Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tombs on Samosir Island. Sumatra




Toba Batak are kown for their weaving, wood carving and especially stone tombs.

These days Bataks are Christians but many still practise elements of traditional animist belief and ritual. The old religion of Batak on several main points while sharing an identical concept of the transmigration of the human soul after death.

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