The Role of Women in Selected Batak Toba Songs Based On Gender Equality

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to interpret the role of women according to both the children and the women in some selected Batak Toba songs,HNDI, AHDHDA, based on the gender equality. The role of women is a hot issue in both national and international communities for it gives a big influence in both domestic and public work. The researcher of the study takes the selected songs as her main source of data ,and the second ones are from books and internet .The method of the research is qualitative one for she uses interpreting, describing relating to the extrinsic approach .In gathering the data she finds some CD Cassettes and browsing from the internet which is related to the topic, select them ,listen them many times till she is sure enough finding the correct songs ,then analyze them relate to the gender equality theory.