Strengthening Their Roots

Youth groups in Medan and Sumba work hard to inspire love for local arts, culture and tradition. They involve communities, local traditional leaders and schools.

The youngster's fingers ceaselessly beat the keteng-ketenga traditional Karo nese musical instrumentin a quick rhythm, as if racing against the pounding of the drum and the wailing of the electric guitar. In the headquarters of Rumah Karya Indonesia Medan (Medan's