Toba Batak dancers, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Batak houses, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Toba Batak dancers, Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia,Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Batak woman performing courtship dance, bowl of water and leaves symbolising commitment, Huta Bolon, Simanindo, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Batak dancers round a large wooden puppet symbolising the king's dead son, inviting villagers to dance, Simanindo, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Batak tribespeople in traditional dress performing local dance, Huta Bolon, Simanindo, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Toba Batak ceremony, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Toba Batak style cabins at Le Shangri-La resort near Ambarita on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Batak dancers, Simanindo, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man at a Batak dance show in Samosir, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman and man dancing at a Batak show in Samosir, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman at a Batak dance show in Samosir, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman at a Batak dance show in Samosir, Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman at a loom, Batak culture, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

Female weaver, Batak culture, Samosir Island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tomb, Batak culture, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

Batak houses, Samosir island, Lake Toba, Batak region, Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia

Large Christmas tree from bamboo in the tradition of the Toba Batak people on the Samosir island, within Lake Toba in the northern part of Sumatra

Traditional Batak house, in Indonesian called Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are noted for their distinctive roofs which curve upwards at each end, as a boats hull does and their carving decor