Batak
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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 and parts of adjacent provinces, Indonesia, who speak the Batak
Toba Batak male and female wearing traditional clothes
A traditional Toba Batak house (see Batak architecture).
Bark book with charms written in native Batak script, 1910.
Traditional boat (c. 1870), photograph by Kristen Feilberg.
Indonesia
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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising between 13,000 and 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Jav
Batak
…term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra and parts of adjacent provinces, Indonesia, who speak the Batak languages. The term always includes the Toba, Karo, Simalungun, Pakpak-Dairi, Angkola and Mandailing, as well as other related…
A prehistoric animal figure in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, estimated to be more than 40,000 years old.
An 1835 painting of the submission of Prince Diponegoro to General De Kock at the end of the Java War in 1830
Indonesian nationalists riding through the streets, November 1945
Damage following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Banda Aceh, January 2005