Manuscript (pustaha) ni halak batak

PUSTAHA, DIVINATION BOOK, INCLUDING PODA NI RAMBU SIPORHAS; ON DIVINATION WITH A DOUBLE STRING, MENTIONING DATU GUSAR NI AJI MS in Toba-Batak on bast, Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th c., 58 ff., folding book, 17×24 cm, single column (15×23 cm), 16-20 lines in Batak script, ca 75 large, complex, finely-drawn figures in black ink coloured red. Binding: [...]

Written on January 18, 2007 | Posted in Bahasa Batak,Sejarah Batak | 4 comments

Sejarah Batak

Konon di atas langit (banua ginjang, nagori atas) adalah seekor ayam bernama Manuk Manuk Hulambujati (MMH) berbadan sebesar kupu-kupu besar, namun telurnya sebesar periuk tanah. MMH tidak mengerti bagaimana dia mengerami 3 butir telurnya yang demikian besar, sehingga ia bertanya kepada Mulajadi Na Bolon (Maha Pencipta) bagaimana caranya agar ketiga telur tsb menetas. Mulajadi Na [...]

Written on January 10, 2007 | Posted in Sejarah Batak | 9 comments