Menhir

'Menhir' in Mandailing

Tympanum Novem film since last week began the cultivation of heritage sites video Mandailing past. Three sites recorded video on Thursday (15/05/2014) site includes the ruins of the temple at Saba Biara, Pidoli; suspected site of the temple ruins in Padang Mardia, Hutasiantar and Menhir Runding a relic of the stone age. These sites are very valuable in exploring the history of civilization Mandailing of the stone age to the era of Hinduism and Islam.

Askolani Nasution of Tympanum Novem Films said that Runding Menhir site is a relic of the stone age, long before humans know the equipment of bronze. At this location they found "a stone seat" with a very simple sculpture, superficial aesthetics, only oriented to the function, not beauty. He believe, this area became the oldest settlement in Mandailing. While the temple ruins in Saba Biara, Pidoli Village, District Panyabungan a temple which was built in the days of the Hindu.

This includes sites that worked at the site of Padang Mardia, Huta Siantar Village, District Panyabungan also showed an age ruins Hindu temple. This location is found at other sites also have a type of stone arabic writing in 264 H, but the functions of these sites is unknown.

Meanwhile, Adip Nasution, Hutasiantar dynasty answer Mandailing Online, Friday stated that based on the statement of an expert archaeologist who visited Hutasiantar in 2008 mentions that in the Hutasiantar once stood a temple to temple Portibi lifetime. The size of the temple was also larger than the size of the temple Portibi.

In addition, working on video footage of the three important sites are, the tympanum also been working on a video recording on the ruins of the temple of Shiva in Simangambat, District Siabu, as well as natural attractions and tourist locations in the District's history Mandailing Natal (Madina).

Determination typology menhir Runding-Mandailing can be seen from the attribute variables like things related to technology, shape, size, and decorative patterns. Menhir classification based on size when linked with decorative patterns, it can be said that there are only a decorative pattern on the menhir menhir medium-sized and large, while the menhir which belong to a small group found no decorative patterns. In artefaktual can be said that the menhir is reviewed based on measurements showed no difference whether or not decoration.

Mandailing community now had a majority converted to Islam, and considers the menhirs surrounding it as a heritage. Menhir is regarded as a sacred and austere to be approached. There's even assume menhir like this illness can be disastrous and so if the object is approached or touched. But over time, especially after the strong teachings of Islam in Mandailing, all the 'myth' that no longer ignored by society. Mandailing megalithic relics in the form of menhirs almost suffered destruction and extinction, that if this situation continues, it will make Mandailing history incomplete. (EN)

Gandoang. June 23, 2014

(from various sources)

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