Huta Raja Ulos Village is a Batak Cultural Heritage in Samosir

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Footage Nusantara - Samosir with all its beauty holds many wealth of attractions, both natural and cultural tourism. Samosir presents cultural tourism, one of which is Ulos Village in Hutaraja. Hutaraja Ulos Village in Pangururan District, Samosir Regency, is the center of North Sumatra's Ulos weaving craft. This village is even considered one of the best tourist villages in the Lake Toba Super Priority Tourism Destination (DSP) area.

Every year, this Ulos Village always holds festivals including the Hita Do Hutaraja Festival (we are Huta Raja), and Lake Toba Batak Cultural Festival, whose driving force is Batak youth from various cities in Indonesia.

During this festival, tourists can enjoy various Batak cultural activities, such as ulos exhibition, culinary, tor-tor, and fashion shows conducted by the community ranging from fashion shows for children, teenagers, and parents. This festival serves as an effort to preserve Batak culture and increase tourist awareness of Batak cultural heritage.

For the Batak tribe, Ulos is a traditional cloth that has a very high spiritual element value. Ulos is a form of intangible cultural heritage with a very deep meaning and function as a cultural identity for Batak people, especially in Samosir, which has been passed down from ancestors. Ulos is used in traditional ceremonies such as marriage, birth, and death. Each type of ulos has its meaning and is given based on the situation and social relationship between the giver and receiver.

The process of making ulos requires special weaving skills that are passed down from parents to their children or generation to generation. These skills include material selection, natural coloring, and complex weaving techniques. All of these processes can be seen in Ulos Huta Raja Lumban Suhi Suhi Toruan Village. Not only that, in the Ulos Huta Raja Village, visitors can enjoy existing facilities such as the Ulos Gallery which provides various types of Ulos and unique Batak souvenirs, there is also a cafe around Lake Toba, tourists can enjoy the beauty of Lake Toba while sitting relaxed, also equipped with public toilets with good and clean facilities.

The tourist destination of Kampung Ulos Huta Raja is not only a tourist spot but can be used as an educational place that is educational, interesting for anyone who visits this is part of an intangible heritage that must be maintained and preserved. Hutaraja Ulos Village has had a positive impact on the economy of the local community or the people of Lumban suhi Suhi Toruan.