Barus
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Barus is a town and kecamatan in Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Historically, Barus was well known as a port town or kingdom on the western coast of Sumatra wher
The beach at Barus
Tamil Indonesians
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Tamil Indonesians are persons from Indian Tamil ancestry living in Indonesia. Majority of them live in Medan in North Sumatra while there are small community in other parts of the country such as Jaka
Tamil devotees in Mariamman Temple, Medan.
A group of Tamil workers were brought from India by the Dutch for working on plantation sectors in Medan, 1920s.
Indian settlement in Padang, the settlers mainly are Tamil descent, circa 1900s
Thaipusam celebration in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia, 2016. The devotee piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with Vel as symbol of honoring to the Tamil God of Murugan