Monday, June 25, 2012

Rumah (House of) Raja Bilah



Kami meninggalkan Ipoh lalu pergi ke pekan kecil Papan untuk melihat bangunan lama ini.
We left Ipoh and went to the small small town of Papan to see this old building.


Ia dibina tahun 1896.
It was built in the year 1896.




Papan pernah menjadi sebuah pusat perlombongan biji timah.
Papan was once a centre for the mining of tin.




Seorang ketua masyarakat Mandailing bernama Raja Bilah menguasai perlombongan di sini lalu membina rumah ini.
A Mandailing (a sub ethnic group from Sumatera) community leader named Raja Bilah controlled mining here and built this house.










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