PERAN NINIK MAMAK DALAM PELAKSANAAN PERKAWINAN DI NAGARI SIMPANG LAMA INDERAPURA KECAMATAN PANCUNG SOAL KABUPATEN PESISIR SELATAN

Abstract

In managing the administration of marriage, in addition to the conditions
stipulated in the Marriage Law in Nagari Simpang Lama Inderapura, the
prospective bride and groom who are about to marry must be granted the written
approval for marry from the Ninik Mamak. This requirement is based on the
additional rules of Nagari Simpang Lama Inderapura which require written
approval from the Ninik Mamak for the marriage of his nephew's child that took
place before they register their marriage to the authorized Office of Religious
Affairs. Without the written approval from the ninik mamak, the Walinagari office
as the party to create the marriage recommendation letter for the KUA will not
further process the administration of the marriage file before the marriage permit
is completed from the ninik mamak.
The purpose of this study was to find out the implementation of marriage
in Nagari Simpang Lama Inderapura and to find out the role of ninik mamak in
marriages in Nagari Simpang Lama Inderapura. The type of research for this
thesis is sociological legal research, namely research conducted directly on
location or in the field to obtain data to provide an overview completely and
clearly about the problem under study. The location of this research was
conducted in Nagari Simpang Lama Inderapura. Data collection techniques in
this study were interviews and literature review. The collected data is then
analyzed qualitatively using the deductive method, namely drawing conclusions
from things that are general in nature to be specific.
From the results of the research conducted, it can be concluded that
first.in the marriage administration needs, aside of the conditions stipulated in the
Marriage Law, every niece's who is about to marry in Nagari Simpang Lama
Inderapura need to seeking for a written marriage approval from the ninik
mamak. In practice, without a marriage license from the ninik mamak, the KUA
will refuse to carry out the marriage because this marriage license is as important
as other marriage conditions. Second,the role of the ninik mamak in marriage aas
a tribal or clan leader cannot be ignoret. Because in marriage will not take place
without the knowledge and permission of the ninik mamak.

Keywords: Marriage - Ninik Mamak - Administrative Requiremen