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Sumatra Travelogue #5/9
2017
Lake Toba #3
Church Architecture
Batak people, population 6 million (2.5% of Indonesia’s population), Toba Batak is the largest subgroup.
When Indonesia was a Dutch colony, Christian missionary activities were active in this area. As a result, the number of Christians increased in areas around Lake Toba and Samosir, and it is said that there are currently about 110,000 believers.
When I plotted the locations of churches near Lake Toba and Samosir Island using Google Maps, I obtained the results shown in the drawing below.
Distribution map of Christian churches around Lake Toba
Author’s sketch
Of the Batak tribe’s population of 5 million, 3.5 million are Christians.
Christianity took root in the mid-19th century.
Photo by author, 2017
The Church is the children’s paradise (1)
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The Church is the children’s paradise. (2)
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The Church is the children’s paradise. (3)
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The Church is the children’s paradise. (4)
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Photo by author, 2017
The Church is the children’s paradise. (5)
There is a perfect tree-climbing playground in the schoolyard.
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The Church is the children’s paradise. (6)
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The Church is the children’s paradise. (7)
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Photo by author, 2017
Photo by author, 2017
St, Francis of Assisi, Catholic church.
Photo by author, 2017
Photo by author, 2017
Distribution map of Christian churches around Lake Toba (recap)
The Batak people, of the 5 million inhabitants, 3.5 million are Christians.
Christianity took root from the middle of the 19th century.
