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Manik
Karo / Simalungun / Toba · Karo Highlands · Simalungun · Toba Highlands
A Karo / Simalungun / Toba lineage recorded as a submarga of Damanik and Ginting.
About Marga Manik
The Manik family is part of the Karo / Simalungun / 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
Manik is recorded as a submarga of Damanik and Ginting. In Simalungun tradition, clan identity flows through the four principal morga (Damanik, Saragih, Purba, Sinaga) — not through the ethnic name Simalungun.
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 Manik.
- 04 As a submarga of Damanik / Ginting, kinship rules may follow the parent marga in local adat practice.