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A Batak Toba man from Samosir with a hoe over his shoulders, pre-1939. The Toba Batak people (Batak Toba: ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ ᯖᯬᯅ) are the largest ethnic group of the Batak peoples of North Sumatra, Indonesia. The general term ‘Batak’ is sometimes used to refer to the Batak Toba people, for one thing because the Toba people are the largest ...
Batak people in different areas cultivated either sawah (wet rice fields) or ladang (dry rice), and the Toba Batak, most expert in agriculture, must have migrated to meet demand in new areas. The increasing importance of rice had religious significance, which increased the power of the Batak high priests, who had responsibility for ensuring ...
People who are not familiar with the Batak language may erroneously assume Parmalim is the name of the religion rather than its practitioners. At the end of the 19th and in the beginning of the 20th century the Parmalim movement, which originated in Toba lands spread to other areas of the Batak lands.
View history; General ... Toba Batak may refer to: The Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia; The Toba Batak language
Van der Tuuk is probably the first European to see the Lake Toba. Van der Tuuk collected various Batak crafts during his stay between 1851 and 1857, including the Great Pustaha. [1] In 1857, Van der Tuuk was forced to return to Barus after nearly killed by the Sisingamangaraja, the holy priest-king of the Toba Batak people. He went back to the ...
The Angkola (also known as Angkola Batak) people are part of the Batak ethnic group from North Sumatra who live in the South Tapanuli regency. The Angkola language is similar to Mandailing language also with Toba language , but it is sociolinguistically distinct.
Tarombo is a term for genealogy in Batak culture/language. [1] The Batak believe that they all come from the same ancestor: Si Raja Batak, the Batak patriarch. [2] They kept the genealogy line tracing back to this ancestor, called Tarombo Batak. Its origins have been clouded with legends. [clarification needed]
Toba people, indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco in South America; Toba Batak people, a sub-ethnic group of Batak people from North Sumatra, Indonesia; Tuoba (拓拔), an early name for a clan of the Xianbei people in ancient China; Toba Sōjō (1053–1140), Japanese astronomer and artist-monk; Emperor Toba, emperor of Japan