ESTETIC VALUE OF PANTUN IN NIKAH KAHWIN TRADITION, MELAYU TANJUNG COMMUNITY, BALAI, SUMATERA UTARA

This study aims to look at the aesthetic value of the marriage tradition rhyme kahwin masyarakat Melayu TANJUNG BALAI. Malay Society TANJUNG BALAI uses pantun in the kiddah marriage tradition that has been started from the mid-19th century until now. This study uses the literary aesthetic theory proposed by Haji Muhammad Salleh to analyze. The various forms of inquiry in this study are qualitative descriptive. This study uses four data collection techniques, namely direct review, chat gathering, documentation, and literature review.The study found that the marriage tradition of the Malay community of TANJUNG BALAI through lapan stages, namely merisik, proposing marriage, engaged in marriage, delivered deliveries, marriage contracts, marriage breaks, marches, march and side-by-side. The conclusion of this study is the pantun found in accordance with the characteristics and shape of the pantun.The results showed that more than half of the adaptation of menopausal psychology was in the less category (60.3%), less than half the age of this category (39.7%), more than half of the mother's income was low (55.1%), less than half of nulliparous parity and primipara (43.6%). It was concluded that there was a relationship between the age of marriage and adaptation of menopausal psychology (ρ 0.023). Keywords: Marriage, Revenue, Parity, Tanjung Bala