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Aceh Golf Club

Aceh Golf Club d/a Class IV Hill Batupat, Lhok Seumawe Aceh 0645.268950 064.543922 A. 0049 26-02-1984 Private 18 Holes
2 Klub Golf Seulawah Lhok'Nga Banda Aceh Aceh 23353 0651.29658 0651.26136 A. 0047 01-10-1980 Private 9 Holes
3 Rencong Golf Club d/a PN. Pertamina Unit I Rantau Daerah Sumbagut Kuala Simpang Aceh 0641.31165 A. 0031 30-05-1975 Private 9 Holes

Arun Golf Club

Address Arun Golf Club
d/a Class IV Hill
Batuphat Lhouksemawe
Aceh
Telephone 62-645-653129
Fax N/A
Website N/A
Email N/A
Holes 18
Yardage 6500
Par 72
Visitors N/A
Green Fees A
Course Designer Jack Nicklaus
1978
Facilities . Club House, Locker/Shower rooms, Pro Shop, Golf Clubs/Shoes for hire, . Driving Range
. Caddies available
. Swimming Pool, Tennis Court

Klub Golf Seulawah
Adress: Lhok'Nga Banda Aceh
Tel: 0651.23353
Fax: 0651.26136
9 Holes

Rencong Golf Club
Owner: d/a PN. Pertamina Unit I
Adress: Rantau Daerah Sumbagut Kuala Simpang
Tel: 0641.31165
9 Hole

Gold Rush Lifts Spirits in Aceh

Villagers in Aceh Jaya districatjeh, aceh, illegal, illegal mining, goldt have mined gold by hand in the mountainous Gunung Ujeun for the past two weeks after hearing news that the area contained deposits of the precious metal, a district official said on Monday.

Zamzani A. Rani, the deputy chief of Aceh Jaya district, said gold had been located in the area some time ago, but local residents paid little attention until two weeks ago.

“Many of the villagers are jobless now, maybe that's why they are seeing this as an opportunity,” Zamzani said.

Aceh Jaya's district chief, Azhar Abdurrachman, told Serambi Indonesia daily on Sunday that Gunung Ujeun is a 2,500 hectare area containing abundant and easily mined deposits of nickel, gold, iron ore and potassium.

He also said he had declined three investors seeking exploration and extraction rights in the area
Aceh Province is rich in natural resources, including oil and gas.

Zamzani said up to 30 people from Panggong and Krueng Sabe, two villages in the Gunung Ujeun forest, came to look for hidden gold in the rugged tract, which sits about 30 kilometers from Calang, the district capital, on the southern coast of the province.

“They only come to collect chunks of stones and take them home, where they crush them to extract the gold,” he said.

A resident of Calang, Atailah, told Serambi Indonesia that the rocks were easily ground down to extract the valuable metal.

Zamzani said the miners would sell the gold in Meulaboh, the capital of the neighboring Aceh Barat district. The coastal town was hit hard by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. He said there had so far been no significant environmental damage due to the mining.

“We are aware of the risk of environmental damage, but we cannot just forbid the villagers to mine there,” Zamzani said.

The district administration will ensure the forest does not have special protection or conservation status before it issues any official mining permits, he said.

“We will decide the most acceptable way to handle this as we don't want to disadvantage the locals,” Zamzani said.

Nine Chinese Workers Arrested in Aceh
Aceh Police informed that arrests have been made on nine Chinese citizens in the province for illegal mining. Aceh Jaya Resort Police Chief, Hasanuddin said the nine chinese were working at an illegal gold mining site at Mount Ujeun, Krueng Sabe District and were arrested in two separate occasions.

In the first arrest two chinese workers were caught,but police did not inform on when the arrest took place. The other chinese workers were arrested on Monday based on investigation on the two workers caught earlier.

Police said they are coordinating with the immigration office in handling the case, but having language problem in questioning the workers. Police also seized the workers' passport and put them under Aceh Jaya police custody

Aceh 7 Tribes
aceh, atjeh, tribes, aneuk jamee, simeulue, alas kuet, gayo, skule,

Aceh Tribe

Most Aceh are either farmers or fishermen. The traditional Aceh home consists of a sleeping room and a large living room, which may also aceh-jkserve as the kitchen containing a rectangular clay hearth filled with ashes. These houses generally stand on stilts two meters high. Families use the space underneath the house for cattle stalls, chicken coops, or to store tools and firewood. The floors and walls are made of bamboo or wood from coconut trees. Roofs are covered with clay tiles or thatch made of palm leaves. The trend today, however, is building more modern cement homes. Traditionally, most Aceh, both men and women, wore a sarong, a modest and colorful skirt. In recent years there has been a move towards Islamic dress and now the majority of women wear a head covering with their daily dress. The traditional Aceh weapon is the rencong, an ornate sword. It is worn by the male and folded into the sarong as one of the accessories to their ceremonial dress. The women run the households. Most men have no say in matters that deal with the home or even child rearing. All of the children, even the youngest, are expected to help the family work. Inheritance occurs according to Islamic Law with the males receiving a double portion, yet houses and land are always passed down to the women.

The Aceh people are strict Sunni Muslims and have been very instrumental in spreading Islam throughout Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. It is often stated that "to be Aceh is to be Muslim." The Aceh people strongly and even violently oppose other religions. The Aceh Province is the only province in Indonesia where Shari'a Islamic law has been formally instituted. However, until this day other ethnic people groups in the province have been free to worship according to their own religion. In spite of their dedication to Islam, many Aceh people are still influenced by animistic beliefs in spirits and various superstitions. These beliefs are focused upon seeking protection through magic by either appeasing or controlling both good and bad spirits.

Alas Tribe 154.000
The majority of the sumatra, tribes, alas, acehAlas people live in villages and make their living from farming and raising livestock. The Alas area is considered the lumbung padi (rice storehouse) of the Aceh area. Other agricultural products include rubber, coffee, and kemiri (a local spice) as well as other forest products such as wood, rattan, resin, and incense.Neighborhoods or villages of the Alas are called kute. One kute usually consists of one or more clans that are called a merge. Extended families will live in one house and submit to the authority of the parents. They are a patrilineal society, which means they measure descent through the father's family. Their culture emphasizes two types of law. The first type consists of religious laws that are given by God and cannot be changed. The second type consists of traditional laws, which include rules that have been made by the leaders of the community and can be changed according to the times.According to marriage customs, an engagement lasts from one to three years due to the necessity of the man acquiring the bride price, and the woman the groom price. When an Alas man and woman marry, they live near the husband's family. After they have children, the young family will usually move and live separately (jawe) from the parents but stay in the same area and community of the merge. Polygamous marriages are permitted when the marriage has produced only boys, only girls, or no children at all (adak meu keu dueu).
Generally, the Alas people are followers of Islam, but they still seek the assistance of a dukun (shaman/healer/occultist). They perform ceremonies so that their crops will prosper and be protected from plague. The dukun reads his mantra and uses magical potions of leaves and flowers that are considered powerful to ward off plagues.

Aneuk Jamee Tribe 16.000

The Aneuk Jamee people are one of the people groups that live on the western coastline of the Indonesian province of Aceh. They tend to live around the small bays found along the coast. They are also spread out over the low plains hemmed in by the Bukit Barisan mountain range. The Aneuk Jamee are located primarily in West Aceh Regency in the five districts of Tapak Tuan, Samadua, Susoh, Manggeng, and Labuhan Haji. There are smaller concentrations of them in South Aceh Regency in the three districts of Johan Pahlawan, Kaway XVI, and Kuala.The name aneuk jamee in the Aceh language means, "visiting child" or "newcomer." The name was used to describe Minang people from Lubuk Sikaping, Pariaman, Rao, and Pasaman who began migrating to the area in the 17th century. Gradually, they assimilated with Aceh people in the area, a process facilitated by a common Islamic faith. Eventually, they came to feel that they were neither Aceh nor Minangkabau but rather a new people group with their own distinct culture and language. The Aneuk Jamee language is called Jamee or Jamu. For the Aceh in southern Aceh, this Jamee language is understandable because the Minangkabau vocabulary mixed with Aceh is similar to the national Indonesian language. However, the Aneuk Jamee do not understand or use the Aceh language.
Many Aneuk Jamee are fishermen, while others work in irrigated rice farming (basawah), unirrigated agriculture (baladang), and growing fruits (bakabun). There are some Aneuk Jamee who are permanent traders (baniago), but others, known as penggaleh, sell goods from village to village.The Aneuk Jamee have three levels of society. The nobles (datuk) form the highest level. The middle level is formed by district chiefs (hulu baling) and religious leaders (ulama), such as the prayer leaders (tengku), priests (imam), and Islamic judges (kadi). The common people are the lowest level. Traditional leadership in a village contains a combination of Minangkabau and Aceh elements. These leaders are the village headman (kecik), prayer-house leader (tuangku manasah), and youth leader (tuangku surau). This is somewhat different from the district level leadership, which is the same as traditional Aceh leadership patterns. This pattern consists of an area headman (mukim), village headman (kecik), street leader (ketua jurong) and elder (tuha peut).


Islam is the religion followed by the Aneuk Jamee people. As among other Indonesian peoples, the Aneuk Jamee also exhibit some elements of previous beliefs that are not easily forgotten. The services of a dukun (shaman/healer/occultist) are still frequently used for various things. For example, a dukun is sometimes asked to put a love spell (sijundai) on a girl or to recover a girl who has been bewitched in this manner.

Gayo Tribe 230.000

The Gayo of Indonesia live in the remote central hsumatra, tribes, gayo, aceh, sukuighlands of Aceh Province on the island of Sumatera. Their homeland lies across the Bukit Barisan Range ("Parade of Mountains"), which reaches heights of over 12,000 feet and runs for over a thousand miles. The Gayo mainly live in Central Aceh Regency and Southeast Aceh Regency. Their language is Gayo with two dialects, Gayo Lut and Gayo Luwes. The Gayo do not have a written language. Folk tales and oral stories are passed down in the form of poetry.The Gayo are close neighbors to the radical Islamic Aceh people, and in the past, the sultans of Aceh conquered the Gayo region and made the Gayo slaves. After an initial resistance (during which many Gayo were killed), the Dutch occupation from 1904-1942 resulted in the Gayo developing a thriving cash crop economy in vegetables and coffee. During the occupation and during the 50 years of Indonesian independence, the Gayo have gained access to higher levels of education, and participated to some degree in the Islamicization and modernization of their country.
The main source of income for the Gayo people is farming with the main crop being coffee. Other sources of income are fishing and gathering forest products. They also have developed skills in ceramics, weaving mats and weaving cloth. Another well known handicraft, called Kerawang Gayo, is embroidery with gold/colorful designs. In a traditional Gayo house (umah) uses palm thatch and wood. Several related families typically live together. There is also a meresah where older boys, bachelors, widowers, and male visitors sleep. This is also used for studying and religious activities. Gayo arts include saman and didong, which are mixtures of movement, literature, poetry, and singing. Apart from entertainment and recreation, these arts have ritual, educational, and informational functions, as well as being a means of maintaining balance sumatra, tribes, gayo, aceh, sukuin the social structure. The Gayo marriage pattern calls for marriage outside one's own family. However, marriage between cousins is not forbidden. Most men marry women from the same area. This is done so that the man will already know the woman and the woman's family can continue to look after her. A first marriage must be approved by both families (polygamy is rare, but allowed). Divorce and remarriage are quite common.

The Gayo people are mostly Muslim, but their understanding and conviction are lacking. Most Gayo still believe in good and bad spirits and holy men both dead and alive. They also continue to worship and make offerings to spirits, saints, and their ancestors.

Gayo tribe is a tribe that inhabited the highlands in the province of Aceh. Gayo tribe inhabiting the three districts of Central Aceh District, Gaoh-mnDistrict Bener Meriah and Gayo Lues Regency. Gayo tribe also inhabits a number of villages in East Aceh district, Aceh Tamiang, District Beutong Nagan Raya District and the District Rumble So in East Aceh district.
Gayo tribe known Muslim and devout in their religion. Tribe uses a language called Gayo language Gayo.Confidence Gayo tribe of Muslims, but there are believed to practice witchcraft.

Livelihood
The main livelihood is farming and gardening with coffee the main results. They also developed the crafts made of ceramics, weaving, and weaving. Another craft that enough attention is made needlepoint filigree craft Gayo, with a distinctive motif.
Kingdom of Linga
Kingdom of Linga or Linge (the Gayo language) on the ground Gayo, according to M. Junus Djamil in his book "White Elephant" published by the Institute of Culture in 1959 Atjeh, Kutaradja, said that around the 11th century (Penahunan this may be very relative, because the kingdom Lamuri have existed before this century, penahunan more precise is the century to 2-9 M), the Kingdom of Linga established by the Batak people Gayo in the era of Sultan Mahmud Shah Machudum Johan Sovereign of the Kingdom Perlak. This information is known from the testimony of King and his son King Uyem Ranta, King of CIK Bebesan and Zainuddin, from the kings Kejurun Hill both of which had dominion as king in the Dutch colonial era.
Linga Raja I, which became a direct descendant of Batak, is mentioned to have 6 children. The oldest a woman named professor or Datu Beru Beru, others sebayak Linga, Linga Meurah Johan and Meurah, Meurah Silu and Meurah Mege.


Sebayak Linga then migrated to the land of his ancestors precisely in the Karo Batak and open country where he was known as the King of Linga Sibayak. Meurah Johan wanders into Aceh Besar and establish his kingdom named Lamkrak or Oeii Lam, known as Lamoeri and Lamuri or Lamuri or Lambri Sultanate. This means above Lamuri sultanate was founded by Johan Meurah Meurah Linga while living in Linge, Gayo, who later became king down termurun Linge. Meurah Silu Pasai migrate to the area and became an employee of the Sultanate Power in Pasai. The Sultanate is a Shiite-led empire of the Persians and Arabs.
Meurah Mege himself buried on the slope Keramil Wihni Rayang Paluh Linge area. Until now still preserved and respected by the population.
The cause of migration is unknown. However, according to the Linga history is told that the King is more fond of his youngest Meurah Mege. Thus making the other children who prefer to wander.

DYNASTY LINGGA
1. Adi Genali Linga Raja I in GayoKing sebayak Linga in Tanah Karo. Become King of KaroMeurah King Johan (founder of Sultanate Lamuri)Meurah Silu (founder of the Sultanate of Pasai Ocean), and
2. King Linga Linga II, aka Angry at Gayo 3. Linga Raja III-XII in Gayo 4. XIII Linga Raja Amir al-Harb into the Sultanate of Aceh, in 1533 formed a new kingdom of Johor in Malaysia, led by Sultan Alauddin Shah Mansyur. King Linga XIII appointed a new cabinet in the kingdom. His descendants founded the Sultanate of linga in the Riau archipelago, the island of Linga, whose sovereignty includes Riau (Indonesia), Temasek (Singapore) and a little area of ​​Malaysia.
Kings of the Linga sebayak Karo undocumented. In the era of Dutch re-appointed kings but only two eras 1. King Joints Sibayak Linga. (Optional Netherlands) 2. King Kalilong Sibayak Linga
Alas Kuet Tribe 20.000
The Kluet people are one of eight people groups that live in the Indonesian special province of Aceh. They are found in two districts of South Aceh Regency, namely North Kluet District and South Kluet District. These two districts are divided by the Krueng Kluet River, which has its source in the Leuser Mountains and empties into the Indian Ocean. The area where the Kluet people live is remote, about 20 kilometers from the main road, 50 kilometers from the city of Tapak Tuan and 500 kilometers from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.The Kluet language is divided into 3 dialects, the Paya Dapur dialect, the Meunggamat dialect, and the Krueng Kluet dialect. Apparently the language has evolved from a combination of the Alas, Kuo, Aceh, and Minangkabau languages.
The Kluet area is very fertile, and most Kluet make their living from farming irrigated and unirrigated rice fields or growing crops such as coffee, patchouli (which produces fragrant oils), and all sorts of vegetables. Other means for livelihood include raising livestock and fishing. Fish are either eaten fresh or preserved for storage. One way of preserving the fish is by smoking it. This type of preserved or dried fish, called ikan saleh, is a specialty of the Kluet people.The Kluet people are famous for hunting, since they live at the edge of the jungle. During the time of Dutch colonialism, this people group was often noted for their skill on the battlefield. Their skill as hunters made them able fighters. They often employed guerrilla tactics to fight their enemies.The Kluet prefer to live in groups and only in certain areas. They have a strong sense of ethnic identity, and, therefore, they do not spread out very far from each other. They find it difficult to mix with other people groups, and as a result, their culture is rather closed to outsiders. Kluet villages are comprised of houses and a number of other buildings, including rice barns, a meeting center, women's centers, religious schools, and mosques. The meeting center, called a meursah has a variety of purposes. It is used as a place to read the Qur'an (Islamic Holy Book), say daily prayers, hold special Islamic celebrations, as well as a place to meet or for young men to sleep if there is no religious school in the village. The women's center, or deyah, is a place where women may go to worship.
Most Kluet are followers of Islam. However, traditional animistic beliefs have not totally disappeared and often have significant impact. This can be seen in routines of daily life, especially in various special ceremonies. Many are afraid of supernatural ghosts (setan). They also believe one of the graves in their area has magic powers. According to the Kluet, this grave can be seen at certain times while at other times it disappears. Magic talismans are used so that evil spirits will not hurt them. The use of such talismans helps them feel calmer and more protected.
Sikule 27.000 Christian
Central Simeulue Island. Alternate names: Sichule, Sikhule, Wali Banuah. Dialects: Lekon, Tapah. Similar to Nias [nia].

Simeulue Tribe 107.000
The Simeulue people live on Simeulue Island located 200 kilometers off the western coast of Aceh Province. Their largest towns are named Sibigo, Sigulai, and Lamame. On Simeulue Island there is no land transport available and the only means of travel is walking.Simeulue people are known as being friendly and brave. Their physical appearance is sometimes described as being more similar to northern Asian peoples because they are often of lighter skin than other Indonesians. This is different from the general appearance of the Aceh people on the mainland. The Simeulue speak Ulau, which means "island," and it has two dialects. Sigulai is used in western Simeulue and Salang, and Devayan is used in eastern Simeulue, central Simeulue, and southern Tepang. In general the Simeulue can speak the Aceh language because of the strong influence of Aceh culture on the Simeulue.
Generally, the Simeulue make a living from planting cloves and coconuts as well as fishing. Each village usually has one mesjid (mosque) or musholla (prayer-house). Beside using it for prayer, the mesjid is also used for discussing religious issues, holding social functions, providing information from the government, and encouraging the community to work together on community projects. The village head in Simeulue is called a kecik. Previously, the Simeulue were ruled by a king before they were conquered by the king of Aceh and became part of that kingdom. The Simeulue house is built on stilts. Typically, the parents live in a large house with their unmarried children and the families of their sons. This group is called walli or walli akrab. Heredity is patrilineal (tracing descent from the father).Living arrangements after marriage are of three types. In the first pattern, the couple lives near the husband's family. The second pattern is called paladangan sataun duo in the Devayan dialect or beladang sataun duo in the Sigulai dialect. In this pattern, the couple lives for a few years with the wife's family and the husband must help his in-laws. After this, they live with the husband's family for the rest of their lives. In the third pattern, which is called mafanofano, the couple always lives with the wife's family and the husband must help his in-laws. This usually happens because the wife is an only child.
Although most Simeulue embrace Islam, many are still influenced by animistic beliefs and various superstitions. These beliefs are focused upon seeking protection through magic by either appeasing or controlling both good and bad spirits

Tamiang Tribe 6.800
The Tamiang live in the southeasumatra, tribes, tamiang, aceh, sukust part of East Aceh Regency, in the Aceh Province. Previously this area was the Tamiang administrative district with a very large area of 7,760 square kilometers. Now the district has been divided into six districts, Kuala Simpang, Bendahara, Karangbaru, Seuruway, Kejuruanmuda, and Tamiang Hulu. One legend states that the name Tamiang comes from the words itam and mieng. Itam means "black" and mieng means "cheek." This appellation supposedly arose because a king of Tamiang named Raja Muda Sedia (1332-1362) had a black mark on his cheek. Another story says that the name Tamiang comes from the name of an island in the Riau Archipelago, which was the original dwelling place of the Tamiang people's ancestors. The Tamiang people have their own language with an 87% vocabulary similarity to the Melayu (Malay) Riau language.
The main source of income for Tamiang people is planting rice in both irrigated and unirrigated fields. Other crops which they plant are corn, cassava, tomatoes, chili peppers, and eggplant. They also grow fruits such as oranges, mangoes, durian, and langsat. Those who live on the coast fish and make coal from mangrove trees. Some become plantation workers and traders. The Tamiang rarely leave their area because their agricultural land is extensive and fertile enough to support them. At the beginning of the twentieth century, this area received many migrants from other areas because of the opening of rubber and palm oil plantations and oil wells.The Tamiang people are controlled by the "Law of the Four Peoples." This means that the highest traditional leader is the "Datuk of the Four Peoples." The word datuk comes from the word ndatu, which signifies the first person to open a settlement (rebas tebang). Those who came later were placed below the existing Datuk. In the ensuing process, the four Datuks united their areas and chose a king (raje) as leader. This decision was established and sealed with an agreement called Kate Tetuhe. The four datuks were titled Datuk Imam Balai, Datuk Penghulu, Datuk Hakim, and Datuk Setia Maha Raja. For the king there was a proverb: "raje adil raje disembah, raje lalin raje disangah" (A fair king will be worshipped, a cruel king will be dethroned). In upholding that role, Tamiang leaders hold onto a vow that states "kasih papa setia mati" (a father's love is faithful to death). Traditional law was effectively carried out with the philosophy "adat dipangku, syarat dijunjung, resam dijalin, kanun diatur" (traditional law is administered but religious law is respected customary ways are formed but canon law is organized).
Tamiang people are followers of Islam, which has penetrated various aspects of their lives. However, many still carry out the ceremonies of their old beliefs. They hold certain ceremonies connected with their everyday lives, such as ceremonies held for blessing the planting of the rice (kenduri blang), the harvesting of the rice, and ceremonies to protect them for disasters (tula bala).

Proposed World Heritage

Gunongan Historical Park Sumatra Aceh

nature reserve, proposed world heritage, gunongan
Date of Submission: 19/10/1995
Criteria:
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Directorate General for Culture
Coordinates:
Aceh Special Region
Ref.: 300

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Car license numbers:
BL: Aceh.
BB: Tapanuli.
BK: North Sumatra.
BA: West Sumatra. BM: Riau.
BP: Riau Islands.
BG: South Sumatra.
BN: Banka, Billiton. BE: Lampung.
BD: Bengkulu.
BH: Jambi.

Lush valley,cascading waterfalls and active volcanoes. Tribes with a history of cannibalism and apes so similar to humans their name translates as ''man of the forest''.



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Medan

The gateway to this exotic region, Medan is a bustling port town, replete with movie-style crowded market, seedy bars and shady characters, but also broad avenues, first-class hotels and restaurants . From humble beginnings as a small kingdom on the Deli River delta, Medan became the capital of a powerful sultanate in the late 1800s, then developed into booming plantation town during the early 1900s as Sumatra''s tobacco, rubber, palm oil and tea fetched high price on the world markets. Post independence Medan has continued to grow into Indonesia''s largest city outside Java, with oil and industrial goods added to the list of lucrative exports.
Gunung Lauser Reserve, which straddles the North Sumatra - Aceh Border, are open to visitor through rafting expeditions down the Alas River and tours of the orangutan rehabilitation center at Bahorok, where formerly captive apes are re-introduces to the wild.

Lake Toba

Formed by a stupendous prehistoric volcanic explosion, the 100 km long lake is the largest is Southeast Asia and one of the deepest and highest in the world. The drama of that cataclysmic birth persist in 500 meter cliffs dropping into the blue-green waters, Surrounded by steep, pine covered sloped, the climate is fresh and pleasant, with just enough rain to support the lush vegetation.

Samosir

the large island in the center of the lake, is the home of the Toba batak. One of the prominent ethnic groups in the archipelago, Bataks living in distant cities will regularly return to their ancestral island.
Three megalithic sites on Samosir bear witness to the glory - and horror - of Batak history. The three consist of 300-year-old stone seats and benches arrayed in a circle. The first set of ruins was used as a conference area for Batak kings. At the second site, the rajas would sit in judgment of a criminal or enemy prisoner. If the accused were found guilty, the assembly would move to the third set, which features the ghastly addition of a central stone execution block.
Other, less gruesome attraction can occupy many days of exploration and discovery. All over the island are superb examples of traditional Batak houses, with elaborate carvings and decorations. Performance of life-size is Gale-gale wooden puppet are held frequently, and at any moment, the musical Batak might break into a impromptu song, the seeming effortless, multi-part harmonies belying the casual setting.
With a few motor vehicles, the island is a walker''s paradise. Local guides are available for numerous hikes of varying difficulty around the island and surrounding lakeshore. Those who complete the 1600 meter climb up muddy trails to the village of Roonggurni need not be proud of their accomplishment:village children descend and re-climb the mountain every day to attend school.

Nias

Enormous breakers pummel the island of Nias attracting the best surfers in the world to Lagundri Beach. The unforgiving power attacking the shore seems to have bred the same qualities in the people, whose militaristic culture has fascinated anthropologists for decades.

Getting to North Sumatra By Air
Medan is primary gateway to Sumatra, served by daily direct flights from Singapore by Garuda Indonesia and Silk Air, and from Penang by Malaysian Airlines System (MAS).
Sea Ferries ply between Penang and Port of Belawan. A fast, comfortable passenger liner sails biweekly from Jakarta to Medan.

When to Go
North Sumatra has a warm tropical climate with wet and dry seasons lasting approximately six month each. The heaviest rains occur in December and January. During the wet season, overland travel in Southern Sumatra ca be subject to lengthy delay. Average humidity is 81 percent and temperatures average 27C during the day and 25C at night, with average temperatures dropping one degree for every 300 meters elevation. Evenings in mountain areas can be quite cool. The best time to visit is between May and October, though rain will still be frequent occurrence in many mountainous areas.

Accommodation
Medan is a modern city with full facilities for travelers of every budget and preference. Three four-star properties, and several three-star and two star hotels.

Transport
Medan has metered taxis and hire cars are available through most hotels. Noisy, motorized pedicabs cruise downtown area.

Lake Toba
Getting There
Lake Toba is three hours by good road from Medan. Bus service is frequent, and hired taxis are widely available. Regular ferries serve communities on Samosir, carrying motorcycles as well as passenger. Private speedboats are also available for charter.

Accommodation
Higher quality hotels are all found on the mainland at Prapat. On Samosir Island there are number of two-star hotels and plenty of basic, but clean and comfortable homestay.

Restaurants
The hotels all serve standard European food as well as local dishes. Restaurants on Samosir offer simple, healthy meals, often including yogurt, fruit juices and other young traveler fare.

Transport
Everything in Prapat is within walking distance of most hotels. Walking is one''s only option in Samosir, as few vehicles exist.

Nias

Getting There
SMAC runs daily flights by small plane from Medan to Nias. Small ferries leave daily from Sibolga on the Sumatra west coast.
Accommodation
Nias has basic hotel geared to young surfers and backpackers.
Transport
Four wheel-drive vehicles and motorcycle are available in Nias. Hire cars and motorcycle are also available.

Trans-Sumatra Highway

Nightmare or ultimate experience
The just recently completed trans-Sumatera highway stretches over the entire length of one of the biggest islands on the planet, a distance of over 2500 km. The journey from Bakauheini in the far south to Banda Aceh in the far north is certainly one of the most fascinating travel experiences of entire Indonesia.
The journey can also turn out to be a nightmare, full of frustrations and unconforting events. Much depents on a carefull preparation, enough time and a big enough resilience during inevitable delays and irritations, things that all travelers in Indonesia will eventually experience. Patience and tolerance are demanded and can make this journey into a travelling experience.
The way Jakarta-Banda Aceh can be done in one lap, but that''s dissuaded strongly. The journey will take about sixty hours and is very cheap, a challenge for travellers which want to test their endurance. The time of collapsed bridges and flooded roads has passed, the roads are reinforced, but mainly during the wet season, landslides can cause unpleasant surprises. The delay normally doesn''t last long. De national economy partially depends on the highway and can therefore not be closed down more than a few hours.

Start in Lampung
The first lap of the trans-Sumatera road (99 km) runs from the moor places of the Jawa-Sumatera ferry in Bakeukheini on the most southeastern tip of the island to Bandar Lampung, the capital of the Lampung province. From the beginning the road meanders along Gunung Rajabasa, with a splendid view over the island-filled Bay of Lampung. Rows of clovetrees, characteristic cones with light-green leaves, mark the slopes.
Over sixty km past Bakauheni the road descents rapidly towards the coast. From the shivering, blue bay, small islands rise above the water, as well as fishing platforms, which float on the water like giant spiders. Houses on pawls decorate the beach, separated from the road by a small stretch of mangrove swamps. Then the enormous warehouses and docks appear, the suburbs of Bandar Lampung.

The next phase of the trans-Sumatera highway stretched over 385 km (nine hours) towards Muara Enim, over plaint which border to the eastern edges of Bukit Barisan. The road cuts through rubber- and oil-plantations and fields with corn. All rivers flow towards the east from Bukit Barisan, and create numerous crossings.
The beautiful green sawah''s along the road are decorated with small houses to keep wild animals in the distance. Look for the traditional Lampung or South Sumateran rumah limas, wooden houses with a red roof with a highered floor. In the earlier days these houses were built with ropes instead of nails.

Sumatera Selatan and Jambi
After Muara Enim the highway stretched towards the northeast and several times it crosses the Kali Lematang, before it reaches Lahat. Just after Muara Enim a panoramic view shows the Lematang against a background of primary tropical rainforest. Early in the morning and late in the afternoon hords of buffalo''s, busses and trucks battle for some space on the road. Separated from the hills of Bukit Barisan is Bukit Serelo, a bald peek on a steep hill.
Lahat is the starting point for reconnaisance through the Pasemah highlands. Passengers who get out here however, are not ensured for a good seat in the next lag. the sharp curves and traffic coming towards you. Luckily it''s not that crowded on the whole plantations decorated the nearby scenery. Mosques take their places again.
The highway north of Lahat offers numerous curves, and at clear weather, a view over the Bukit Barisan in the west. During the wet season landslides are common. On the steep slopes coffee is being harvested, and a rubber plantation stretches several kilometres along the highway. The next city, Tebing Tinggi (''high cay''), is above the river Musi, one of the biggest and most important of Southern Sumatera.
After that a straight way leads to Lubuklinggau, on the crossing with the main road to Bengkulu. The next 28 kilometres houses with plate roofings with monotone regularity come across the window of the bus, until the road, just before Bangko, crossed the Merangin river. Here Jambi province starts, with a little more to the west National Park Kerinci-Seblat.
The next stage, from Bangko to Muara Bungo (92 km), is very fast. From here a 212 km long road runs to Jambi in the east. Outside Muara Bungo a bridge over the river Tebo near Teluk Panjang offers a view over the mosque on the river bank. Fifty kilometres ahead the wide Hariri river gives water to the irrigational system for sawah''s nearby. This is Western Sumatera and along the road the first roofs in Minang-style can be found.

Western Sumatera
Beyond Kiliranjao the landscape finally gets more nice. The highway climbs in curves into Bukit Barisan. Impressife limestone formations appear, green sawah''s make the contrast very fierce against the edge of the rainforests. The high, white bark of the tree''s are no less than the limestone pillars. In some places the vegetation grows on vertical walls.
The first towers of limestone, small but impressive, appears on the right near Sungai Langsat. A little ahead are five more, bigger, oval, stupa-shaped toys of Mother Nature. In the wet season landslides occur in this area. In the worst case that will delay you for a few (more) hours.
After the mountains a more hospit landscape with sawah''s, small Minangkabau houses ans hills leads you to a small river valley that will lead you towards a crowded trading place of Solok.
The way from Solok towards Padangpanjang, 53 kilometres, follows the river Sumani towards the north until Danau Singkarak, a giant and very beautigfull crater lake. After that the highway passes the eastern banks of the river Sumani and the bridge over the river Umbilinri, on which Danau Singkarak irrigates it''s water.

Gunung Singgalang and Merapi
North of the lake, the road ascends, the view here is very nice too, and it crosses the fertile ricefields of Pandangpanjang after that. At the left side is Gunung Singgalang, and on the right Gunung Merapi (not the one on Jawa), an active vulcano that regularly erupts a little. Both vulcanoes are about the same size, a little less than 2900 metres.
Bukittinggi, about halfway the stage, offers a big variety in hotels, restaurants and an interesting environment. An ideal place to split up your journey, to relax a few days and to make small trips.
The next stage from Bukittinggi to Prapat, the gate to Danau Toba and Pulau Samosir (Northern Sumatera), a distance of 500 km, is pretty aggressive. The journey takes about 15 hours. It''s is recommended to stop the journey in Padang Sidempuan or Sibolga, so the road through Bukit Barisan can be done at daylight.
The road is asphalted, but small and curvy. With a good driver it can still be agonizing with all the sharp curves and traffic coming towards you. Luckily it''s not that crowded on the whole, and the bus can''t drive faster than 40 km an hour.
Try to be awake when the bus arrives in Bonjol. This city is named after Imam Bonjol, the famous islamic leader of the Paderi-wars. His statue, high on a horse and waving fierce with it''s sable, decorates the city (on the right). A monument just past Bonjol marks the equator.
Now the road ascends towards Lubuksikaping to descend there towards a long river valley with on the right side sawah''s. The road lingers downhill towards Muara Sipongi and Hutanopan. Steep descends belong to the past, however there are many cliffs covered in forests. Ricefields covered with small houses, and bridges over the river mark the transition to Northern Sumatera.

Northern Sumatera
From Muara Sipongi the road follows the river Gadis until past Hutanopan. The village of Purda Baru has the biggest pesantren (islamic boarding school) of Indonesia, with students from all over the country. Hundreds of small huts give home to boys from six to twelve years, which spend their elementary school-time here. The people in this area belong to the Mandailing Batak, which changed to islam about 150 years ago.
Panyabungan is a crowded market place which has much activity on Mondays, the market days. Remarkable becaks and the motorised becak mesin give some extra color to the colorfull marketplace and also add multiple decibels of noise. After Panyabungang the roads runs across ricefields with white mosques. Passing brick factories this continues until Padangsidempuan, which is reached in the evening. Otherwhise get on another bus for the one and a hour drive to Sibolga.
Outside some very strange curves the next stage, to Prapat and Danau Toba, takes about five hours, and is fairly hard. The route to Tarutung takes about three hours, and leads along markets and deforested hills with in some places a pine tree. After about one hours the pass at the bottom of Gunung Sibualbuali (with a big hotel) the border betwen the islamic and the christian Batak, and mosques are gradualy replaced by churches. From here it''s half an hour on a straight road to the crowded market place of Siborongborong.
A little further the curvy descend towards Danau Toba starts, alon spectaculair ricefields and impressive graves with statues ofmen with big eyes on horses, and elderly clothed in adat-clothes. On top of some traditional graves are houses, one almost big enough to live in. The enormous grave on the right, just a little from the road past Balige, is from the Batak king of Raja Tano. Next the road lingers through the hills around the lake, to recover again near Prapat.
The journey from Prapat to Medan takes about four to five hours, with just after Prapat a tremendous view over Danau Toba. After that, a meandering descend through the mountains follows, which end almost in the sea. Wealthy ricefields and rubber- and oil plantations decorated the nearby scenery. Mosques take their places again.

The last stage : Nangroe Aceh Darussalam
The sixhundred kilometres from Medan to Banda Aceh takes about fourteen hours. The landscape is nive, but Biruen alone, on about two thirds of the total distance, is good enough to break up your journey temporarily. You can for example make an excursion to Danau Tawar. Near Sabat, seventeen kilometres outside Medan, the road crosses a wide river and the traffic gets less crowded. The road runs along big oilpalm plantations and old rubber plantations. Just before Tanjungpura a big mosque can be found on the left.
The landscape variates: big ricefields (some can stretch upto two kilometres along the road), cocos-bushes, mosques with one or three domes, big rivers and birdges over estuaria, overgrown by mangrove and nipa-palmtrees. Far away the grassy feet of Bukit Barisan can already be seen.
The city of Lhokseumawe, a few kilometres from the road, is the proud posessor of a big number of bank- and governmental buildings, shopping centrums, five-star hotels and restaurants. When leaving this city, big storage places for oil can be seen, that''s where the city got it''s wealth from.
How deeper you enter the province of Aceh, the more women and girls wear kerudung or jilbab, an islamic scarf which only allows the face not to be covered. These girls only visit islamic schools. The mosques normally have roofs of iron-wood.
Through the biggest part of the trans-Sumatera highway, it follows a railroad that has longsince liquidated Dutch railroad. However the biggest part of the railroad still is there, most bridged have collapsed.
During the last stage the road leaves the ricefields and coastal cities to cut the northen part of Bukit Barisan. Lingering the bus follows the road through bush-covered hills and lonely pinetrees. The a quiet route along a river and a fertile valley follow, until he destination can finally be seen: Banda Aceh in the far northern tip of Sumatera.

Nangroe Aceh Darussalam

* Bandar Aceh Provincial Museum
* Bandar Aceh lskandar Muda Struggle Museum
* Lhokseumawe Malikussaleh Museum
North Sumatera
* Arjuna Museum
* Balige Museum
* Medan Bukit Barisan History Museum
* Sidikalang Dairi Museum
* Karo Lingga Museum
* Medan North Sumatera Provincial Museum
* Pematang Siantar Simalungun Huta Bolon Museum
* Nias Pusaka Museum
West sumatera
* Bukittinggi Museum

Riau

* Riau Provincial Museum
* Kandil Museum

Benkulu

* Bengkulu Provincial Museum
Jambi

* Jambi Provincial Museum

South Sumatera

*"Balaputra Dewa" South Sumatera Provincial Museum
* Belitung Tin Mining Unit Museum
* Sultan Badaruddin Museum
* Monpera Museum
* The Subkoss Garuda Sriwijaya Museum

Lampung

* "Ruwa Jurai" Lampung Provincial Museum.

Nangroe Aceh Darussalam

Bandar Aceh Provincial Museum
The State Museum of Aceh is run by the government and used for keeping various historical items, either from the kingdom period until the independence time. The historical collections that can be seen at this museum among others are the stamp of the Aceh Kingdom, the duplicate of the Malikul Saleh''s Tomb, ancient transcripts, and the coins of the Aceh Kingdom.

Another collection that can be found in the museum is Cakra Donya Bell. There are few versions about the existence of this Bell. One of the version based on the script written on the top part of the bell, it was made in 1409. It was a gift offered to the Sultan of Aceh by the Chinese emperor to strengthen the relationship between them. According to Kremer in his book Aceh I the bell was made in 1469. This bell is about 1,25 meters high and 0,75 meter wide.

On 2 December 1915, during Governor H. N. A. Swart''s administration, the bell is taken down the ba''gloendong tree because there were some concerns that it would fall and break. The bell had to be taken down by some Chinese because it was thought to have been ghostly.

In 1939, the old bell of Sultan was hung with a chain in a wooden dome in front of the Aceh State Museum. When the outside part of the bell was cleaned it found out that the bell had carvings in Arabic and Chinese characters on it. The scripts were worn out and were unreadable anymore. It estimated that the bell used to be coated by golden layers. The symbols were carved on the iron plate of the bell and the gold was put into grooves.

The bell could have been a rusty temple bell whose golden characters were worn out or could been stolen by irresponsible people. The Chinese characters read a Sing Fang Niat Toeng Juut Kat Tjo, which means Sultan Sing Fa, was pour deep into month 12 out of 5 years.

The complex of Gold Stable Tomb (Tombs of Kings of Aceh) is located in the Baperis complex and the complex of State Aceh Museum. In the Baperis complex, there are two stable tombs of Kings of Aceh. The first one is called the Gold Stable and the other one is the Tomb complex of Sultan Mansyur Syah. As for those who were buried in the complex of Gold Stable among others were the Princess the daughter of Bengkulu King, Sultan Alaidin Mahmud Syah, King Darussalam, Teungku Zainal Abidin.

In the complex of Sultan Ibrahim Mansyur Syah, there were buried among others Pocut Rumoh Geudong (wife of Sultan Ibrahim Mansur), Pocut Sri Banun (son of Sultan Ibrahim Mansur), Sultan Ibrahim Mansyur Syah (who reigned from 1836-1870), Sultan Muhammad Syah (son of Sultan Mahmud Syah), Sultan Husein Johar Al-alam Syah (son of Sultan Muhammad Syah), Putoru Binen (sister of Sultan Ibrahim Mansur Syah), Tuanku Husein Pangeran Anom (son of Sultan Ibrahim Mansur), Tuanku Cut Zainal Abidin, Teungku Chik, Tuanku Raja Ibrahim (son of Sultan Mohammad Daud Syah).

In the complex of the State Museum of Aceh, there rests Sultan Alaidin Ahmad Syah (1727-1735), Sultan Alauddin Johan Syah (1735-1760), Sultan Alauddin Mohammad Daud Syah (1781-1795), and Pocut Mohammad (son of Sultan Ahmad Syah).

In the west side of the Tomb of Sultan Iskandar Muda, we can see the State Mansion (Meuligo Aceh). This mansion is the official resident for the governor of Aceh. The mansion was built under Dutch military government. It is constructed on the ruin of the Sultan''s palace. The architecture is a combination between European and Aceh architecture.

Bandar Aceh lskandar Muda Struggle Museum
Gunongan -Gunongan is a man made miniature mountain built by Sultan Iskandar Muda 1608-1638 for his wife Putro Phang (From Malaysia). This building likely functioned as an important recreational peace located in the Taman Sari Park for the Queen and other royal family members to climb.It is quite enjoyable to visit this place during the late afternoon or sunset.

Lhokseumawe Aceh Malikussaleh Museum
Lhokseumawe is a town located 274 km from Banda Aceh which is now being developed as an industrial zone. Many gigantic plants are constructed following the discovery of huge LNG resources in the area. Touristic features of the town is a.o. Samudera Pasai. It was the first great Islamic kingdom of Indonesia. All that remains of it, however, is a graveyard 18 km east of the town. One of the graves belongs to Malikussaleh, as Samudera Pasai''s first king. Other objects for visitors are Blang Kolam Falls and Ujung Blang beach

North Sumatera

Medan Provincial Museum
A large museum, it is localted on Jl. Joni 51 and not far from the Mesjid Raya.This museum has a wide range of weapons on display used in the war of independence as well as prehistoric artifacts, Bhuddist statues and an excellent array of Batik from the area. The two Arabic gravestones from the 8th century AD are magnificent.

Medan Bukit Barisan History Museum
Located on Jl H. Zainal Arifin, it is basically a military museum with most of the objects on display being of the wartime resistance, and, in particular the 1958 Sumatran rebellion. At the rear of the building there are tribal cultural exhibits as well as traditional houses replicas.

Sidikalang Dairi Museum
The museum is located in the town of Sidikalang. It has an interesting collection of historiael remains and cultural products of the dairi people, also a disply of the traditional Dairi costoms.

Simalungun Museum Foundation
Among the tribal houses is the Rumah Bolon, or long house of the Batak chief. It was built by the XII Chief of the Bataks, Tuan Rahalim. The long house was built of solid teak and stand on twenty poles. The roof gables are ornately decorated with designs in red, black and white, the traditional Batak colours. These colours carry special significance, white denotes the holy spirit, red denotes the way of life, and black denotes black magic.

Simanindo Huta Bolon Museum
t the northern tip of the island, in Simanindo, there''s a fine old traditional house that has been restored and now functions as a museum. Museum Huta Bolon Simanindo was formerly the home of Rajah Simalungun, a Batak king, and his 14 wives. Originally, the roof was decorated with 10 buffalo horns, which represented the 10 generations of the dynasty. The museum has a small but interesting collection of brass cooking utensils, weapons, Dutch and Chinese crockery, sculptures and Batak carvings.
Displays of traditional Batak dancing are performed at 10:30 from Monday to Saturday (30,000Rp), if enough tourists show up.
The village of Simanindo is 15km from Tuk Tuk and is accessible by hired motorbike.

Karo Lingga Museum
About 15 km south of Berastagi just of the main road is the small Karo Batak village Lingga. This village is in a poor state but gives a good example of the traditional houses of the Karo Batak. The houses which are about 120 years old are built without using nails. Guides will try to get you on their tour through the village but it is very well possible to walk around alone. The people sometimes perform a local dance for the tourists but be prepared to give a small donation.

Not far from Lingga is the village of Purba. In the traditional village don''t live people anymore and it is completely restored for use as a museum now. It is nice to see the traditional King''s house which also is build without a single nail. Near the village is the graveyard where the kings and their family who once lived in Purba are buried.

Nias Pusaka Museum

A very nice site : http://www.niastourismboard.com/nias/culture.php
Gunungsitoli is home to Nias''s only museum, the Museum Pusaka Nias (Nias Heritage Foundation), which houses over 6000 objects related to Nias''s cultural heritage. The museum had recently built a new building and had improved their storage and exhibitions when the 2004 earthquake and tsunami occurred. The museum suffered some damage to the grounds and collections, but museum staff are working to recover from this devastating event

West sumatera

Bukittinggi Museum
Rumah Adat Baandjuang Museum. It is 140 years old classic rumah adat (clan house). It exhibit include wedding and dance costumes, head dressers, musical instruments, village crafts and historic weaponry.

Riau

Riau Provincial Museum
South of the city centre, not far from the airport, is Pekanbaru''s museum, housing historical remains from the region. The museum is built in traditional Riau-Malay style. Next door to the museum is Taman Budaya Riau, which comprises several traditional houses. The place is designated as the centre of cultural activities. The museum known by the name of Sang Nila Utama is a Malay traditional architectural model building located at Jenderal Sudirman Street Pekanbaru, not far from Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport. The museum, which is opened daily, except on Sunday and holidays, is keeping various collection of objects of art, history and culture from Riau area in general. Next to the museum, there is also a building with nearly similar architectural feature, i.e. Riau Cultural Park Building, which is appropriated as the centre of various art and cultural activity.

Kandil Museum
The museum contains an eccentric but impressive collection of historical artifacts-ceramics, manuscripts, Kris and guns.

Bengkulu

Bengkulu Provincial Museum
Bengkulu museum is located on the south side of the main road in Bengkulu city, Pembangunan St. Here, you can see an extensive collection ranging from prehistoric stone and ancient bronze drum to wooden models of traditional houses. Other display include traditional Engganese textile and looms of special interest, the Batik clothes made in Bengkulu called Kain Besurek with design incorporating Arabic Calligraphy and Majapahit sunburst.

Jambi

Jambi Provincial Museum
The old harbor area with it''s candi and menapo (masonry temples and channels) is over 1,500 hectares and is about 26 kilometres downstream from the modern capital on the other (northern) shore of the river. This biggest archeological complex of Sumatra, with a small but very interesting museum, can be reached from Jambi by waterbus or chartered speedboat. The full size of the location and the connected river villages is not known yet. The restoration of the three most important structures (Tinggi Temple, Gumpung Temple and Kedaton Temple, the last with a core of unusual small river stones) has been completed. Under the findings in Muara Jambi is an exceptional nice Prajnaparamita statue, without head, comparable with the one in the National Museum in Jakarta from the beginning of the 13th century. Under the pressure of the ever-closing agriculture the excavations and restorations continue in a race against time.

South Sumatera

Balaputra Dewa South Sumatera Provincial Museum
This Museum was built in 1977 designed with Palembang traditional architectural above 23.565 meters square area and has been opened on November, 5, 1984. At the first, the museum was called as Museum Negeri Sumatra Selatan, and then base on mandate letter of Indonesian education and cultural ministry no: 1223/1990 in April, 4, 1990 the museum has given a new name, Museum Negeri Provinsi Sumatra Selatan Bala Putra Dewa. Bala Putra Dewa is taken from the name of Sriwijaya empire king that ruled South Sumatra in 7th-8th century, he made Sriwijaya became a glorious empire.
Inside the museum, saved many collections that present various of South Sumatra culture and environment. The exhibits at the museum gallery include histography etnography and felology things, ceramics, modern tech, artistic craft, flora, fauna and geology. In additional to that, there are also ‘Limas’ house and purely Ulu’s house.

Sultan Badaruddin Museum
Museum of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II. It was used as the palace of Sultan. It has an imposing semi circular staircase and was built by the Dutch in 1823, which located near Musi River. Another museum is Balaputra Dewa Museum which located 5,5 km from the center of Palembang.

Monpera Museum

This monument is located in the center of Palembang city. This monument is built in the memory of South Sumatra people struggle when fought the colonist clan in the era of physical revolution. This event known as “ five days fought” which happened at 1st January 1947, which entangling all the society fighting with colonist.

The collection in this museum include the armor and the arm that used in the battle, War document, and things that related with that event. This monument is opened for public

Location : Jl. Merdeka in front of Mesjid Agung

The Subkoss Garuda Sriwijaya Museum
Museum Subkoss Garuda beach is a struggle of the Museum of South Sumatra, was established to honor and preserve the values of the struggle that has been done by the people of southern Sumatra in maintaining the independence of the Republic of Indonesia.

Lampung

Ruwa Jurai Lampung Provincial Museum.
Lampung Museum on Jalan Teuku Umar. There you can see the ancient objects, the remain of ceramic from China and Siam, or household utensils which is from centuries ago. The museum is opened on monday until saturday. Taman budaya or art center is place for presenting the classical music and traditional dances of Lampung. it takes fifteen minutes to get there from center of town. Not far from here, only ten minutes drive you can take view of Lampung Bay and Bandar Lampung municipality at the hill on Puncak Saindah of Sukadanaham village.
It has 3.233 collections compiled from prehistory, Hindu, Buddha and Islamic Age. The Museum also collects local and foreign ceramic from China. We can also find the statue from Hindu-Buddhist period, household utensils from ancient time, old tapirs clothes, ancient traditional boat, war outfits etc.There we can see the ancient objects, remain of ceramic from China and Siam, or household utensils, which is from centuries ago. The museum is opened on Monday until Saturday. Taman budaya or art center is place for presenting the classical music and traditional dances of Lampung. It takes fifteen minutes to get there from center of town.


Sumatra 62 Tribes
Abung Aceh Batak Alas-Kluet Batak Angkola Batak Dairi Batak Karo Batak Mandailing Batak Simalungun Batak Toba Bengkulu Enggano Enim Gayo Kaur Kayu Agung Kerinci Komering Krui Kubu Lampung Lematang Lembak Lintang Lom Loncong Lubu Malay Malay, Jambi Mentawai Minangkabau Muko-Muko Musi Nias Ogan Palembang Pasemah Pekal Penesak Pesisir, Southern Pubian Ranau Rawas Rejang Semendo Serawai Sikule Simeulue Sindang Kelingi Sungkai

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Sumatra : North Sumatra

North Sumatra

Nature Reserves, Mining, Plantations, Golf and Tribes Map

Golf Courses
Deli Golf Club

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Address : Deli Golf Club
Jl. Samanhudi No.9
Medan, North Sumatra
Telephone 62-61- 321 996/2996
Fax (62 21)- 489 5298
Website N/A
Email N/A
Holes 18
Length 6419 m
Par 72
Green Fees
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Location Located on a former tobacco plantation
Facilities N/A
Description The course features wide, open fairways, well-defended greens, and numerous water hazards.
The course has played host to the Indonesian Open several times.


Graha Helvetia Golf & Country Club
Adress : Komplek Ruko Graha Helvetia
Jl. Kapten Soemarsono No. 88 - 90, Medan
Phone: [62-61] 8453557
Fax: [62-61] 8453561

Only 15 minutes away from the center of the city, this course offers a spacious and flat landscape with palm trees providing the shades.

Facilities

* Club House
* Locker
* Shower
* Pro-Shop
* Restaurant
* Coffee Shop
* Shoes for hire
* Trolley for hire
* Driving Range
* Swimming Pool
* Tennis Court

Golf Course Info Year Built: 1994

Designer: Gary Player

Total holes: 18

Total Pars: 72

Total Distance: 5421 M

Type Course: Member

Owner: PT. Mestika Mandala Perdana

Martabe Sejahtera Golf Club
This challenging 18-hole course is designed to make your game a memorable one. The combination of jungle and hills will definitely challenge you to the limit. Built in a surrounding of the Sumatra forest, Martabe is easily accessible from Medan. Buggies and trained caddies will also make your golf a more comfortable one.

Golf Course Facilities:

* Club House
* Locker
* Shower
* Pro-Shop
* Restaurant
* Coffee Shop
* Golf Club for hire
* Shoes for hire
* Trolley for hire
* Motorized for hire
* Cart for hire Massage

Golf Course Info:

* Year Built: 1998
* Designer: Gus Grantham Construction
* Total holes: 18
* Total Pars: 72
* Total Distance: 6071 M
* Type Course: Semi Public
* Owner: PT. Taipan Asri Int’l

Address:
Jl. Let.Jen Djamin Ginting Km. 22, Medan
Phone: [62-61] 778 11163
Fax: [62-61] 4571335

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Tamora Golf Club
Golf Course Facilities:

* Club House
* Locker
* Shower
* Pro-Shop
* Restaurant
* Driving Range
* Tennis Court

Golf Course info:

* Member of: PGI; APLGI
* Year Built: 1972
* Designer: PTP Nusantara II
* Total holes: 18
* Total Pars: 72
* Total Distance: 4925 Y
* Type Course: Member
* Owner: PTP Nusantara II

Address:
d/a PTP Nusantara II, Tanjung Morawa
Medan
Phone: [62-61] 7940055 / 7940449
Fax: [62-61] 7940233

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Logan Hill Golf Club
Golf Course Facilities:

* Club House
* Locker
* Shower
* Pro-Shop
* Coffee Shop
* Golf Club for hire
* Driving Range
* Tennis Court

Golf Course Info:

* Member of: PGI
* Year Built: 1972
* Designer: Ir. Basuki / Pertamina
* Total holes: 18
* Total Pars: 72
* Type Course: Public
* Owner: Pertamina Unit Pengolahan I

Address:
Pertamina Unit Pengolahan – 1
Pangkalan Berandan, Medan
Phone: [62-620] 20335/ Ext. 2429, 2293
Fax: [62-620] 20880

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Tenera Golf Club
Owner: d/a PTP Nusantara IV Bahjambi
Adress: Pematang Siantar
Tel: 0622.563001
Fax: 0622.563003
9 Holes

Britama Golf Club
Owner : d/a. BRI Kantor Wilayah Medan
Adress: Jl. Putri Hijau No.2A Medan
Tel: 061.4525666 061.4258323
Fax: 061.4525601

Tenee Golf Club
Adress: Jl. Dewa Ruci No.48 Medan
Tel: 061.4532448
Fax: 061.4143884

Sinabung Golf Club
Adress: Jl. Hokky No.6 Medan
Tel: 061.4574235

Patra-I Golf Club
Owner : d/a. Pertamina Unit Pemasaran I Medan Jl. K.L.
Adress: Yos Sudarso No.8-10 Medan
Tel: 061.4554666 061.4552422
Fax: 061.4556659 061.4558142

Mandiri Golf Club
Owner : Medan PT. Bank Mandiri
Adress: Jl. Balaikota No.8-10, Medan
Tel: 061.4511166
Fax: 061.45111777

Nusantara 3 Golf Club
Adress: Jl. Sei Batanghari No.2, Medan
Tel: 061.8453100

Bakrie Bunut Golf Club
D/A Bakrie Sumatera Plantations, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Bukit Barisan Country Club
Jl. Medan-Pancur Batu KM 17 Desa Tuntungan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Sally Golf Course
Jl. Teuku Umar No.7 AG Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia


N-Sumatra 9 Tribes

North central, Sipirok area. Alternate names: Anakola, Angkola. Dialects: Similar to Mandailing Batak [btm], but distinct sociolinguistically.
Batak c1.667.000 Christian
Northern, southwest of Lake Toba around Sidikalang. Alternate names: Dairi, Pakpak, Pakpak Dairi.
Batak Karo 611.000 Christian
Centsumatra, tribes, North, batak, batak karo, sukural and north, west and northwest of Lake Toba. Alternate names: Karo Batak. Dialects: Singkil.

Batak Mandailing Tribe 477.000
Thsumatra, tribes, North, batak, batak mandailing, sukue Mandailing and the Angkola are two closely related Batak people groups who live in the South Tapanuli Regency of North Sumatera Province. Although they sometimes seem to be one group, they are differentiated both regionally (since the Angkola live to the north of the Mandailing) and religiously, because the Mandailing are proud to have almost no Christians among their group while the Angkola group is 3-5% Christian. The Mandailing people consider themselves more polite than other Batak groups. Like most other Bataks, the Mandailing people group is very proud of their culture. One of the most significant characteristics of Batak culture is dalihan na tolu (3 Hearths), which is a carefully established stratified relationship system between three kinship groups.Ancestry and family names are important to the Batak peoples. The ability to trace their family ancestry has great meaning to the Mandailing people. Most of them are able to trace their ancestry back for 20 generations - some even further back. Because of this, if a Mandailing couple does not have any children, it is regarded as a disgrace by the community.
Most Mandailing people live by working the rice fields. If one were to leave home, a Mandailing would tend to find land and a house to live in as is expressed in the proverb "halului anak halului tana" (look for a child and look for land). Children and land are viewed as a part of one's self-worth (sahala hasangapon) that contributes to receiving status and respect. If someone succeeds in settling in a different area, he is thought of very highly.The Mandailing live in a village called a huta. Traditionally, the huta keeps control of the land and only gives permission to members of the village to work the land. Members are allowed to work the land as if it were their own, but they are not allowed to sell the land without the permission of the village. This permission can be obtained through a ceremonial discussion with the village residents.
Almost all of the Mandailing have been Muslims ever since Minang Muslims forcibly introduced Islam. Many of their traditional activities have been adapted to Islam. The Batak people have three key ideas about the body and soul. First, tondi is the soul of a person. Tondi can be separated from the body for a time if a stronger and greater being, called sombaon, takes it captive. If this happens, a special ceremony is performed to return the tondi to the body of its owner. Second, sahala is the quality and amount of spiritual power that a person owns. Third, begu is the soul belonging to the dead. They live in a "reverse" world; what people do during the day, the begu do at night.
Batak Simalungan 1.344.000 Christian
North, northeast of Lake Toba. Alternate names: Simelungan, Timur.
Batak Toba 2.035.000 Christian
Samosir Island and east, south, and west of Toba Lake. Alternate names: Batta, Toba Batak. Dialects: Similar to Angkola Batak [akb].
Nias 740.000 Christian 65%
Off wesumatra, tribes, North, nias, sukust coast of Sumatra, Nias and Batu islands. Alternate names: Batu. Dialects: Northern Nias, Southern Nias, Batu.








Malay Deli Tribe 2.075.000 Islam
The Deli peop
le (Deli Melayu) of North Sumatera live in the precincts of its capital city, Medan, as well as in the regencies of Asahan, Deli Serdang, Labuhan Ratu, and Langkat. Their heaviest concentrations are in twenty-four district towns and cities which have emerged on a line running from Pangkalansusu on the northwest to Labuhanbilik on the southeast, all facing eastward across the Malacca Straits toward Malaysia. Yet as many live along the rural streams and rivers as do in urban areas.
Deli literature has been affected by the teachings of Buddhism (as seen in their statues and Nagari and Kawi script) and Hinduism (as seen in their epics Sri Rama, Perang Pandawa Jaja, and Sang Boma). They also enjoy Melayu Pantun, a traditional Melayu singing dialogue. The Deli are often hesitant to speak directly for fear of offending someone and therefore, they employ signs, parables and allegories (pantun). Other aspects of the Deli culture are traditional theater (makyong) and dance (main lukah menari). Both of these employ magic through the use of puppets (lukah) and the chanting of a mantra. Deli art has been greatly influenced by elements of Islam and has similarities with the art of the Malay of Malaysia. The Deli's means of livelihood are traditional farming, fishing, and trade. Some have become government employees. The government and foreign companies own the tobacco, tea, rubber, palm oil, and chocolate plantations in this area. These plantations utilize modern technology.The Deli consist of two primary groups: the aristocracy and the common people. The aristocracy can be divided into two levels: the upper level, which is the ruling level made up of the king and the king's children, and the lower level, which is made up of descendents of the high-ranking officials from the area. The common people also have a variety of groupings, including village leaders, religious leaders, intellectuals, and so on.The traditional Deli house is on a raised platform about two meters off the ground. The number of poles holding up the house shows a person's status. In family life men and women are equal. According to the Deli, this agrees with Islam. Therefore, both men and women are able to receive part of the inheritance from their parents.
The majority of the Deli have embraced the Sufi form of Islam. It is often said that all Melayu are Muslim. For that reason, it is said in the community that whenever a person becomes a Muslim they become a Melayu. Animistic beliefs that spirits are in all places and influence mankind are also strong. Thus, their traditional ceremonies are focused upon seeking protection through magic by either appeasing or controlling both good and bad spirits
Lubu Tribe 45.000 Animism
East Sumatra, central region. Dialects: Related to Kubu [kvb].
The Lubu are a people of mixed origin who live in central Sumatra. They mainly inhabit the mountainous regions of the various provinces of southern Batakland. The Lubu were formerly migratory peoples similar to the wild Kubu. Now, however, they are slowly being absorbed by the Batak.
In the early part of this century, the Lubu still roamed the mountains in a wild state, living mainly in tree houses. They shot game with blow guns and poisoned darts and existed on the products of the jungle. Their clothing was simple, they ate all types of meat, and they cooked in hollow bamboo.
Although they have made considerable progress since that time, the Lubu are still very tribal in their basic lifestyle. Like the Kubu, they are afraid of water and seldom wash, even though they live alongside rivers. They are generally despised and mistrusted by their Batak neighbors, who suspect them of partaking in all kinds of witchcraft.
No longer living in the trees, the Lubu now live in huts built on the ground. A group of houses forms a village (bandja), and a number of villages forms a district (kuria). The chief of the bandja is called na bodjo bodjo. All the older male members of the community (the family heads) have a voice in the village government. When a chief dies, he is succeeded by his son.
In every Lubu village there are special communal houses (tawatak) for boys and others for girls. After the age of twelve, both sexes are expected to sleep in these communal houses. Marriages usually take place when the girls turn fifteen. A small bride-price is required, but most Lubu men do not have the ability to pay it. As a result, most of them must work for up to two years for their future parents-in-law during the engagement period.
The Lubu grow rice as their staple crop. However, on the whole, they do not seem very particular in their choice of food. For special delicacies, they eat mice and bats, as well as monkeys killed with blowguns.
The musical instruments and songs of the Lubu have been adopted from the Batak. The Lubu often compose songs about their culture, and these are sung around the fires at night. Interestingly, the Lubu never dance.
Although 20% of the Lubu are nominally Muslim, the great majority (80%) are ethnic religionists, still practicing many of their pagan beliefs. Hosts of both good and evil spirits are honored, especially the spirit of the first tribal chief, Singa Tandang. The Lubu attribute sickness to the work of evil spirits, particularly ghosts who are said to work either externally or internally on a person. Many traditional rituals are performed at birth and puberty. Like the Alas-Kluet, Lubu girls have their teeth filed and permanently blackened before marriage.

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