Lubu people are an ethnic group who live in central

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. They are similar to the

Kubu people The Orang Batin Sembilan, Orang Rimba or Anak Dalam are mobile, animist peoples who live throughout the lowland forests of southeast Sumatra. Kubu is a Malays (ethnic group), Malay exonym ascribed to them. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can ...

, and are also ancestral to the Siladang people.''MELIRIK KEHIDUPAN WARGA SILADANG'' MEDAN BISNIS DAILY
They live in the mountainous regions of Padang Lawas, South Tapanuli, and Mandailing Natal regencies (all are located within North Sumatra Province jurisdictions). They are now in the process of being absorbed by the

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. In the early 20th century, they were a migratory people who lived in tree houses, and now are still a tribal people. Although they live near the rivers, they are fearful of water. They speak the Lubu language.

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