Traditional Marriage Society Minahasa Ethnic Sub Tountemboan (Phenomenologist Study of Customary Marriages System Minahasa in the Village Raanan Lama Subdistrict West Motoling South Minahasa District)

Marriage in view of the Minahasa community as noble and sacred event because it brings and confound two large families that previously had no family relationship to be just one big family. The mating process of the sons and daughters of two families who do not have any family relationship is a process of building a new family of two families which is separated without kinship. Marriage binds two large families became one big family new belt by the basic values of family and customary laws are adhered together. The importance of this study is to describe and analyze the background of changes in marriage customs sub-ethnic Minahasa people in the village TountemboanRaanan Lama, District Motoling West, South Minahasa regency. Research on traditional marriage Minahasa sub-ethnic society Tountemboan using qualitative descriptive approach, with the grounded theory method because in this study the researchers tried to construct a theory based on the data that exist in the field. This study uses a qualitative approach descriptive because in this study the researchers sought to gain a deeper understanding of the implementation of sub-ethnic marriage TountemboanMinahasa community. Based on the above discussion, it can be concluded that changes in marriage customs are covering procedure, the process of making a proposal, objects in Minahasa marriage customs as a result of blending traditional and modern elements. It is also because it is influenced by the lifestyle of the people in Minahasa highly developed that affect the implementation of Minahasa traditional wedding ceremony, unite the whole process of marriage ceremonies performed in just one day. The process of change in marriage customs is heavily influenced by the lifestyle of the people who are cultural, interactional, and structural. Background of cultural change in the tradition of marriage customs of the Minahasa community Sub Ethnic Tountemboan occur due to contact with another culture, education, religion, government policies and tolerance of perversity. Followed by patterns of communication, advances in technology, media, and education plays an important role on the occurrence of a change in the traditional marriage procession Minahasa community. With the channel change resulted in a change of Minahasa traditional marriage. So generally concluded that the changing patterns of traditional marriage procession through displacement, assimilation and cultural acceptance of others, because of their contact with other cultures, development of education, religious norms and policies in society