Toba Batak

---

The Batak one of the largest indigenous groups in Indonesia. divided into six groups, the Toba, Pak Pak/Dairi, Karo, Angkola, Mandailing, and Simalungun, and have an estimated total population of 3 million. Traditional communal houses of the Batak have three levels, which correspond, levels of their universe: the upper world, the middle world, and the lower world. High roof represents the upper world, the realm of the gods, Mountainous highlands of northern Sumatra,

---

Size: 5358px × 3516px
Location: The Batak one of the largest indigenous groups in Indonesia. divided into six groups, the Toba, Pak
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19-20th, 3, ancestors, angkola, batak, beautiful, beliefs, century., communal, country, curse, dairi, dead, death, devil, divided, ethnography, groups, house, houses, hs, indigenous, indonesia, karo, lake, largest, levels, located, long, magic, mandailing, million, mystery, mythology, north, occult, pak, population, relief, religion, ritual, roof, simalungun, sorcery, spirits, statue, sumatra, toba, traditional, tribes, village, voices, voodoo, witchcraft, worship