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Sangihe is an archipelago located in North Sulawesi Province, which has a variety of oral literature. Oral
literature known by the Sangihe community comes in the form of old poetry and prose. One of the
Sangihe literature known by the Sangihe community is

Sasalamate

especially

Sasalamate Tamo

Sasalamate Tamo

is one of the various forms of literary prose. According to Nurgiyantoro (2007: 2) the term prose in
literature is also called fiction, narrative text, or narrative discourse.

Sasalamate Tamo

contains prayers, advice and requests for safety at all forms of community activities in Sangihe. Oral
literature

Sasalamate Tamo

used in various traditional ceremonies of the Sangihe community. One of the Sangihe community
ceremonies which is in its implementation stage is using

Sasalamate Tamo

is a traditional ceremony

tulude

.Traditional ceremonies

tulude

or

menulude

is a traditional ceremony of the Sangihe community that has become an obligation for the Sangihe
community to be held every year, precisely on every January 31st. Traditional ceremonies

tulude

carried out with the intention of asking for protection and giving thanks for God's blessings and gifts in
the past year and new year. Traditional ceremonies

tulude

it consists of several stages.

The stages in the traditional ceremony

tulude

that is,

mengensomahe sake

(picking up guests),

sake sake

(inviting guests to sit on the ward),

Manegong Tamong Banua

(delivery of traditional cakes

Tamo

),

tatuwang tamo

(cutting custom cakes

Tamo

),

advance

(blessing)

evacuate

(closing) and the final stage viz

mening sake

(escort guests). From several stages of traditional ceremonies

tulude

above,

Sasalamate Tamo

spoken at a stage

tatuwang tamo

(cutting custom cakes

Tamo

). The person who utters

This Tamalamate Tamo

, is called

Matimade

(adat holders). At this stage, narrative

Sasalamate Tamo

accompanied by cuts

Tamo

(Sangihe traditional cake). The language used in speech

SasalamateTamo

this is Sangihe language

Sasahara

.Traditional ceremonies

tulude

and

Sasalamate Tamo

is one form of Sangihe society that really needs to be maintained in Sangihe society. This is because in
traditional ceremonies

tulude

and

Sasalamate Tamo

there are values that are very important to the Sangihe community. In addition, by maintaining the
existence of traditional ceremonies

tulude

and

Sasalamate Tamo

, it can also indirectly maintain the existence of language use

Sasahara

which is currently no longer used by the Sangihe community, especially in the North Tabukan District. To
maintain the existence of traditional ceremonies

tulude
and

Sasalamate Tamo,

of course it must be understood first the meaning of traditional ceremonies

tulude

and

Sasalamate Tamo

. Good meaning of the language used in

tulude

and

Sasalamate Tamo

as well as the traditional instruments used.

However, in reality the Sangihe community, especially in the North Tabukan sub-district, lacked
understanding of the meaning of language

Sasahara

which is used in

Sasalamate Tamo

, as well as traditional tools used in traditional ceremonies

tulude

especially at the customary cake cutting stage

Tamo

. Language

Sasahara

and the traditional instruments used are symbols that are less understood by the Sangihe people, in the
North Tabukan. Symbols consist of two types namely verbal symbols and nonverbal symbols. Verbal
symbols are expressed in the form of language, while nonverbal symbols can be realized in body
movements, gestures, actions, appearances, which are intended to convey meaning as messages to
others (Woods in Dharmojo, 2005: 32). The focus of this research is the meaning of verbal symbols. The
lack of public understanding of the meaning of verbal symbols in
Sasalamate Tamo

this, too, indirectly, made the Sangihek people especially in the North Tabukan Subdistrict not
understand the values contained in

Sasalamate tamo

Therefore, to understand the meaning of verbal symbols in oral literature

Sasalamate Tamo,

needs to be assessed using a theory that discusses symbols. One theory that discusses symbols is the
semiotic theory. Semiotics is the study of signs in human life (Hoed, 1991: 3). Based on the above facts,
the authors are interested in conducting research with the formation of the title "

Verbal symbol

Sasalamate Tamo

in a Traditional Ceremony

Tulude

in the North Taboo Subdistrict of Sangihe Regency "

The Meaning of Symbols is the meaning of the conventions in the symbol user community itself. The
meaning of the symbol intended in this study is the meaning of the verbal symbols contained in the text

Sasalamate Tamo

.2

. Sasalamate Tamo

is one of the Sangihe regional oral literature in the form of prayer, advice and requests for salvation
which were told in the procession

TatuwangTamo

or cutting

Tamo

(traditional cake) in a traditional ceremony

tulude

Sasalamate Tamo intended in this study is

SasalamateTamo

which has been transcribed into text

. Tulude

or

menulude

derived from the word "

Suhude "or" menuhude

which means "reject" or "refuse

"

Tulude

what is meant in this research is a traditional ceremony carried out by the Sangihe community, to give
thanks for all the gifts of God in the past year and ask for grace, and God's protection in the new year.
Thus, in this study the meaning of oral literary symbols

Sasalamate

at a traditional ceremony

tulude

interpreted as a study that discusses and reveals the meanings of each verbal symbol in

Sasalamate Tamo

(prayer of salvation),

at a traditional ceremony

tulude

as an ancestral cultural heritage that has important value for the Sangihe community