Comments on: Moving to Medan http://kabarmag.com/blog1/2009/01/16/moving-to-medan/ stories from Indonesia | travel | people | culture Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: siva http://kabarmag.com/blog1/2009/01/16/moving-to-medan/comment-page-1/#comment-9868 siva Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:35:36 +0000 http://kabarmag.com/blog1/?p=9#comment-9868 Interesting. For a long time have heard and read about the Indomesian Tamil/Indain Community at Medan. They mosy have a similar parallel history related to the Malaysian Tamil/Indian community who number about 2 million now. Both community, especially the Indonesian Tamil community, may not be fluent in Tamil. However, they could communicate in Malay (Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Malaysia. The on going co evolution of both communities among Malay speaking world would be a great acemeic exercise. Interesting.

For a long time have heard and read about the Indomesian Tamil/Indain Community at Medan.

They mosy have a similar parallel history related to the Malaysian Tamil/Indian community who number about 2 million now.

Both community, especially the Indonesian Tamil community, may not be fluent in Tamil. However, they could communicate in Malay (Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Malaysia.

The on going co evolution of both communities among Malay speaking world would be a great acemeic exercise.

]]> By: Eddy Jones http://kabarmag.com/blog1/2009/01/16/moving-to-medan/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 Eddy Jones Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:52:48 +0000 http://kabarmag.com/blog1/?p=9#comment-7496 Dear Grace...very interesting observation. From the history I knew, the Tamils are in Medan since 1930. I live in an Riau archipelago island called Tanjung Balai Karimun, which is 45 minutes by Ferry from Singapore. Yet the local Indonesians in Karimun are unaware that there is a Tamil race. And there is not even one Hindu in this island, unlike Bali, Batam and Jakarta and no Hindu temples here. Dear Grace…very interesting observation. From the history I knew, the Tamils are in Medan since 1930.
I live in an Riau archipelago island called Tanjung Balai Karimun, which is 45 minutes by Ferry from Singapore. Yet the local Indonesians in Karimun are unaware that there is a Tamil race. And there is not even one Hindu in this island, unlike Bali, Batam and Jakarta and no Hindu temples here.

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