“Every year we are taxed, but we do not receive our rights”, Pak Jono’s loud voice filled the meeting room of Janji Maria Village, Wednesday, 16 March 2021. Pak Jono is a transmigrant family who has lived for about 18 years in Huta Janji Maria. On 26 December, he and four other families from Ciamis, …
Various projects of the Lake Toba Authority Implementing Agency (BPODT) that have been present in Sigapiton since six years ago have often caused conflict and disturbed the peace of the community’s life, with various problems such as customary land grabbing and landslides. The international tourism program promoted by BPODT has converted land and changed the …
When someone is happy, there is usually someone who is disappointed. This is exactly what happened in February 2022 when President Joko Widodo visited Tano Batak. During the visit, the President handed over Customary Forest Decrees to 4 (four) indigenous communities. But on the other hand, dozens of other indigenous communities felt disappointed that their …
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Currently, our country with the government as its main instrument is not doing good. It is not present to carry out its functions properly in the main joints of people’s lives. The birth of the Job Creation Law No. 11/2020, commonly referred to as the Omnibus Law, has not yet faded from our memory, which …
This article is relatively old, but some of the issues it raises still seem relevant. What are they? In his writing “Jonggi Manulus Credit Union: A Pastoral Case Study” (pp. 393-408), Rev. Mangisi Simorangkir compiles a number of interesting facts related to the condition of Jonggi Manulus (JM) Credit Union members. Jonggi Manulus is also …
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Within a week, Sigapiton Village was hit twice by landslides. According to the people in the village, the landslides were carried by water from The Caldera Toba Nomadic Escape. The first landslide occurred when heavy rain fell on Sigapiton Village on Tuesday, 8 March 2022 at around 23.00 WIB. The overflow of water is thought …
Medan, Based on community reports regarding the findings of several human-shaped sculptures, and unreadable characters to the Balige Culture Service which was forwarded to the North Sumatra Province Archaeological Center, the team from the North Sumatra Province Archaeological Center (hereinafter abbreviated as Balar Sumut) was led directly by the Head of BALAR North Sumatra, Dr. …
Thursday, 12/11/2020, the Natinggir indigenous people community together with the Toba Farmers Union (FU) and the KSPPM held a celebration of International Food Day which fell on October 16. The celebration of International Food Day is celebrated on this day considering the struggle of the Natinggir indigenous people community who have just experienced repressive actions …