Exploring Tongging is like visiting a land of dreams. Yes .., so that caught the eye when entering a small village located in the north is Lake Toba. Tongging is blessed with fertile soil and also awarded by the stunning landscapes.If you are not a Tongging villager, you should not haphazardly enter Tongging and surrounding areas. You first have to pay the entry fee has been adjusted. The reason, other than as a place of settlement, Tongging also one of the mainstay of tourist Karo District. Village Tongging been aligned with the waterfall tourist Sipiso-piso, which is not far away but still located in an area located in the District's Brand.
Natural landscape in the region are different Tongging with other areas in Karo district, or even in other districts. What makes a village with 400 residents of the family head is interesting, actually lies in the strategic location. Located on the shores of Lake Toba, with lined hills that attract people who had visited him to settle there.
That said, Tongging no less exciting as the Tomok or Penisula Tuktuk Siadong Samosir regency. That is Lake Toba, the beauty and richness of the potential in it can be enjoyed not only the population Naidoo, Simalungun, Humbahas or Tobasa course. However, the area is geographically known as the plateau region Karo though, can benefit from drinking the largest lake in Asia.
Only, there is a difference between Tongging with other tourist attractions that make Tongging still wriggling like what ever experienced in Tuktuk or Tomok. Among these are lack of access other than transportation (limited only by road traffic Karo-Brand-Tongging), also lack of historical and cultural objects that can be a supporter of the value of tourism as well as its own attraction. Despite the existence, heritage Kings Silalahi for example, access to the site is still relatively difficult and less manageable heritage.
Unfortunately, although it has been set to tour the region, until now the flow of transportation to Tongging can only be taken by road only. Tongging can be achieved after the journey from the intersection of three (left) Sub Brand and then arrived at Sipiso-piso and finally down the paved road down the hills of Mount Sipiso-piso is steep.
But, even then the journey from here is a special value because of the beautiful natural scenery will color the trip. From a distance it will look like Tongging country isolated from other regions. He was quiet and seemed far from the hurly burly of noise and profanity crowd.
Access to Tongging actually be easier to achieve if ever available passenger ships carrying tourists from Parapat, Samosir or other areas that lined the beautiful region of Lake Toba. So since the last three years, Transport Department has set up a port that will Tongging functioned to stimulate the emergence of entrepreneurs who want to move into the field of lake transportation.
Silalahi, one Tongging Village residents say, not just transportation access makes Tongging still not able to show its fangs until now. The problem is, until now there has been no means of entertainment and the strategic location of the inn. "A tourist should be equipped with adequate facilities, too," he said.
But again it has not achieved. Of course, such achievement requires a major breakthrough with a big capital, which until now still not showing signs. Lodging is in Tongging still normal level, while other facilities such as cafes and restaurants, or other entertainment facilities are still very minimal.
In fact, beauty is not less interesting Tongging if at the edges of lakes around the village outskirts equipped for entertainment, lodging is equipped with colorful lights add to the beauty of a view that attract tourists get to visit, added by Silalahi.
Although the port was up, but it seems that step has not shown any significant effect. The reason is, as yet there are also private parties who initiate and use them. "For the time being may not be stretched, but the next 10 years I'm sure," said Boru Sinurat, one of the trader in the side of the lake, to comment on government plans to relocate the edge of the lake area to be special facilities for tourism.
It is estimated that, to the front edge of the area will be renovated with Tongging focus area into tourist areas. Residents who had been living around the location will be shifted. Although sound impossible, but at least the plan is approved by the majority community.
"I'm sure, if the government is serious, the public would agree to move. In addition, provided that the government will also reimburse the appropriate acreage shift, "said Silalahi. "Why not, that it would benefit Tongging society,"
Tongging great feature is because he was right in the middle of the inhabited areas of three tribes, the Toba Batak, Karo Pakpak and that mixed into one. So no wonder if the population is common Tongging fluent in three languages at once and be able to use it in everyday communication.
The third mix of different cultures can live and is also intimately can be seen from the mixed language used everyday. Typically communicate with local residents to use the words quoted from the three different cultures.
Life in general Tongging survived until now because of its potential a sufficient or even abundant. Imagine, goldfish, tilapia or property mujahir able to provide for resident fish in the vicinity of Karo, Dairi and surrounding areas. Although Village neighbors (Haranggaol, District Simalungun) also known as a kind of fish producers. Not to mention the income from agriculture such as vegetables in the form of chili peppers, tomatoes, onions and various other vegetables, which became the main livelihood of the population.
Once a week, precisely on Friday, going on a big weekend. Usually, the Village will be bustling Tongging trade transactions. Neighboring residents will also be coming next, like the Village Sibolangit, for example Soping and Bage, who came with a small boat up the property itself.
Tongging continues to move forward is often time walked. Similarly, residents who lived in the home. "Yes, Tongging is a comfortable place to live. I love living here, "said Boru Sinurat smile.
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