Lapo Tuak as A Social Interaction Arena in The Batak Community of Toba: Descriptive Study of Lapo Tuak in Belang Malum Village, Sidikalang City

Lapo tuak is a place used for social interaction and gathering. Lapo tuak is synonymouswith the Batak community, especially the Toba Batak community. The Toba Batak ethniccommunity likes to gather while eating together, and in the end it becomes an event for discussion.For most Toba Batak people, lapo tuak is really a place to communicate, let go of longing, a place tomake appointments and it can also be a place to solve problems regardless of social status.Through this research, the researcher wanted to see how the forms of social interaction that tookplace in the tuak lapo and how the behavior of the lapo tuak visitors in the village of BelangMalum. The method used is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The result of this research isthat lapo tuak is a public space that can be used as a place for social interaction. This thesis alsodescribes the forms of social interaction that occur in lapo tuak including cooperation, competition,conflict and accommodation that can occur at certain times and each form of interaction can be inthe form of interactions between individuals and individuals, individuals with groups, and groupswith the group.