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Marriage is a very sacred thing in human life, therefore everyone strives to carry out the marriage ritual with the hope of securing happiness and producing offspring that would be useful to family, society and the State. This would make them live in harmony with the help of Almighty God. This study is a descriptive normative study whose data was collected by interview method. The study also made use of observation, the data for which were collected from primary and secondary data sources. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants of the study. The results of the study showed that in marriages of the indigenous Batak Toba people, the purpose of marriage is to obtain offspring and obtain happiness by carrying out marriage traditions based on religious and customary procedures. This does not include marriages carried out in the Civil Registry. Children born to the marriage are considered to be legitimate children and get positions as biological children and as heirs, descendants and successors. Although positive legal regulations require registration of the marriage and if there is a policy from the government, Batak Toba indigenous people remain loyal and obedient to fulfill it especially for the future of the child, because anakkoki do hamoraon in au (my child is my wealth). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is natural for human beings to hope that their married life will run smoothly and be full of happiness even though at times the reality they face could be far from what is expected, with some marriages witnessing lies, deceit and continuous violence. This research is a descriptive normative research with data sources that are both secondary and primary in nature. The results show that despite the existence of Law No. 23 of 2004 which regulates the elimination of domestic violence, domestic violence still thrives. It was observed that the regulation was greatly overlooked because of the strong influence of the Batak culture which was able to create the character of the Batak Toba tribe woman who always maintained the integrity of her household for family honor and natolu from both parties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on analyzing the construction of a patriarchal culture of women in Nias in interpreting lakhõmi. Topics include construction of a patriarchal culture in Nias creating the inequality between men and women so that women being considered to be the second class; and culture becoming more complete when men as property collectors needed rules required for having other rules governing the inheritance rights.