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Purba
Simalungun / Toba · Simalungun · Toba Highlands
A principal Simalungun morga (one of four) with documented submarga including Girsang, Purba Pakpak, Siboro, Sidadolog, Sidagambir, Sidasuha, and 9 more. In some Toba traditions Purba is also linked to Simamora. Simalungun is a Batak ethnic group, not a marga.
About Marga Purba
The Purba family is part of the 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
Documented submarga of Purba:
Under Simalungun adat there are four principal morga only (Damanik, Saragih, Purba, Sinaga). Names below are submarga / branches — Simalungun itself is an ethnic group, not a marga.
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 Purba.