LINGUISTIC EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO SEMIOTIC IN ULOS OF WEDDING CEREMONY OF BATAK TOBA

This study was deal with linguistic expression, in semiotics of ulos in wedding ceremony of bataktoba. This research used qualitative method which concernedwithdevelopingexplanationsof experience or on data. The source of the data was taken from the ulosin wedding ceremony of batak toba which taken from the weaver in Tarutung, and relevant with the transcript of interviewing by three informants with some criterias, that is the most dominant population in three different surename in Tarutung, which the data was taken from the headman of Tarutung, at the age of 45 to 55 years old and have the recognition from each surename. The instruments that is used in this study was tape recorder, camera, and also the book which relevant to the data. In technique of analyzing data, descriptive qualitative data analysis stage is identifying the ornament, reducing the ornament which are not relevant to the wedding ceremony of bataktoba, classifying the ornament, interpreting, analyzing and concluding the findings. There are three kinds of ulos used in wedding ceremony of Batak Toba, they are ulosragidup, ulosragihotang, and ulossadum., with different number of ornaments. Each ulos have topisokkarwhich explain that everything in this world have the limit and the color depend to the ceremony that is performed. In ulosragidup, there are hatirsymbolized of wealth, sigumangsymbolized the hope of the giver of this ulos for the receiver to works right and efficient also, batuniansimun symbolizing the health, sisikniikansymbolizing a good life, tidy life, even in a crowded of life, and alsojungkitsymbolizing in having an organized life well. In ulosragihotangthere are unok-unok,symbolized be a wise person like the humus,andjungkit. In ulossadum, there is torna where this symbol to remind the people that Batak people come from mountain. Each ornament has their own function and meaning, depend to the ceremony, and the giver couldn’t give the ulos as they want.