Tabak

The Toba Batak have impressing (re)burial ceremonies. First, the dead person, will be buried in a coffin. After years, the bones that are left will be cleaned and put in stone coffins. These coffins are the from the Old Kings, which bones are still inside.

Day 3 & 4: The Road to Samosir & Lake Toba

July 20th 2015
It was time to leave Medan, and the end destination of Lake Toba should be reached in the beginning of the evening after sunset. In Lake Toba, you can find a huge Island called Samosir where you can meet some traditions of the Toba Batak people. And, it is a very popular holiday place for the Indonesian locals. They are quite surprised that we Western tourist, mostly Dutch, are also visiting Lake ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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