Relying on the King

For hundreds of years indigenous communities of Holbung Sitio-tio have been managing their customary lands. People are prohibited from carelessly cutting down trees in the forests.

Dini Pramita

May 22, 2022

IN Cosmas Siringo-ringo’s belief, the civilization built by his ancestors predates the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The elder of the Holbung Sitio-tio indigenous people believes that he is a 10th generation resident of Holbung village in Samosir Regency, North Sumatra.

He told that the spatial planning in Holbung Sitio-tio is inseparable from the history of their ancestors. “It began from the grandchildren of Siraja Lo

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