Viewing Batak Traditional House at Tomok Batak Museum

Another attraction of Samosir is Rumah Adat Batak. To get to know more about this traditional house, just come to the Tomok Batak Museum.

One of Toba Batak Traditional House that can be enjoyed by tourists is in Tomok Village, Simanindo District, Samosir District. Precisely this custom house can be seen in the Museum of Tomok Batak which forms the museum building in the form of Toba Batak Traditional House.

One of the charms of the island of Samosir, volcanic island located in the middle of Lake Toba is a culture that is still very well preserved. This can be seen from the number of Toba Batak Traditional House that stands in all corners of the island.

One of Toba Batak Traditional House that can be enjoyed by tourists is in Tomok Village, Simanindo District, Samosir District. Precisely this custom house can be seen in the Museum of Tomok Batak which forms the museum building in the form of Toba Batak Traditional House.

This traditional house was built in 2005 ago with the concept of Rumah Bolon is a traditional house of Indigenous Batak Toba specifically for the kings and their families. This traditional house uses a building model without a room, if you want to make a room, simply sealed by using ulos cloth only.

The architecture itself is very strong with Toba Batak culture which is a stage house built from wood material and supported by several poles made of wood. On the walls there are also carvings and ormanen typical Batak, called gorga.

The architecture of this traditional house also has many philosophical meanings, ranging from the odd number of stairs because for the Batak the odd number is a lucky number. Then the entrance is so low that it should bend when entering in, this means that a guest should appreciate the owner of the house. Then the roof of the house higher in front than in the back also has the meaning that a child should be better and more successful than both parents.

besides we can enjoy Toba Batak Traditional House filled with philosophical meaning, here we also can learn the history of Batak from the collection of Museum of Batak Tomok in this house. As the saying goes, once paddle two three islands too.