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Year: 2024 | Month: April | Volume: 11 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 428-435

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240447

Form and Meaning of the Nommensen Missionary Monument

Harley S. P Pannjaitan1, Rosita Ginting2, Asni Barus3

1,2,3University of Sumatera Utara

Corresponding Author: Harley S. P Pannjaitan

ABSTRACT

The Nommensen Missionary Monument is a form of honouring or remembering the missionaries who played a role in spreading certain religions or beliefs to areas where the religion was not previously known. The theory used in analysing the data is the semiotic theory proposed by Charles Sander Peirce. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. In this study found the results of 30 types of motif forms, functions and meanings of motifs on the Nommensen Missionary monument, among others, namely, Sumatra Forest Motifs, Huta Sikkola Topas King's House, Batang Toru River and Hariara Tree, War between villages, Nommensen Tells the Bible, Nommensen Prostrates and Prays, makes a cooperation agreement, Nommensen Gathers the King, Shaman Poisoning Nommensen's Food, Buffalo Herder, Mamele Sombaon, Nommensen Baptises Four Couples, Women Pounding Rice, Huta Dame Village in Saitnihuta, Ari Robu Event after Sowing Samai, First Branch of the Church in Saitnihuta, Evangelising Church in Pansurnapitu, Nommensen and Johanes Preaching, Sombaon Natumair, Miss Needham Guiding the Mothers, Pansurnapitu Seminary, Pearaja Church, Election of Elder Candidates¸ HKBP Campus, Graduates, Cross, Angels, Statue of God, Colours on Monuments.

Keywords: monument, religion, semiotics, Batak

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