Comparison of Lament Songs in the Old Testament and the Andung Andung in the Toba Batak Culture

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10.2991/assehr.k.200311.034How to use a DOI?

Keywords

comparison, lamentation, andung andung

Abstract

This study aims to find out the song of Lament in the Old Testament; know the Andung Andung in the Toba Batak culture; know the similarities and differences in the content, meaning and purpose of lament songs in the Old Testament and Andung Andung in the Toba Batak culture. Singing lament or mangandung is one of the unique cultural heritages in the Toba Batak community. Andung is usually sung by a professional singer to tell the good deeds of someone who has died, also to express the sadness and sorrow of the family left behind. However, in reality the practice of the Mangandung culture has begun to be rarely practiced among Batak people today, the AndungAndung tradition is endangered. Many factors are considered to be the cause of the extinction of this andung andung, according to the researchers themselves one of the main contributing factors is the prohibition of the church to conceive because it is considered contrary to the teachings of Christianity. It is very urgent and urgent to revive the song of lamentations in the Old Testament which is implied in the worship of believers, as urgent and urgent to civilize the andungandung in the Toba Batak culture as a cultural heritage that is priceless. The culture of lamenting in the midst of the Christian congregation also needs to be implied, although it requires a deeper study of the models, patterns, and mourning mechanisms in the midst of worship.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Herdiana br Sihombing
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/13
TI  - Comparison of Lament Songs in the Old Testament and the Andung Andung in the Toba Batak Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education, Society, Economy, Humanity and Environment (ICESHE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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