TRADITION AND MODERNIZATION-BASED CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF HUTA “TRADITIONAL RESIDENCES” OF TOBA BATAK AT TIPANG VILLAGE, BAKTIRAJA DISTRICT, HUMBANG HASUNDUTAN REGENCY LAKE TOBA AREA

Abstract

This study aims to find changes in the pattern of huta “traditional residences” of the Toba Batak in Tipang Village, as one of the tourist destinations at Lake Toba area. The traditional residence at Tipang Village is named as huta which is geographically located at the edge of Lake Toba. This study uses phenomenological paradigm, qualitative design with interactive model. The result of the research on changes in the pattern of traditional residences show some main changes in the pattern of traditional residences. There is a physical change in the pattern of the traditional residences, namely changes to the entrance, which used to be the entrance leading to the "Tipang" mountain, but the entrance to several traditional residences has already led to the main road. It is relatedly due to the change from traditional beliefs to modern beliefs. In line with changes in the shape of the traditional residences, the shape of the house has also undergone a very drastic change. Almost no longer traditional houses are built such as ruma and sopo, but emper houses “wooden houses with empty space below” or houses with cement floors, either “half stone” or “permanent stone” are built. For local people, this last type of the house is called a modern house. Changes in the pattern of traditional residences show that the factors that cause these changes are the opposition of tradition to modernization or that of collectivism to individualism coming into the traditional residences at Tipang Village, Baktiraja District, Humbanghasundutan Regency, Lake Toba area.