Batak people - Batak (English spelling)

Japanese: バタク族 - バタクぞく(英語表記)Batak
Batak people - Batak (English spelling)
A Proto-Malay ethnic group living around Lake Toba in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Population: 2.8 million. They are divided into six groups: Karo, Simalungung, Pakpak, Toba, Angkora, and Mandiring. Today, the Batak people live not only in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, and East Sumatra, but also in large numbers on Java, especially Jakarta. According to Toba-Batak tradition, all Batak people have a common ancestor, Si Raja Batak, who was sent down from heaven by a god to a hill in the center of the western shore of Lake Toba.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
インドネシア,スマトラ島北部のトバ湖周辺に住むプロト・マレー系の民族。人口約280万。カロ,シマルングン,パクパク,トバ,アンコラ,マンディリンの6グループに大別される。今日ではこれらバタク族は北スマトラの中心都市メダンや東スマトラのみならず,ジャワ島など,とくにジャカルタに多く移住している。トバ・バタク族の伝承によれば,すべてのバタク族はシ・ラジャ・バタクを共通の祖先としており,彼は神によってトバ湖西岸中央にある丘に天から降ろされたという。

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