Batak Karo

regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Batak ethnic group

one of Karo monarchies

architecture from North Sumatra, Indonesia

Cimpa are a variety of related cakes cooked by the Karo of North Sumatra, made of rice flour, coconut and palm sugar.

thumb|right|A geriten. Geriten, or "head-house", is the skull-house of the Karo people of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is a pavilion-like structure with a distinctively shaped roof that acted as an ossuary where the skulls of chiefs and important individuals were preserved after their deaths.