Flute player of a Margondang orchestra at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Banyan tree and traditional boat-shaped Toba Batak houses (jabu) in Ambarita village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Toba Batak people performing a traditional Batak dance at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Toba Batak people performing a traditional Batak dance at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Toba Batak people performing a traditional Batak dance and water buffalo at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Water buffalo amidst traditional boat-shaped Toba Batak houses (jabu) at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Toba Batak people performing a Sigale Gale puppet dance with a life-sized wooden puppet standing on a platform at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Front gable finely carved and painted with geometric motifs in red, white, and black of a traditional boat-shaped Toba Batak house (jabu) at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Catholic church on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia