batak home in Germany

Custom home community of North Sumatra, known as "Batakhaus" into focus in "Indonesisches Kulturfest" or Indonesia Culture Festival held KJRI Hamburg, recently.

Festival is a collaboration with the Society KJRI Nauli Indonesia (MNI) and Batakhaus ties Werpeloh in the city, 120 km from the city of Bremen, Germany.

Rumah adat Batak society is built on the initiative Matthaus pastor in 1978. The building was later to become tourist attraction Werpeloh city, state,

Niedersachsen, northern Germany. Later, "Batakhaus" one of the tourism in the city.

Festival Indonesia, events and initiatives designed Konjen RI Teuku Darmawan in Hamburg with the Chairman of MNI and city officials Sogel and Werpeloh, it gets people Werpeloh welcome.

Although people familiar with the city Werpeloh batak the presence of home but with a cultural festival digelarnya batak become particularly cultural meaning and they also welcome the warm Indonesian culture festival that was attended by about 600 people that.

Events "Indonesisches Kulturfest" was held in the arena Batakhaus decorated with unique ornaments, such as Indonesia-umbul umbul, umbrellas, banners, flags and Indonesia.

In the festival which was attended Mayor of Sogel Gunter Wiegbers and Mayor Werpeloh Hermann Grotjohann and the head of the union Batakhaus Bernhard Schmitz not only displays art Bataks but also other areas.

Among Balinese dance and dance-Ayun Gambyong and swing music Angklung and also how the children in Germany that carries the song Werpeloh Indonesia as "lizard on the wall."

While the group that coordinated MNI E Moses Sitompul form displays senibudaya Batak dances such as At At Dance, Dance Somba, Liat Liat Gondang Dance and Dance and song Doli Raja Batak traditional Sigulempong, Sitogol, Alusiau, and Situmorang.

RI Konjen in Hamburg Teuku Darmawan deliver a high appreciation and gratitude to all the parties involved in the preparation of this event.

With the presence of Werpeloh community and the surrounding communities to prove the amount of interest in the area of the culture of Indonesia, said Teuku Darmawan.

The telling of this event has a meaning more important, the increase of friendship between the community and the Batak Werpeloh and Sogel.

As a basis for friendship increased, and declarations made of friendship between the MNI and Hamburg Batakhaus ties.

According to Teuku Darmawan, with the custom house and the love of the Batak culture of Indonesia, more and more people are expected to visit Germany to travel to Indonesia.


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Traditional Batak house community built on the initiatives Matthaus pastor in 1978 that is now a museum that is the pride of the city Werpeloh and tourism as well as for the surrounding community.

Anniversary celebration to the existence of the 30 houses that held batak years ago with a mass celebration in the Church of St. Francis in Werpeloh.

It has been a resident pastor was assigned in Germany Sibolga 30 years ago to spread the Gospel for many years and now back to Germany after the end have the desire to devote to building custom homes in the area of duty.

Matthaus pastor actually want to return to North Sumatra physical condition unfortunately not possible to live in the tropics. Eventually replaced by the duty sister who is also a pastor.

To remove the feeling rindunya akan batak ground, His brother diligent send mail and told the situation and experiences in the land batak.

Pain love akan Bataks buoyant so that eventually created, the pastor decided to bring one thing that will always remind him akan Bataks he also suggested to the church in Werpeloh where he lived, to build a custom house batak.

The idea was also approved and up to now the building is firmly established and used as a museum containing the various objects of culture that was built in batak share work in the village community Werpeloh.

Some Batak people want to visit and demonstrate that the existence of the custom house was right there and become a pride for the people of North Sumatra.

In terms of size Bataks Ruma was not too big, but it's the format, not much different with those in Samosir. Building that may be the only House Bataks closed when the winter snow.