Aulia, Farid2018-03-122018-03-122018-03-12wahyu sari yeni978-602-51349-0-6https://repository.unri.ac.id/xmlui/handle/123456789/9310The growth of people was a part of the action of extending living area that needed sustainability on applicative managing with local culture aspect. This study aims to analyze the environment managing in living area and sanitation on Danau Toba’s lake side at Samosir Regency North Sumatera Province, sustainability. The living concept and Toba’s community sanitation are the symbols of religion meaning from the relationship’s harmony of the nature (macrocosm) and human (microcosm). The harmony could see from the living daily activities and related to the community’s social activities (profane) and the sacral activities (related with religion activities). This research was used qualitative method with depth interview, participation observation and focus group discussion.enEnvironment managingliving area and sanitationlocal cultureArticle