Karo people (Indonesia)
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The Karo people are one of the sub-ethnic groups of the Batak people, found mainly in Tanah Karo of North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Karo lands consist of Karo Regency, plus neighboring areas in Southeas
A newly-married Karonese couple dressed in Karo traditional outfit (2010), the wedding ceremony called as Erdemu Bayu in local Karonese language.
Traditional longhouses at a Karo village near Lake Toba, circa 1870.
A Karonese woman wears a shawl (Gatip Ampar) over her shoulders and earrings (Padung Perak), while the man is likely wearing a Julu Berjongkit or Ragi Santik as a hip covering. The photo was taken in one of the villages in Karo Regency, around 1914-1919
Traditional Karo priest.
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.