Stories from Deli

Lebaran

Kleain, Deli Planter Lebaran! – the end of the fasting month. No holiday is seen with such a desire as this day. Just as the children in Europe are looking forward to Christmas weeks before, not so much for the joyful memory of Christ’s birth, but more for the presents they hope to find under…
Oedin, the mandor

The ax blows sounded muffled through the primeval forest. Tree after tree groaned and fell with a heavy blow, where for centuries the shade had kept the ground cool and moist. Everything that had been impenetrable and inaccessible was exposed to the scorching rays of the sun. Towering forest giants of enormous size were made…
Noni Manis

Pine tree. Do you know that it has cost society over a ton to get the lalang out of there? De Ruiter had let the lalang scrape away a little in a tobacco way, with the result that after a year, the kebon looked like a wilderness. The sound of a hand harmonica was very…
At Hotel de Boer

Deli Planter by Kleian With a much sharper and quick swing, which threw us up a notch for the last time, we turned into the driveway of “Hotel de Boer”. With a jerk, causing the vehicle to creak in all its depths, the wagon pulled up in the front yard right in front of the…
Head Tandil
Deforestation

The Dutch were responsible for large-scale deforestation in Sumatra. East coast of Sumatra was all virgin forests and were cut down for tobacco and rubber plantations for export to Europe.
Bindjai
Wildlife Hunters

The Dutch and Europeans are well-known wildlife hunters . They are responsible for killing endangered animals in Sumatra.
White Society

De Witte Sociëteit Medan or The White Society , as the name said, is a White Supremacist club established in Medan. The Dutch White Supremacist club ‘Sociëteit de Witte’ was founded in September 1879. A provisional accommodation was built in 1882. A new building was built in 1887 at Esplanade, next to the post office. The Club…
The Emigrants

Emigrants By Madelon SZÉKELY-LULOFS The Colonel was the only one who farmed for pleasure. He had a young Australian wife and was retired from the British Indian Army. He no longer fit into English society and Muriel, his wife, preferred Australia. The Colonel’s farm was also the only friendly spot within a radius of seventy-five…