The kurung manik (a transit house) structure in Bintang Meriah village, Karo regency, no longer has its original form. During the revolutionary period that followed the declaration of independence in 1946, this rest house of Raja Senina Linggathe Karo king who died 400 years agowas burned down. With its straight board walls and aluminium roof, its shape looks more like a Melayu tribal house than a traditional Batak Karo structure, which has slant