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These were siblings habitats between tribe and tiger, sometimes the god to the locals, before the plantation of palm imported by coal powered steam gun ships of the Dutch East India Company. Thanks for the recognition of their right to live. The Minangkabau people of Sumatra call tigers by many names, including Inyiak, Inyiak Balang, Inyiak Rimbo, Si Panglimo, and Datuak. These names are titles. To the Minangkabau people tigers are the incarnation of their ancestors. The Batak peoples of Sumatra have different names and cosmologies related to Iniyak.

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