How Close a Bataknese One Another? Study of Indonesian Batak's Family Tree

Situngkir, Hokky

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1086490

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“…(Lumbantobing, 1956) The history of the Batak as migrants isn't ancient. The use of surname of individual is very strong among Batak people reminding them to their places (village) surrounding Lake Toba, North Sumatera (Situngkir, 2008). Parlindungan (2007) describes the Batak as one of the Proto-Malayan tribes, which for millennia settled in the mountainous regions along the borders of Burma and Thailand.…”

Section: Realms Of Time In Ancient Batak Traditionmentioning

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A Lunar-Star Calendar: Inquiry to the Traditional Batak Cosmogram

Situngkir

2024

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A Lunar-Star Calendar: Inquiry to the Traditional Batak Cosmogram

Situngkir

2024

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“…The history of the Batak as migrants isn't ancient. The use of surname of individual is very strong among Batak people reminding them to their places (village) surrounding Lake Toba, North Sumatera (Situngkir, 2008). Parlindungan (2007) describes the Batak as one of the Proto-Malayan tribes, which for millennia settled in the mountainous regions along the borders of Burma and Thailand.…”

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A Lunar-Star Calendar: Inquiry to the Traditional Batak Cosmogram

Situngkir,

Sagala

2024

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The traditional societies evolved locally with the realms of time in their calendars while modern Gregorian based on the solar movement and some others use lunar or the combination with solar. Unveiling some information from the old manuscripts to gain the realm of traditional Batak people since the ancient times in settlements surrounding the tropical Lake Toba, North Sumatera, Indonesia, revival of cosmos is delivered. Uniquely the ancient Batak count days in a month by observing lunar phase and the period of year is by looking the observable Constellation of Orion & Scorpius within the new phase of the moon. Thus there are years with 12 months and some leap years with 13 months, and we propose to categorize the calendar to be lunar-star, relative to other widely analyzed calendars. In the realization of the use of the cosmogram, we cross the period of the leap year to the examination of contemporary data on agriculture event, i.e.: crop failure, as well as some profiles on weather. The revival of the Batak Calendar opens further interesting conjectures based on the rich cultural and astronomical knowledge embedded in tradition with deep connection between celestial observations and timekeeping.

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Section: Network Topology Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%