Lhokseumawe, is one of the cities in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darusslam, not only Banda Aceh, in the city of Lhokseumawe there are also some tourist attractions that became the favorite of the people of Aceh as a place to spend the holiday. One of the tourist attractions in the city of Lhokseumawe the most widely visited by the people of Aceh is Rumah Cut Nyak Meutia.
Location and Transportation
Cut Nyak Meutia or better known as Cut meutia is one of the national heroines of North Aceh, for 20 years he led the struggle against Dutch colonialism in his region. From this house he is active in leading and managing the war strategy against the Dutch.
This Cut Meutia house is located in Mesjid Pirak Village, Matangkuli District, North Aceh. Rumah Cut Meutia can be found 3 km from Matangkuli village, District of Matangkuli. Cut Meutia Traditional House was rebuilt and given a pagari or given a fence by the Government of Aceh as a form of respect for the national hero of Aceh this.
To go to the location of this Cut Meutia house, we can use private vehicles and public transport. Matangkuli village is located approximately 33 kilo meters from the city of Lhoksumawe.
If you are using a private vehicle, getting ready is a fairly long journey. Approximately 1-1.5 hours from the city of lhoksumawe.
Once you reach the village of matangkuli, you can continue your journey approximately 3 miles from this village to find the location of this traditional National Heroine woman home from Aceh.
If you use public transport, you can use the bus from the terminal in the town of lhoksumawe to get to this matangkuli village.
Then after arriving at this village matangkuli, you can continue the journey using angkot or often called labi-labi by the Acehnese. The tariff of this bus is approximately Rp 7,000-Rp 10,000 *) per person, while the tariff for these labi-labi itself ranges from Rp 2,000 to Rp 3,000 *) per person.
Then, you can also use a rental car or rental car. For this rental car own rates vary, depending on the type of car and the usage you use. If you want more easily, you can rent a car at the same time with the driver.
A brief History
Of course you all know when Indonesia is still in jajah by the Dutch, let alone live happy, to eat it is still very difficult. Although it is at this time still there are also difficult to eat alias deficiency, at least the life of the people of Indonesia is much better than when still occupied first.
As we know, this is all apart from the hard work and the desperate struggle of our heroes. One of them is Cut Nyak Meutia, or who is often called Cut Meutia. He is one of the women fighters who came from Aceh, who is famous for his persistence.
But unfortunately he died on October 25, 1910, Cut Meutia was shot by one of the Dutch soldiers around the river Peutoe, while fighting against the Dutch army.
Cut Nyak Meutia finally buried in Buket Panyang Village, located quite far from his house, because it is located in the border area between District of Matangkuli with District of Cot Girek, if you try to visit this Cut Meutia tomb on foot, maybe you will spend about 2 Day 2 night, due to unavailability of access to be passed by vehicle.
Tours
During the holidays, Rumah Cut Nyak Meutia is always crowded in coming to the visitors who come from the region around and from other regions. Visitors who come also vary, ranging from children, young people, adults, even the elderly people also come to visit home Cut Nyak Meutia this.
They also come for a number of reasons, some just play and have a look, some also want to see historical relics, and some even come just to stay in touch.
Especially if the feast of Eid al-Fitr came, people flocked to come to stay in touch with the relics of our Warriors, Cut Nyak Meutia this. M
Emang they are not welcomed to visit someone else's house, because the owner of this house has died, but it is not a problem for them, because there are also deliberately come with their own food, and finally they bersilahturahmi between visitors who come alone, not unique.
Rumah Cut Nyak Meutia is shaped house on stilts, so to get into this house, we need to climb the ladder first. This house consists of two rooms, one of which is the Cut Nyak Meutia room.
In this house there are also photographs and face paintings Cut Nyak Meutia, however, the historical items in it are not yet complete. Just photographs and home supplies only.
In the vicinity of Rumah Cut Nyak Meutia which is roofed by this tassel, there is a place called Kroeng (Karung) which use to store rice, a kind of barn. There are three in number, and all three are on the right side of the page. In the yard there is also Jeungki, jeungki itself is a tool used by the people of Aceh to pound rice.
And you will also find a small lodge next to jeungki, the lodge is a place to rest while relaxing while looking at the scenery, the size is only about 3 meters x 4 meters.
If you look around the yard of this house, you can find the existence of inscriptions and monuments that incised the history of Cut Nyak Meutia struggle. In the front yard there is also a fish pond that is not too big, he used to love fishing here, but now the pool was not as well maintained as before.
Tips
If you bring food from home, do not forget to bring a garbage bag, so you will not be confused to throw garbage, but if you do not bring food, there is a small shop where you can fill your stomach.
Bring a camera if you want to immortalize or document the image of this custom home cut meutia.
If you bring your own vehicle, do not forget to add a safety lock to your vehicle.
How? Curious about Cut Nyak Meutia heritage house? If curious to visit it, the house is also very nice and neat, because in the guard by the guard, you can go without having to pay, and the scenery here is also good. So, if you go on holiday to Aceh, especially to Lhokseumawe, do not miss this place from your holiday list.
