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Lake of Toba

Lake Toba is one of the attractions in the province of North Sumatra. The lake is well known for its scenic beauty surrounding by steep rocky walls. Regarding the history or origin of Lake Toba is formed, according to research scientists, this lake formed by the eruption of the volcano which is estimated to occur around 73,000-75000 years ago. As a result of the rest of the volcanic eruption then formed this beautiful Lake Toba. Super eruptions resulting from this volcano cause almost half the species of living things on this earth to die and extinct. Vomit lava and volcanic ash from the eruption of the mountain is estimated at a number of 2800 cubic km. Even the resulting explosion is capable of affecting the world's greatest weather. Mount eruption in Toba is a natural phenomenon that can not be thought of and imagined.

The beauty of Lake Toba itself is well known by many public. Starting from the Asian region even the European continent often stop coming to see the beauty of this lake. Even now in the current government, stretching to revive Lake tourism has been re-launched. It appears that there have been many great events held in this Lake area. The lake has about 1,130 kilometers square with 100 kilometers length, and 30 kilometers wide 505 meters depth. Even for Southeast Asia, Lake Toba is the largest lake. Lake Toba is the ninth deepest lake in the world. Most tourists or travelers come to this Lake through Medan by taking a plane at Kualanamu International Airport. From this airport the tourists then headed to the town of Parapat, the famous city of tourist destinations of Lake Toba. Parapat offers many kind of bataknese cultural attractions equipped with complete accommodation, such as resorts, hotels, easy access vehicles, restaurants and others. Known as the second largest lake in the world, Lake Toba also has a crater lake called Samosir Island.

This island is believed to be about the size of Singapore. Many other natural tourism objects presented around Lake Toba such as Lake Aek Natonang on Samosir Island, beautiful Sipiso-Piso Waterfall, and Lake Sidihini. Lake Aek Natonang in Samosir Island has a beautiful natural beauty with beautiful and calm water, in accordance with its name Aek Natonang. Aek in Batak means Water, Natonang is interpreted as being quiet. In April or until August, the sunny weather blanketed this Lake so that it makes a good time for the visitors. And the most appropriate time to take pictures is in the morning before seven o'clock, or in the afternoon after 16.00 WIB.

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Activity 1

Comprehension Questions

Answer the following questions by referring to the text ‘Lake of Toba’

1.    What is the purpose to describe about Lake of Toba?

2.    What is interesting from Lake of Toba?

3.   Do you think that reaching the Lake is difficult? Why/why not?

4.    What does Lake of Toba give the visitors?

5.    What may the Ethnologists care about?

6.    How is the Lake of Toba formed?

7.   In the southeast Asia and world, what is the rank of Toba  Lake?

8.    What is the other destination around Lake of Toba?

9.    What is the good time for tourism to visit Lake of Toba?

10.  What is aek natonang Lake?

Activity 2

• Make a five group discussion
• Write a text Air Terjun Sipiso-Piso and your description and identification

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• Write a differences and related Lake of Toba and Air Terjun Sipiso-Piso

Activity 3

Read the text about Lake of Toba. After you read it, scan the text quickly to find the English equivalents for the Indonesian words below. You are given the dashes and some letters of the English word as the clues. Each dash represents a letter. After you find the words, compare your answer to your friends’.

VOCABULARY BUILDER

c r_ _ _ (verb)	melewati/ melintasi
g o _ _ _ (noun)	jurang
a t t r _ _ _ _ _ _ (noun)	pertunjukan
p o _ _ _ _ _ _ (adjectives)	menghantam
s o _ _ _ _ (adjective)	terendam
w a t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (adjective)	anti air
c h _ _ _ ( noun )	pesona
m I _ _ ( noun )	kabut
s c _ _ _ _ ( adjective )	indah
e x h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( adjective )	mendebarkan
p l _ _ _ _ ( verb )	tercebur
s a n _ _ _ _ _ _ ( noun )	penangkaran
p r e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( noun )	pelestarian
d u _ _ ( adverb )	petang

Activity 4

Fill in the blank with the correct words!

Tana Toraja is a district located in South Sulawesi. The capital of Tana Toraja district is Makale. The people live there are mostly (1)…… by the origin tribe of Toraja. Those inhabitants of Tana Toraja are predominantly Christian. However, there are still people who embrace Islam and the beliefs of Animism, or can be (2) …… Aluk To Dolo. Toraja word derived from the Bugis language is to riaja which means people who live in the land above them. Its name refers to the (3) ……… of the culture or society that inhabit this land. The Toraja people mostly live in valleys between high mountains and granite cliffs. This corresponds to the Toraja word derived from the coastal language "to" meaning people, and "riaja" which means the plateau. Toraja culture is (4) …….. a Proto-Malaysian Austronesian civilization that is still well (5) …….. until today. Traditional clothing of Toraja people referred to as Pokko 'dress for women, while for men is called Seppa Tallung. The dominant colors for this custom (6) ……. are red, white, and yellow. There is also Kandore, which is a

Toraja clothing suits with beaded ornaments to decorate the chest, bracelet, headband, and belt. Tana Toraja has its own style of art such as music, dance, oral literary arts, language, and carving. The music of Toraja is blended with its dancing style due to their unseparable existence in this culture. The funeral is one of the shows featuring typical Toraja dances. This dance shows a sense of grief, as well as respect and (7) …….. spirits of the dead. There is a ritual called Ma'badong in which a group of men will sing a song to honor the deceased in a funeral. There is also a Ma'randing dance that is displayed to glorify the courage of the deceased during his lifetime with

properties such as swords, shields, horn helmets, and other war gear. The commonly used language in Tana Toraja is the Toraja language with Sa'dan Toraja dialect. In addition to that, there are also many traditional languages according to the geographical location of the community, such as Kalumpang, Mamasa, Tae ', Talondo', and Toala '. Tana Toraja is also known for its mystery that is not (8) ……. until today. One of these mysteries is the ritual of "walking corpse" (Aluk Tadolo) in Toraja. This is a traditional ceremony where people will ask the dead bodies of the dead to walk alone to their graves. Family members in this ritual will clear the graves and replace the clothes with new clothes. The act of caring for this corpse is (9) ……. to make the ancestors keep protecting the family. The respect for those who have died is also shown in death ceremony lasting for days. The ceremony involves not only the family, but also the entire village community. Therefore, the burial cost for individuals from the Toraja tribe is enormously huge. The higher a person's title, the more (10) …… his funeral costs will be. One of the main parts of this funeral ritual is the slaughter of buffalo. The higher the degree of someone in the community, the more buffaloes to slaughter.

1	a. dominated	b. power	c. master
2	a. sent	b. called	c. read
3	a. ugly	b. beauty	c. uniqueness
4	a. generally	b. unusually	c. real
5	a. take care of	b. broken	c. preserved
6	a. clothing	b. buy	c. sell
7	a. belief	b. push	c. encourage
8	a. closed	b. revealed	c. understand
9	a. good	b. believed	c. bad
10	a. cheap	b. expensive	c. price