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A traditional house in Mandailing Natal Regency.. The Mandailing (also known as Mandailing Batak) people are an ethnic group in Sumatra, Indonesia that is commonly associated with the Batak people.
Its administrative centre is the port of Teluk Dalam. Apart from the southern portion of Nias Island , the regency also includes the smaller Batu Islands (Pulau Pulau Batu) to the south, lying between Nias and Siberut ; these islands occupy nearly half of the land area of the Regency, but have just 9% of its population.
Sumatra [a] (/ s ʊ ˈ m ɑː t r ə /) is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km 2 (182,812 mi. 2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago.
The other lanjar are used as a common area, called the labuah gajah (elephant road), for living and ceremonial events. A number of rice barns ideally accompany a rumah gadang, with each having a different name and function. The rangkiang sitinjau lauik, contains rice for the family, particularly for adat ceremonies.
The best known surfing area is Sorake Bay, close to the town of Teluk Dalam, on the southern tip. This is enclosed by the beaches of Lagundri and Sorake. Tourists can visit the island by plane from Medan, or by ferry from Sibolga. Bawomataluo village is a settlement in Teluk Dalam of the South Nias Regency of Indonesia. The village was built on ...
North Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Utara) is a regency in Indonesia's Aceh Province - which was formerly called the Aceh special territory (Daerah Istimewa Aceh) in 1959–2001), and then Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam in 2001–2009), before reverting to Aceh Province in 2009.
Kebon Kopi I also known as Tapak Gajah inscription (elephant footprint inscription), [1] is one of several inscriptions dated from the era of Tarumanagara Kingdom circa 5th century. [2] The inscription bearing the image of elephant footprint, which was copied from the elephant ride of King Purnawarman of Tarumanagara, which is equated with ...
(Sumatera Tengah) [16] [20] Bukittinggi: 1948–1957 Jambi Riau West Sumatra: North-Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara-Tengah) [21] Manado: 1960–1964 North Sulawesi Central Sulawesi: South-Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan-Tenggara) [21] Makassar: 1960–1964 South Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi: East Timor (Timor Timur) [22] Dili: 1976–1999 ...