The average Batak woman bears 8 children, but only 2 would survive. Most Batak women also prefer to marry men from a different tribe as they say, life with a Batak man is a life of scarcity. Children ...

li Artha Panggabean is a weaver of ulos, the traditional woven cloth of the Batak tribe. Her passion for the tradition goes deep. Forty-three-year-old weaver Uli Artha Panggabean often posts ...

Sitor Situmorang who was born on Oct. 24, 1924, in Harianboho, Samosir, North Sumatra, is a poet, writer and journalist. Sitor said last week that he had left the shores of his home on the ...

In Batak, it means an entire community of people interacting with children for them to grow and learn in a safe and healthy environment. “’Yong mga Batak eager to learn talaga ‘yan sila.