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Sejarah dan Pemanfaatan Gordang Sambilan dalam Adat Mandailing Natal Sakinah Nasution; Laila Rohani; Franidya Purwaningtyas
Local History & Heritage Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021)
Publisher : Medan Resource Center

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (689.651 KB) | DOI: 10.57251/lhh.v1i2.95

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This study aims to determine the history of Gordang Sambilan in Mandailing Natal and the development of Gordang Sambilan music from pre-Islamic until now. The benefit of this research can provide input and considerations for the management of the Mandailing Natal District Tourism and Culture Office. Cultural theory as material for this study. The anthropological approach used in this study because it examines the development of culture in historical studies. Historical methods such as source collection, verification, interpretation and history are used in this research with the form of qualitative research and carried out by using data collection techniques Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The research location is in Mandailing Natal Regency, especially in Panyabungan Mandailing Natal, Department of Tourism and Culture, and Education Office of Mandaling Natal Regency. The results of the study determine the history of the birth of a typical musical instrument from Mandailing Natal, namely the Gordang Sambilan, and its use in the traditional Mandailing Natal. Musical instruments with distinctive characteristics that have reached the immediate future and the developments that have been passed from pre-Islamic to the present are marked by changes in terms of making Gordang Sambilan and the basic materials are different but the meaning and sound that are issued remain the same.
The Tapai Festival as the Cultural Heritage of the Malay Community of Batu Bara: Historical Reconstruction and Analysis of Its Social Meaning Farhana Aziz Batu Bara; Laila Rohani
Local History & Heritage Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.57251/lhh.v6i1.2004

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This study examines the Tapai Festival as a cultural heritage of the Malay community in Batu Bara Regency by focusing on its historical reconstruction and symbolic social meaning within a changing socio-cultural context. This study uses a qualitative method with a historical approach and field studies. Data were obtained through observation, interviews, and literature studies related to Malay traditions and culture. The findings reveal that the Tapai Festival operates as a symbolic cultural system in which food practices function as a medium of social negotiation, reinforcing kinship-based reciprocity and collective memory rather than merely strengthening community solidarity. This tradition reflects structured patterns of togetherness and mutual cooperation that institutionalize intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge through ritualized practices. The study argues that the Tapai Festival constitutes an intangible cultural heritage that sustains Malay cultural identity in Batu Bara while offering a conceptual contribution to understanding how local traditions function as adaptive cultural mechanisms in response to modern social transformations.