PERUBAHAN KEDUDUKAN PEREMPUAN DALAM SISTEM PEWARISAN MASYARAKAT SUKU BATAK DI KECAMATAN SEMATANG BORANG KOTA PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- The purpose of this study is to obtain a description of the changes that occur in the position of women in the Batak tribe's traditional inheritance system. This change in the position of women occurred in the Sematang Borang Subdistrict, Palembang City. This study uses the Social Change Theory from Robert K. Merton. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques carried out are by interview observation, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that there has been a change in the inheritance system in Batak people who have moved from their original place, which initially requires men to be heirs while women who are not heirs now have a similar position to men and women in the inheritance system. in the Batak community. The process of change that occurs includes conformity and innovation and does not exist in ritualism. The source of the changes is that the Batak women have higher education and have mixed marriages with people outside the Batak. So that women then have the same rights in the heirs in the form of houses, money and jewelry. Keywords: Toba Batak Indigenous Peoples, Inheritance System, Change in Women's Position.