JPLUSEnjoying ‘tuak’ in Batak country
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Wan Ulfa Nur Zuhra
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NORTH SUMATRA |
Mon, January 21 2013
| 09:56 am
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Lively: Lapo tuak or foodstalls where tuak is served are popular gathering places in North Sumatra. They also serve a variety of snacks.For the Batak community in North Sumatra, tuak (palm liquor) is not just for drinking binges. The beverage is mandatory at celebrations, and drinking tuak has become something of a tradition.
Five minutes past midnight a lapo tuak (tuak foodstall) is servi...
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