期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：78-84
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：The present paper tries to explore how a triangular social relationship works and why it has been maintained until now. By examining dalihan na tolu as a social foundation and by interviewing some figures of Mandailing’s culture it is found out that the triangular relationship which is based on marriage consist of kahanggi (one or a group of people deriving from the same ancestor), mora (one or a group of people from whom the kahanggi gets a wife) anak boru (one or a group of people to whom the kahanggi gives a wife). The relationship among the members of kahanggi is based on intimacy, the relationship between kahanggi and his mora is based on honour and the relationship between mora and his anak boru is based on affection. The status of mora and anak boru is not fixed but it may change depending on the marriage condition. If one gives a daughter to somebody, he becomes a mora and if he takes a daughter from somebody else, he becomes an anak boru. Only the status of kahanggi which never changes. In this way the dalihan natolu social network becomes bigger and bigger and unites more and more people.
关键词：anak boru; dalihan na tolu; kahanggi; mora; triangular social relationship
