Batak entrepreneur strives to uphold legacy of community’s traditional hand-woven shawl
DURING a recent trip to the Batak Highlands in North Sumatra with my family, I spent some time in the capital city of Medan shopping for ‘ulos’, which are the renowned Batak hand-woven shawls, to bring back ho
PATIENCE and endurance are the two noble virtues that come to mind as I recall the life of the late Tiominar Simanjuntak.
Looking back to the time she first came to Sarawak with her husband, a Methodist mission teacher and later a clergy working among the natives in the Rajang basin, and how she
Dutch-born culturalist priest dies at 78 in Indonesia
Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka will be remembered as a guardian of local tribal heritage
A requiem Mass is held at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Brastagi of Karo district in North Sumatra province for Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka, who died on Feb. 28. (Photo courtesy of Altur Manullang)
Dutch-born Capuchin priest Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka, widely recognized in Indonesia as a culturalist and a writer, has died at the age of 78.
The retired priest, who had lived in North Sumatra province since 1971, died on Feb. 28 in the provincial capital Medan from acute lung disease after having appeared to have recovered from Covid-19.