Track: Case Studies

Abstract

Indonesia has a multicultural culture and culture as an ancestral heritage that must be preserved. Culture can be used as a noble national identity. One of them is the Karo tribe on the island of Sumatra, especially North Sumatra. The Karo indigenous people still carry out their noble cultural rituals. Because in the beginning before their religion existed, animism and dynamism or what was called parmalim were their beliefs. In this mini-research, the authors looked at the stretching culture of communication interactions carried out by the Karo tribe to the creators who were able to control the rain by giving requests as outlined in rituals and prayers called Ndilo wari udan. How transcendental communication is carried out by them to the creator as a form of interaction that can be seen from a communication perspective. This study looks at the perspective of transcendental communication, although rituals in communication interactions can also be seen from the cultural communication approach. The observations show that the traditional ceremonies performed by the Karo tribe as a form of the Karo community have a transcendental communication model towards their God. Observations are made by looking at data taken from several sources, including videos and images published in online news, as well as non-commercial videos.