1292, ISBN: 1156463661

Paperback, [EAN: 9781156463666], Books LLC, English, Books LLC, Book, Books LLC, Books LLC, Chapters: Batak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase … Meer...

Paperback, [EAN: 9781156463666], Books LLC, English, Books LLC, Book, Books LLC, Books LLC, Chapters: Batak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Batak languages (Alas-Kluet, Angkola, Dairi, Karo, Mandailing, Simalungun, Toba), Malay, Indonesian A Karo Batak woman in traditional clothes A Batak coupleBatak is a collective term used to identify a number of ethnic groups found in the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Their heartland lies to the west of Medan centred on Lake Toba. In fact the "Batak" include several groups with distinct, albeit related, languages and customs (adat). While the term is used to include the Toba, Karo, Pakpak-Dairi, Simalungun, Angkola and Mandailing. Occasionally it is also used to include the Alas-Kluet people of Central/Southern Aceh, but usually only as relates to language groups. Linguistic and archeological evidence indicates that Austronesian speakers first reached Sumatra from Taiwan and the Philippines through Borneo and/or Java about 2,500 years ago, and the Batak probably evolved from these settlers. While the archaeology of southern Sumatra testifies the existence of neolithic settlers it seems that the northern part of Sumatra was settled by agriculturalists at a considerably later stage. The Batak possess their own script known as the Surat Batak. It is likely that the Batak people received their writing system from southern Sumatra. The earliest accounts of Batak peoples emphasized their practice of cannibalizing prisoners of intervillage warfare. In Marco Polos memoirs of his stay on the east coast of Sumatra (then called Java Minor) from April to September of 1292, he mentions an encounter with hill folk whom he refers to as man-eaters. Marco Polo describes ritual cannibalism among the "Battas" which he evidently did not witness personally, in which a condemned man was eaten: "They suffoca...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1335219, 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Investing, 4, Children's Books, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Internet, 6, Cooking, Food & Wine, 86, Entertainment, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Mind & Body, 9, History, 48, Home & Garden, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 13996, Medicine, 18, Mystery & Thrillers, 53, Nonfiction, 290060, Outdoors & Nature, 20, Parenting & Families, 173507, Professional & Technical, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 26, Sports, 28, Teens, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

1292, ISBN: 1156463661

Paperback, [EAN: 9781156463666], Books LLC, English, Books LLC, Book, Books LLC, Books LLC, Chapters: Batak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase … Meer...

Paperback, [EAN: 9781156463666], Books LLC, English, Books LLC, Book, Books LLC, Books LLC, Chapters: Batak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Batak languages (Alas-Kluet, Angkola, Dairi, Karo, Mandailing, Simalungun, Toba), Malay, Indonesian A Karo Batak woman in traditional clothes A Batak coupleBatak is a collective term used to identify a number of ethnic groups found in the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Their heartland lies to the west of Medan centred on Lake Toba. In fact the "Batak" include several groups with distinct, albeit related, languages and customs (adat). While the term is used to include the Toba, Karo, Pakpak-Dairi, Simalungun, Angkola and Mandailing. Occasionally it is also used to include the Alas-Kluet people of Central/Southern Aceh, but usually only as relates to language groups. Linguistic and archeological evidence indicates that Austronesian speakers first reached Sumatra from Taiwan and the Philippines through Borneo and/or Java about 2,500 years ago, and the Batak probably evolved from these settlers. While the archaeology of southern Sumatra testifies the existence of neolithic settlers it seems that the northern part of Sumatra was settled by agriculturalists at a considerably later stage. The Batak possess their own script known as the Surat Batak. It is likely that the Batak people received their writing system from southern Sumatra. The earliest accounts of Batak peoples emphasized their practice of cannibalizing prisoners of intervillage warfare. In Marco Polos memoirs of his stay on the east coast of Sumatra (then called Java Minor) from April to September of 1292, he mentions an encounter with hill folk whom he refers to as man-eaters. Marco Polo describes ritual cannibalism among the "Battas" which he evidently did not witness personally, in which a condemned man was eaten: "They suffoca...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1335219, 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Investing, 4, Children's Books, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Internet, 6, Cooking, Food & Wine, 86, Entertainment, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Mind & Body, 9, History, 48, Home & Garden, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 13996, Medicine, 18, Mystery & Thrillers, 53, Nonfiction, 290060, Outdoors & Nature, 20, Parenting & Families, 173507, Professional & Technical, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 26, Sports, 28, Teens, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Books LLC, 140 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=8mm, Gew.=213gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert