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Manalu
Toba · Toba Highlands
A Toba lineage recorded as a submarga of Simamora.
About Marga Manalu
The Manalu family is part of the Toba kinship world. In Batak tradition, your marga is more than a surname — it is a key to tarombo, marriage custom, and belonging.
Note: Names like Simalungun, Toba, Karo, Mandailing, Angkola, and Pakpak are Batak ethnic groups, not marga. Your marga is the clan name (for example Damanik or Sinaga under Simalungun).
Submarga relationship
Manalu is recorded as a submarga of Simamora.
Tarombo notes
- 01 Lineage is typically traced through the father (patrilineal marga system).
- 02 Marriage within the same marga is traditionally forbidden by adat.
- 03 Women keep their birth marga and are often identified as boru Manalu.
- 04 As a submarga of Simamora, kinship rules may follow the parent marga in local adat practice.