IDENTIFIKASI DAN PEMAKNAAN SIMBOL-SIMBOL PADA GAMBAR CADAS DI NGALAU TOMPOK SYOHIAH I, NAGARI SITUMBUK, SUMATERA BARAT

Abstract

Ngalau Tompok Syohiah I has an indications of being a temporary shelter related to special pilgrimage activities such as meditation relating to the old beliefs (Pre-Islam), seeking mysticism, and seclusion to deepen Islamic teachings in the past, and pay vows.The material culture that is a speciality of the Ngalau Tompok Syohiah I are pictures and texts written in white media (type of chalk). Qualitative research methods use inductive reasoning by observing both the unit and the context. One of the techniques used to copying the shape of an image or read a script found on the wall of Ngalau Tompok Syohiah I uses the Inkscape program, then describes and analyzes the form. This article is intended to find out the meaning of symbols on rock art on the walls of Ngalau Tompok Syohiah I, then to find out the cultural background of humans who used the cave in the past. Some symbols are identified as images similar to rock art on prehistoric sites in the archipelago, indicative of post-Palawa characters, and Arabic and Arabic-Malay characters. The pictures and writing overlap and many wear out so that some have not been identified yet. Until now this cave was sacred and is still a special place of pilgrimage. Symbols of rock art are associated with the context of the cave space, as well as other archeological remains such as their menhirs and graves, describing the religion adopted by people who have come to the cave, and related to agricultural livelihoods.