About Batak Tribe

ULOS is the traditional cloth of Batak's Tribe

The traditional house of Batak's tribe

The Well known Lake Toba.
The pride lake for Batak tribe and also Indonesia

Indonesia is a country with so many traditions and tribes. One of those tribes is BATAK and I'm proud to inform you that I came from this tribe. If you see the lake as seen above is the homegrown of Batak tribe, but indeed is not only around this lake where the batak tribe came from. There are some other area which are not show in this article.

As a tribe, Batak has many customs, such as the custom for wedding, mortality, etc. The clothes that showed in this picture is a clothes that we used to have in our tribe activities. We wear it by putting it on our left shoulder (man and women). The length of that clothe usually around 2,5 meters and it made from special strings. And the price is variety depends on how many colors will use or also the design.

Compare to other tribes in Indonesia, Batak people well known as a strong willing peoples. They won't give up just like before they get what they dream about. And also well known as iron willed peoples especially to bring their family (kids) to become a good people, have good education, etc. Most of Batak tribe are Christiant. Batak land was the first land where the well known evangelize Nommensen brought the Gospel.

Batak tribe also has a kind of traditional house (as seen on the picture). It made from woods and it a kind of stage house with vault under the house and usually this vault is like their barn and hedge for their livestock such as pig, cow, etc. Yes, it sounds ridiculous but that's the truth.

Look what God has done to us! Isn't it awesome? Yes, it is! Praise the Lord...