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Pelawi
Karo · Karo Highlands
A Karo lineage recorded as a submarga of Sembiring.
About Marga Pelawi
The Pelawi family is part of the Karo 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
Pelawi is recorded as a submarga of Sembiring.
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 Pelawi.
- 04 As a submarga of Sembiring, kinship rules may follow the parent marga in local adat practice.