Perbandingan Upacara Pernikahan Masyarakat Jepang Secara Shinto dengan Pernikahan Masyarakat Simalungun Secara Kristen Shimarungunzoku No Kirisutokyou No Kekkonshiki To Nihon No Shintou No Kekkonshiki No Jikkou No Hikaku

Abstract

This thesis aims to find out the comparison of the wedding ceremonies of the Japanese people in Shinto and the Simalungun people in Christianity. The data used are some literatures book on Japanese weddings at Takekoma Jinja Shrine in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and Simalungun wedding at GKPS Pamatang Raya 1903, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The research method used is descriptive and data collection with literature studies. The results of this study contain that in the wedding of Japanese people in Shinto, there is a process of organizing wedding ceremonies such as arranging the venue of the wedding ceremony, sanshin, shubatsu, homage by the master of ceremonies, offering (kensen), recitation of prayers (norito), pouring sake, sanken no gi, chanting vows, exchanging rings, musical offerings (gagaku), tamagushi offerings, toast the bride and groom's family sake, retrieval of offerings, final tributes, a word from the master of ceremonies, the handing over of parcels. Simalungun wedding Christianly has a process of organizing such as preparation before going to church, arranging seating, procession, votumintroitus- opening prayer, sermon, wedding blessing, closing prayer and blessing, then congratulations and thanksgiving. The comparison of these two marriages can be seen from the different venues of the wedding. The audience in the wedding ceremony of the Simalungun people, more attended, while in Japan only close relatives and certain people. Both marriages have similarities in procession, vow pronunciation, prayers, exchange of rings and objects. The context of Japanese and Simalungun society is different because the views of Japanese society are inversely proportional to the Simalungun people on how important marriage is.