30 September 2025
Anita Kartika Pasaribu
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FIB USU PR - From Friday, July 25 to Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the University of North Sumatra's PKM-RSH Team conducted research in Bawomataluo Village, Fanayama District, South Nias Regency. The Fato Team, consisting of two students from the USU Faculty of Cultural Sciences, conducted research.
This research is a crucial step in the PKM-RSH. The Fato Team is one of the PKM-RSH USU teams that successfully received funding for the 2025 PKM program, entitled "Exploration of Death Anxiety and Symbolism in the Fangotome'ö Satua Tradition: A Psychological and Semiotic Approach as a Form of Cultural Preservation." The following are the members:
1. Firda Elisa (230701045, Indonesian Literature, team leader)
2. Raisa Irdina Shakila (230705014, English Literature, member)
3. Septry Phosa Bu'ulolo (231301046 Psychology, member)
4. Moses Kriswanto Laowo (231301047, Psychology, member)
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The Fangotome'ö Satua tradition originates from Nias and involves a last supper for parents approaching death, as determined by physical signs such as declining health or serious illness. Through a collaboration with two Psychology students from the University of North Sumatra, this research aims to understand the anxiety experienced by traditional subjects while exploring the symbols found within the tradition based on semiotic analysis.
This research contributes to the preservation of Nias culture, particularly its death traditions, which are increasingly rarely understood in depth. It also encourages the younger generation to re-examine ancestral traditions as part of their cultural identity that needs to be preserved. It is hoped that this research will serve as a starting point for future research on Nias culture, which remains underexplored.
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