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Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, Angkola, Mandailing [5] and related ethnic groups with distinct languages and traditional customs .
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 sub-group of the Batak ethnicity, for another because they tend to self ...
Armijn Pane; Dewi Lestari; Iwan Simatupang; Mochtar Lubis; Merari Siregar, author of the first novel written in Indonesian. [1]Muhammad Kasim Dalimunte, author of the first short story collection in the Indonesian literary canon.
The Batak people consists of several ethnic groups, each with its own clans, which identifies ancestry and social relationships. The term is derived either from the Sanskrit varga , meaning company, party, or group, or, more likely, [ 1 ] from the Sanskrit marga , meaning 'road, way or path', referring to a people of 'one origin'.
A Simalungun museum in Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.. Long before Dutch colonialism was established in North-East Sumatra, people now known collectively as Batak Timur (Eastern Batak) claimed the area as their original homeland, for example, Sin Raya (Raya's peoples), Sin Silou (Silou's peoples), Sin Bandar (Bandar's peoples), and so forth.
A pupuk (magical substance) container, attribute of a datu (Batak medicine man), is often carved with an image of the singa, sometimes with other figures mounting on it. Singa is an apotropaic figure from the mythology of the Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. The singa represents a benevolent and protective power.
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Angkola people Batak Angkola / ᯅᯖᯄ᯦᯲ ᯀᯰᯄ᯦ᯬᯞ Total population; 1,238,000 [1] Regions with significant populations Indonesia (South Tapanuli Regency of North Sumatra) Languages; Angkola language, Toba language: Religion; Sunni Islam 95%, Christianity 5%: Related ethnic groups; Toba Batak people, Mandailing people, Simalungun ...