bosi (social status) within the traditional system. The research adopts a qualitative descriptive method supported by discographic study, literature review, and observation. Schleiermacher’s hermeneutic theory serves as the analytical framework to interpret the composer’s intention and to uncover the symbolic meanings embedded in the lyrics. The use of personification through the towi-towi bird, a local symbol of good news, becomes a poetic device through which Piet Harefa expresses the anxiety, hope, and criticism toward rigid customary norms. The findings reveal that Towi-Towi functions not merely as entertainment but as a medium of reflection and social protest that exposes gender inequality, materialism, and the moral burden imposed by the fondrakö system. The song also portrays the paradox between cultural pride and socio-economic suffering, especially among men who must comply with the demanding expectations of the traditional marriage structure. As a cultural text, Towi-Towi represents a form of musical resistance that questions the moral and ethical relevance of traditional values in a changing modern context. Thus, the song embodies both aesthetic and socio-political significance in the collective consciousness of Nias society. 
Co-Authors Emmi Simangunsong Emmi Simangunsong Immanuel Sinaga Kartini R.M. Manalu