CULTURE OF BATAK TOBA
Toba Batak tribe is part of Batak
tribe originating from areas in North Sumatra, especially dwells in North
Tapanuli district whose territory includes Ajibata (bordering Parapat), the
island of Samosir, Pakkat, and Sarulla. Batak there are six sub-tribes namely
Batak Karo Batak, Batak pakpak, Simalungun Batak, Batak Toba, Batak Angkola,
and Batak mandailing. This set of people united by a common in terms of
language, customs, and as well as the belief that they came from the same
ancestors darisatu namely Siraja Batak. Batak society is a society immigrants
who inherited the nature of hard-working, honest and brave abstinence
menyerah.keinginan to obtain a better life then imparted to the younger
generation so as to achieve the desire of a boy or girl must be willing to
leave his beloved hometown to migrate to the country people who away. But the
longing for hometown still will always be inherent in hatitak wonder today many
people Batak be successful spread across the world.
Most of the Toba community today are farmers,
cultivators and self-employed. in entrepreneurial business fields managed by
the community is a lot of handicrafts such as weaving business Ulos, wood carving
and engraving logam.saat is already quite a lot also started venturing into the
field of business services. Batak Toba traditional community farming rice paddy
fields and also cultivate a way to move. Before reaching the area of food
processing technology tano hobo, paddy crops can only produce one crop in a
year. This is caused by the cultivation of land were not so good, limited
irrigation, and also without the skillful handling of the plants. Likewise with
the results of the processing plants in the field, can only harvest one to two
times only and then the land can not be used anymore. Then the field will be
left behind and move to a new field. Plants are often grown in these fields is
sugarcane, herbs, vegetables and cucumber. Similarly, palm trees are
deliberately planted in the middle of the field to produce wine, a type of
alcoholic beverage which became a favorite with the hobo community.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar