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Horas De Amor
''Horas'' (Toba Batak language, Toba Batak: ᯂᯬᯒᯘ᯲) is the Batak word to express gratefulness, happiness, and healthiness, however it is more commonly used as a simple greeting and goodbye. It is the equivalent to "hello" or "goodbye". This word can be found in every Batak languages, with a few exceptions being; Batak Dairi language, Batak Dairi and Batak Karo language, Batak Karo. The Batak Karo and the Dairi Batak has their own greetings which is ''mejuah-juah'' or ''njuah-juah''. In pop culture In pop culture, the word ''horas'' may be found in songs, such as: * Sai Horas Ma Ho Tu Si Boru Lomomi, a Batak song composed by Hendro Sinambela * Anak Medan, a Batak song composed by Freddy Tambunan{{Cite web , date=2018-08-31 , title=Lirik Lagu "Anak Medan" Cipt : Freddy Tambunan , url=https://tourtoba.com/anak-medan/ , access-date=2022-02-17 , website=TourToba.com , language=id References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batak Languages Distribution
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo people (Indonesia), Karo, Pakpak people, Pakpak, Simalungun people, Simalungun, Batak Toba people, Toba, Angkola people, Angkola, and Mandailing people, Mandailing which are related groups with distinct languages and traditional customs (''adat''). Prehistory Linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that Austronesian peoples, Austronesian speakers first reached Sumatra from Taiwan and the Philippines through Borneo or Java about 2,500 years ago, and the Batak probably descended from these settlers. While the archaeology of southern Sumatra testifies to the existence of neolithic settlers, it seems that the northern part of Sumatra was settled by agriculturalists at a considerably later stage. Although the Batak are often considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
