Traditional House Karo Village of Linga

HistoryLingga village is unique and Karo village has traditional houses are estimated to be 250 years old, but the condition of the house is still solid, usually inhabited by 6-8 families have family relations, and custom home Karo did not have any room separated by a barrier of wood or other wall.

Lingga village is the former Kingdom of Lingga Karo led by a king who holds Sibayak Lingga, and still has a family relationship with the King Linge in Gayo (Aceh).

The ancient village of Linga tebagi in some parts of the village called kesain, which is a division of the village whose name is adapted to the clan who occupy the territory, the names include: Kesain House Ginger, Kesain Build Houses, Houses Kesain Berteng, Kesain House Julu , Kesain Mbelin Houses, Houses Kesain Fruit, Kesain house Gara, Kesain Home Kencanen, Kesain house parents who all belong to the clan / clan Sinulingga.

As for the non Sinulingga consists of three namely: Kesain Home Manik, Kesain House Tarin, Kesain Munte House. But now the village of Linga Linga is divided into two Lama (Lingga Cultural Village) is a rural area that is the beginning and the New Lingga village is formed by the government to relocate the population and establish a more orderly settlement.

Kitchen for the community Karo has meaning, such as a place to put tungu cooking appliance consisting of five stones, which means five clans in the Karo tribe namely Karokaro, Ginting, Sembiring, Tarin, and Peranginangin.

 
Some traditional house in Lingga, namely:

1. Jambur: its shape is similar to the traditional house, but jambur not a berpanggung building and no walls, usually used as a venue for a party for the community as well as a place of deliberation, and prosecute those who violate the command of the king is also the prevailing custom. Not only that, its function as well as the bed of the youth besides sapo Ganjang, and when Sinabung erupted, many residents who fled to jambur-jambur in town Kabanjahe and Brastagih. 
2. Kantur-Kantur: the king's office that serves as a meeting hall between the king and the leaders of local village communities. 
3. Sapo Ganjang or Sapo Page (rice): the form of the house is almost the same as kantur-kantur, but a little bit smaller size. This space is usually used to sit, rest and also as a living room. For the top floor there is a wall that functions store grain, because it is a barn belonging morning together, and form each family granary large cylindrical placed under the floor of each house. 
4. Geriten: shaped like kantur-kantur, standing on a pole, consists of two floors. No walls to lower floors because it serves as a gathering place for many people, especially young people. While the upper floor walled because it serves to save the framework of family members who have meningga world.
5. Dimples: a building that used to pound rice and pounding rice into flour.

Legend 
Lingga society has some legendary figures whose story is decreased, among others:

1. Nini Perkambing-goat, or also known as goat herders believed to have magical abilities reportedly high, he has a magic ring called Si-pinta Pinta that can grant any wishes of the owner, and because of his greatness ring was also later became buitumerang when the character has demand against nature that wants to have a child of his own belly, causing the death. Nini grave Perkambing-goat was sacred by some villagers, especially the people who still adhered to the religion of animism. 
2. Nini Sigedang Sip, meaning Grandfather Berokok length, this nickname was given to him because of his grandfather's habit of wearing a long cigarette holder, according to the story, the grandfather has great services to the rural communities in terms of cultivated area delimitation pendduk village with the neighboring village, that is through adu magic done on top of a hill which was eventually won by the grandfather. In honor of his services, the stone base (foundation) house the grandfather immortalized into a small monument in the village of Linga. 
3. Nini Tengku, figures from Aceh, he came to the village of Linga to spread Islam to Karo. He lived on the border between the village of Desa Lingga with Surbakti, Nini tengku also said to have supernatural abilities are high, and the grave Nini Tengku also sacred by some villagers, even several generations of predecessors villagers often perform rituals at the tomb Nini calling Tengku rain.

Tour 
In the village there is a traditional house Karo Lingga were still visible there are two houses that Gerga Home and Home Belang Come and another one named Sapo Ganjang, a place for deliberation.

And supposedly traditional house Gerga founded in 1860 inhabited by 12 families / Jabu in one house. While traditional house Belang Let stand 1862 inhabited by 8 Family / Jabu.

For houses that are still good that previously had been renovated by the cooperation World Monument Fund (WMF), Catholic University of St. Thomas Medan, Sumatra and Heritage Agency in 2012. What is unique custom home Karo is not nailed to the roof but only tied-belt with pegs and Tali, while roofs made from palm fiber, and both ends are triangular-shaped woven bamboo called let-let.

There is a buffalo head bowed down position at the peak let-go, which is believed to be refused reinforcements. For home about 2 meters high from the ground, supported by poles and generally amounts to 16 pieces with a large timber sizes. For under the house has two doors, one facing west and the other facing east. In addition to 2 traditional house, also Sapo Ganjang established in 1870 its function as a place of deliberation / bronze as well as rice storage.

Lingga village is open daily, admission price $ 0.2

Besides seeing the house there is Karo, we may be able to stop by the Museum Lingga, which was founded by Pangkowilham Bukit Barisan Military Command II, GH Mantik in 1977 and officially opened to the public on June 6, 1989. This Musem store about 206 collections such as kitchen utensils, masks, cloth, musical instruments, hunting tools, agricultural implements, currencies and various historical objects.

Location and transport 
Lingga village located in the Karo district of Sumatra Utara, approximately 15 km from Brastagih and 5 km from the city of Karo Kabanjahe mother. And only takes about 2.5 hours on a motorbike from the city of Medan direction to pass Berastagi city tax, if it reached the intersection contained four Col monument, turn right. There will be seen a board that shows the direction to the village within 12 km Cultural Lingga again.

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