Lingga Cultural Village
Desa Budaya Lingga
The best-known Karo cultural village, with several century-old 'eight-household longhouses' whose tall double roofs are decorated with buffalo horns.
Lingga lies about 5 km west of Kabanjahe. It is one of the ancient royal villages of the Karo people and is protected as a cultural village. It still has several traditional longhouses, known as Siwaluh Jabu (houses for eight households). They are raised on wooden stilts and built without a single nail. Their huge thatched roofs are decorated with buffalo horns at both ends, and each house shares one hearth among its eight households. Some longhouses are in disrepair but are still lived in. When you visit, greet the villagers, give a small donation or hire a local guide for explanations. From Berastagi, it takes about 40 minutes by minibus via Kabanjahe.
Opening hours
All day (visits during daytime)
Nearby sights
- St. Francis of Assisi Inculturative Church
- Bukit Gundaling
- Berastagi Fruit Market
- Peceren Cultural Village
- Mount Sinabung
- Mikie Holiday Funland
- Taman Alam Lumbini
- Lake Lau Kawar