摘要：Marriage is a transitional period in human life. Ngada society’s marital system inInelika village based rang (social strata) that are inherited form generation to generation.Over the times, where rang existence changed so that there was marital exogamy rang. Theaim of this research is to explore the ideal marriage of Ngada society in Inelika village, thepatterns of endogamy and exogamy marriage rang, and the implications and the factors thatinfluence marital exogamy rang. The data used in the this study is qualitative data with theprimary and secondary data source. The theory used in this study is the structural functionaltheory of Talcot Parson,s is well known paradigm of four functions, namely AGIL andRobert K. Merton’s theory of real functions (manifest) and the function hidden (latent).Theconcepts of this research is, marriage, exogamy rang, and marital exogami rang.Ngada society’s ideal marriage in Inelika village is endogamy rang and this revealedin the phrase buri peka naja logo bei ube. The process of marital endogamy rang namely,papa moni tewe nenu, and zeza. Marital exogamy rang in Inelika village is influenced bymedia technology factors, the absence of cultural transmission, and a shift in values andnorms in society. Marital exogamy has impliclations for the rigts and obligation of the peoplein the Ngada society in Inelika village.
