Selasa, 23 November 2010

LAKE OF TOBA; MEDAN, NORTH SUMATERA



Lake Toba has an area 100 kilometers long and reaches 30 kilometers. Lake Toba is expected of experts from volcanic eruptions. Eruption was called Supervolcano. occurred since 73,000 years ago.

Volcanic eruptions resulted in 60% of human extinction in the earth’s surface. in the middle of Lake Toba Samosir there, formed by the upward pressure of magma.
Communities around has its own myth about the lake Toba. Starting first from the curse of the gods for a Goddess. Goddess is the curse of the fish in the rivers. When he was first touched by any creature it will become the creature. One day he was hooked by a fisherman. When the angler to touch, the fish is transformed into a beautiful woman. Fishermen and ask for her hand with the condition do not tell their origins. after some time they finally had a child together. Strangely the child is always hungry, This caused the father was angry and lost control. The father scolded him in front of his mother. Finally spoken basic words fry. heard the sentence, all of a sudden his wife and son disappeared. where the former stood his wife and son came springs. The water’s eyes grew larger and became Lake Toba.

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