Talk:Batak

message: Saifuddin Nasution is a famous Batak politician in Malaysia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malaysian (talk • contribs) 
I think this page refer largely to the Batak Toba. FYI, there are at least seven Batak tribes with different languages and tribal ceremonies (adat) and despite the fact that Nommensen was the first missionary to step foot in the Batak land but he was reaching more to the Batak Toba but there are other zending that influenced other tribes such as the Dutch zending reaching towards the Batak Karo. If I have time I might have to revise all that is in here. I suggest to change this subject into Batak Toba (Indonesia) Hendra Sembiring 10:18, 23 June 2006
I donot agree that batak people are not preferred to be called Batak, however, they are famous to be called Tapanuli. Which is coming from the two words tapian and nauli. Tapian means water and nauli means good.Tapanuli means good water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.190.139 (talk • contribs) 
As a people from Toba living in other part of Indonesia, I agree with the term of Batak for native Toba as well as Tapanuli to differenciate from other Batak's sub etnics.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djandel (talk • contribs) 23:20, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
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message: I agree that we need to be careful to recognise the different Batak groups.  There is a tendency for documentation to focus on Karo (because their traditional lands are around Medan) and Toba (because their traditional lands are around Lake Toba).  Lake Toba is not really the geographical centre of Batak traditional lands as far as I am aware.  Some Muslim dominated groups, because they identify the word Batak with pig eating Christians, do hesitate to refer to themselves as Batak, but will happily refer to themselves as their own group (eg Mandailing or Tapanuli).--campdog 06:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Batak groups 

message: "The Bataks themselves today are mostly Christian with a Muslim minority."  Again, I think this statement derived from a Toba/Karo focus and is not really the case if we include other groups such as Mandailing and Tapanuli as Batak (which i think we should).  It is though true to say of those groups that identify themselves as openly Batak, that they are predominantly Christian.--campdog 23:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christianity and Islam 

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message: The lady has a kaffir lime, not guava. I've changed it per that. --Vircabutar (talk) 18:33, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the correction, guava was just my best guess. Cmacauley (talk) 18:53, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture on Traditional Medicine

message: I think the medicine probably belongs with religion. All the text relates to religious beliefs, and the picture is of a ceremony that is clearly primarily religious in nature. 
I spoke to a modern Karo healer, and she told me that she called on Allah or Jesus (according to the religion of the patient) when performing healing procedures. She also was not trained but assumed her role by repute. Sumbuddi (talk) 18:45, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Traditional Medicine - aspect of religion

message: See here:
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?s=54374d58dcaee27ba6b8768eb40eb086&showtopic=95791&view=findpost&p=2576405
This was previously included in this page as an undisclosed copyvio in January 2008 and is no longer on the Bonapasogit website, but it's archived there and may be on archive.org also (which would be a reliable source where this forum posting is not). Just posting it here for the time being....Sumbuddi (talk) 12:03, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Batak peoples - source 

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message: I get the sense that this page blurs the lines of some aspects of the ethnic groups that are not shared by the other ethnic groups.
I am suggesting to break down each subtitle from the point of view of each ethnic groups. For example, there are many aspects that Karo and Toba do not share, like the Terombo. Another example is the photos. They need to be specified which ones are Karo, Toba, Simalungun, or the others. It will make easier for non-North Sumatran to grasp the similarity and differences between each ethnic group.
I will see what I can edit in these months.
Regards,
Adi Primanda Ginting
Adipginting (talk) 06:54, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Describing each subtopic using the point of views of different ethnic groups