Pelaksanaan Adat Margondang pada Pesta Pernikahan: Pergumulan antara Nilai Luhur Budaya dan Tuntutan Prakmatis

The custom of margondang is commonly carried out in traditional marriages of the South Tapanuli people. Margondang is a ceremony that has noble cultural values. However, the current implementation is inserted with things that erode these cultural values. This study aims to describe the cultural values of the margondang custom and to analyze the law of the implementation of the margondang custom at the wedding ceremony of the people of South Tapanuli. Doctrinal law research with a coceptual approach. The results showed that the margondang custom is a means of transforming moral messages such as procedures for forming a happy family in the world and endings. The implementation of the margondang custom in South Tapanuli is not prohibited in the texts or the opinions of the scholars. Based on this provision, the jumhur ulama allows the implementation of traditional wedding ceremonies that are clean from the elements of immorality.