Ulubalang As One Local Wisdom Batak Toba

Batak tribe has become one of the indispensable presence of North Sumatra. According to local belief, Batak originated from a mountain in the Pusuk Buhit Samosir regency. The ancestors of Batak in science is still debated by experts. Apart from that, the repertoire of Batak culture becomes an identity that inevitably have originated from the first to the hereditary remain preserved until today

Samosir Island is a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Toba in North Sumatra province. An island in the island with an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level makes this island becomes an island that attract the tourists.

Tuktuk is the concentration of tourists on the island. From Parapat, Tuktuk can be connected with the ferry crossing. In addition to water transportation, Samosir Island can also be reached by road through Pangururan be a place where Samosir Island and the island of Sumatra in touch. Samosir island itself is located in the district of Samosir newly bloomed in 2003 of ex-Toba Samosir regency.

Because of its location in the middle of Lake Toba North Sumatra, Samosir Island became a tourist destination visited by many tourists. Samosir, tourists can stop at some souvenir shopping centers, cultural attractions such as Huta Siallagan Batak tribe, the King's grave in the cemetery Sidabutar, until hot spring and a view of the traditional house. On this island there are also two small lakes as a tourist area that Sidihoni Lake and Lake Aek Natonang who earned the nickname "lake on the lake".

You can achieve this by using sea transportation such as ferries or ferry. During the trip, we will be treated to a view of the shade of the trees in the hills, which form the word SAMOSIR. The altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level. Beauty not only offers a view of Lake Toba, but also the hills, mountains and sulfur water.

One relic of Batak Toba, North Sumatra while still embracing animism is Pangulubalang. Statues made of stone or wood is a 'guard' the people of war between clans or between villages. Pangulubalang be encountered in Batak Museum Complex, Balige, Toba Samosir. Horror of this statue, first Pangulubalang blood smeared blood enemies or small children of the village so that his image increasingly powerful enemies. But now this tradition has been lost because there is no longer a war between clans or between villages.

Along the progress of civilization, Batak society is also changing. Related in terms of the governance system, Batak tribes since ancient times has had a system of government that serves to organize and become a stylist of social relations in the Batak tribe. This institution is called Ulubalang. Until then shift the function in line with the rule of Indonesia as a country that governance is governed by the laws in force in the Republic of Indonesia.

Ulubalang is one of the many local wisdom contained in the archipelago, Batak Ulubalang history began in the reign of the kings Samosir Batak region and Tapanuli. This Ulubakang Having perananan vital to maintain order, Ulubalang under the auspices of the kingdom.