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  • The actual burial ceremony during a Batak funeral..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoure
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  • Church Choir sings during wedding ceremony. Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch col
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  • Batak family group sitting on the doorstep of their traditional home..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colo
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  • Batak agricultural worker wearing head protection, takes a break from packing rice..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religi
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  • Batak children sitting on doorstep of family home..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoure
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  • Batak man wearing hat and smoking cigarette..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Chri
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  • Batak old woman portrait..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christian villages. In
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  • Batak couple with pictures of their relatives, stand inside their traditional home..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religi
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  • Batak cemeteries with gravestones in the form of traditional houses. Lake Toba is in the background..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the t
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  • Batak cemeteries with gravestones in the form of traditional houses..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colon
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  • Batak cemeteries with gravestones in the form of traditional houses. Lake Toba is in the background..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the t
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  • Traditional Batak house with traditional cosmic serpent decorative carvings, near lake Toba..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the tradition
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  • Batak children play near traditional houses close to lake Toba..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial p
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  • Batak traditional villages, surrounded by mountains, agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the trad
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  • Motorbike on road. Batak traditional village with church, surrounded by agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a maj
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  • Padi fields and Lake Toba. Batak agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops, surrounding their traditional villages..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a ma
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  • Women working in the fields. With Christian graveyard nearby. Batak agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops, surrounding their traditional villages..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificia
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  • Women workers picking peanuts. Batak agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops, including peanuts, surround their traditional villages..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and m
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  • Sifting and bagging rice. Batak agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dut
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  • Batak Muslim and Christian girls on motorbike, one in traditional dress and the other in modern western dress, pass by mosque...Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, whic
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  • Batak Muslims in prayer at Mosque..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christian vill
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  • Batak Muslims in prayer at Mosque..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christian vill
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  • Batak Sunday school for children before mass..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Chr
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  • Batak Sunday school for children before mass..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Chr
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  • Children walk along the road carrying crucifix accompanying their families during a Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow t
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  • Bride and groom eating traditional meal during christian wedding near Lake Toba..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion.
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  • Batak woman weaver, weaving traditional cloths with her home behind, in a small village..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional r
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  • Batak women and children, preparing a simple peasant meal, inside their traditional homes..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional
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  • Batak traditional village with church, surrounded by agriculture, rice padis and vegetable crops..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the trad
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  • Batak Christians and Muslims attend a local school..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favour
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  • Batak Christians and Muslims attend a local school..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favour
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  • Batak Sunday school for children before mass..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Chr
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  • Batak Christian church..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christian villages. In 19
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  • Batak Christian church prayer on Sunday..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christia
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  • Batak Christian church prayer on Sunday..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoured Christia
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  • A son watches over his grandmother in her coffin. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch
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  • Close family greet visiting guests and hand them woven cloths as part of the traditional exchange of gifts, during a Batak funeral ceremony. The cloths have a value according to their quality and can be re-exchanged in future Batak ceremonies...Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission
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  • Close family pay homage to the deceased and wear expensive woven cloths, which are often exchanged during such occasions. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial ritua
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  • Close family pay homage to the deceased and wear expensive woven cloths, which are often exchanged during such occasions. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial ritua
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  • Bride and groom in reception room after their church wedding in Medan..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch col
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  • Bride and groom recieve guests during Christian wedding ceremony in Medan..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch
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  • Bride and groom at altar are pronounced married. Wedding in Medan..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonia
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  • Bride and groom sitting in church. Wedding in Medan..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favou
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  • Parents and guardians coming to pick up their children at the end of a school day<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Students in conversation near the Green School playing fields<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Boys and girls students playing football during break with 'Heart of School in background'<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Primary school class. Class agreements are that they will be respectful, work hard, be safe clean and have fun. Everything is made of bamboo or local plants. The Whiteboards are made from recycled windscreens and shockproof glass painted white on the inside.<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • "Heart of School" during lunchbreak<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Bamboo bridge construction across the Ayung river<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Final year girls football team<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Parents and staff talk together in the "Heart of School"<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Primary school students enjoying end of week song, dance, charade drama session<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Primary school students enjoying end of week song, dance, charade drama session<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool. Weird expressions are part of this strange ritual<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_196_1F2C9686.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool. After this display, the monkey gorilla fighter jumps off the back of his opponent and they wrestle<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_195_1F2C9666.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool. After this display, the monkey gorilla fighter jumps off the back of his opponent and they wrestle<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_194_1F2C9607.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_193_1F2C9603.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_192_1F2C9605.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_191_1F2C9601.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_189_1F2C9592.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_187_1F2C9577.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_186_1F2C9551.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_184_1F2C9649.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_183_1F2C9635.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_180_1F2C9584.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_179_1F2C9582.JPG
  • Mepantigan, a mixture of wrestling, judo and traditional Bali martials arts, based on monkey characters, played in a muddy pool.<br />
<br />
The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Parents and guardians coming to pick up their children at the end of a school day<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_176_1F2C9589x.JPG
  • Primary school students enjoying end of week song, dance, charade drama session<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_175_1F2C9559x.JPG
  • Parent and teacher meeting under a bamboo canopy in the main theatre hall<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Parents come to collect their children from Green School at the end of the day<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_169_1F2C9596x.JPG
  • Students in conversation near the Green School playing fields<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_166_1F2C9936.JPG
  • Students in conversation near the Green School playing fields<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_165_1F2C9722.JPG
  • Playing on the bamboo swings at Green School sportsfield<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_163_1F2C9717.JPG
  • Boys and girls students playing football during break with 'Heart of School in background'<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
    green_school_bali_162_1F2C9515x.JPG
  • Boys and girls students playing football during break with 'Heart of School in background'<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
<br />
The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Boys and girls students playing football during break with 'Heart of School in background'<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Girls football team dressed in Green School gear<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Boys wearing Green School sports wear<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Boys wearing Green School sports wear<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • A French student attending Green School<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • A French student attending Green School<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Milan is 12 years old, son of Zach, who is a teacher at Green School, he is pictured with his wife Sophie Daubisse and youngest son Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents. Their father Zach, is a teacher at Green School, his wife Sophie Daubisse <br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents. Their father Zach, is a teacher at Green School, his wife Sophie Daubisse <br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents. Their father Zach, is a teacher at Green School, his wife Sophie Daubisse <br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Zach, is a teacher at Green School, he is pictured with his wife Sophie Daubisse. Their two sons Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Zach, is a teacher at Green School, he is pictured with his wife Sophie Daubisse and their two sons Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • Zach, is a teacher at Green School, he is pictured with his wife Sophie Daubisse and their two sons Milan is 12 years old, Sevan-Fidel is 9 years old, who are students at Green School. They are french residents<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • "Bye Bye Plastic Bags" an initiative from students of Green School. The Indonesian President has pledged to consider banning plastic bags from Bali if they give him a million signatures<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School pictured amongst bamboo poles, the essence of its architectural construction<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • John Hardy the founder of Green School explains to a group of visitors about the Hydro-electric Vortex which takes power from the Ayung River running next to the school to provide a renewable energy source<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
<br />
The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
<br />
Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
<br />
The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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  • The Hydro-electric Vortex takes power from the Ayung River running next to the school to provide a renewable energy source<br />
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The Green School (Bali) is one of a kind in Indonesia. It is a private, kindergarten to secondary International school located along the Ayung River near Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. The school buildings are of ecologically-sustainable design made primarily of bamboo, also using local grass and mud walls. There are over 600 students coming from over 40 countries with a percentage of scholarships for local Indonesian students.<br />
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The impressive three-domed "Heart of School Building" is 60 metres long and uses 2500 bamboo poles. The school also utilizes renewable building materials for some of its other needs, and almost everything, even the desks, chairs, some of the clothes and football goal posts are made of bamboo.<br />
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The educational focus is on ecological sustainability. Subjects taught include English, mathematics and science, including ecology, the environment and sustainability, as well as the creative arts, global perspectives and environmental management. This educational establishment is unlike other international schools in Indonesia. <br />
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Renewable energy sources, including solar power and hydroelectric vortex, provide over 50% of the energy needs of the school. The school has an organic permaculture system and prepares students to become stewards of the environment. <br />
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The school was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy in 2008.
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