Some traditions are good but some traditions are only spend much money and burden the people. Moreover, some traditions are against religion.
Just like an archaeologist
Batak is one of the tribes in Indonesia. It has tradition which is similar to what the archaeologists do. Batak people have family names and every family name have to make their forefathers monument.
For example : The family name is Tobing. The people who have Tobing as their last name gather in their forefather cemeteries. They dig the cemeteries and take the forefather bones. The bones are carried to the place where they will set up a monument. They do ceremony and dance traditional dance. All these process take one or two weeks and spent much money. Why do they do this? Because they think their forefather are able to give blessings. I disagree with this opinion.
Son is more special than daughter.
There is an opinion among Batak people that son is more special than daughter. This opinion exist because a son will generate whereas daughter not. If a woman can not give birth a son, the people think the woman is not perfect as a woman. I think a woman can not choose to give birth a girl or a boy.This opinion become tradition.
Wedding party or death ceremony.
The people who are not from batak culture will be confused to see these two traditions.
“Is it a wedding party?” But I read ‘Condolence’ in the flowered board,” said a woman to her husband while they were passing a batak death ceremony(before the funeral).
“No, it’s a death ceremony. All the people are wearing black dress,”replied her husband .
At a glance, wedding party and death ceremony in Batak are similar. There are a group of music, traditional dance and dishes in both of these two events. But, the most confusing thing is the tradition to serve people who come to the death ceremony with some dishes.The dishes are similar to the dishes in wedding party. It means the family of the dead person still be burdened by the tradition to serve some dishes in their sorrow.
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