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World famous Crater Lake lake (Lake) Toba is the third largest tourist destination in Indonesia. Island in the Great Lakes, Samosir Island, attract many tourists. Lake Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia, as created by the eruption of less than 100,000 years ago. The eruption was about 8,000 times more powerful than Mount St. Helen's eruption in 1981. Ash in the stratosphere around the earth for many years, and climate change. As things began to settle another volcanic eruption that occurred about 25,000 years later and build a secondary volcano in the caldera. Volcanic cone collapse and form the island of Samosir while the first eruption craters filled with water, what is Lake Toba.Lake covers about 1265 square kilometers including Samosir and 90 km long. Depth is on average 450m and up to 900m in some places. The lake is located at an altitude of 906 m above sea level. Steep shorelines interspersed with small valleys creating fantastic scenery and remote areas. End of the deepest and highest mountains in the northeast end of it. The Dutchman HN van der Tuuk was the first European who saw and reported on the lake, in 1847.
Of course there are legends about how Lake Toba was formed. Here is a Toba Batak legend: Once upon a time there was a man who lived in the area of ??Lake Toba day now. No one knows when or where it comes from. He lived in a simple hut in a farming area. He had a garden and do some fishing. One day he caught a big fish in a trap. It is the biggest catch ever in his life. Back to the fish house turned into a beautiful princess adorned with jewels. He fell in love with her and proposed. He nodded romantic, however, the princess had one condition. The man had to promise not to tell anyone that he had been fishing. If he wanted to, there would be a disaster. They married and had a daughter and lived happily. My daughter always bring lunch to his father in the fields. She was however very greedy, and one day he ate all his lunch. His father was angry and scolded: "You damned son of a fish!" The princess began to cry when she heard what her husband said. He told his daughter to go to the hill, because there will be a disaster. When my daughter had left for the safety of women praying. Soon there was an earthquake, the rain began to fall and the spring appeared everywhere. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. The princess turned into a fish again and the father became the island of Samosir.
According to legend Simalungun, Causeway told in the Kingdom, there was a mountain called Mount Tuhaweoba in areas where Lake Toba now. (Tuhaweoba is also the name of the type of pepper). Once upon a time the mountain exploded, Lake Toba formed and the people who shared. Those on the west side of the lake into Batak Toba Batak and on the east side Simalungun. The Tuhaweoba word change from time to time for Tuba and then to Toba.
Kano traditional Batak, solution, is 10-15m long. All have the same width. Kano from the head adorned with carvings. The captain, chief, sat in the front and give orders. The solution has a spirit of its own and when a new canoe was built offerings were made to both the spirit canoe and Boru Saniang Naga, the Goddess of Water. Batak feared him as a disaster can easily happen when he is angry.
Three years ago Lake Toba reached the lowest water level ever, which causes problems, such as for tourism. Rate it then fell a few feet and the lake is a scenic little sad for people who have seen it before. The reason for the falling water levels are deforestation and the water consumption by the pulp mill and hydroelectric plant near Porsea. Water companies consumed more than the capacity of Lake Toba is allowed. After protests and sometimes violence from local communities, pulp mills, Indorayon, closed. Protests based on different interests and concerns, among other concerns of course the environment. The water level, however, is also controlled by the huge dam PT Inalum. Since closing Indorayon, the water level at Lake Toba has reached normal levels and the lake has returned its original beauty.
Source Article : http://www.sumatraecotourism.com/laketoba.html
