Horja Bius with Mogan Pasaribu and Moctavianus Masheka Siregar will perform road show in Melbourne, Australia
JAKARTA-JAYA NEWS.COM – Horja Bius with Mogan Pasaribu and Moctavianus Masheka Siregar will perform (road show) at events in Melbourne, Australia consecutively starting from Friday (1/8/2025) at Beast, Saturday (2/8/2025) night bonapasogit in collaboration with the Indonesian Consulate General and the Tapanuli Community, Sunday (3/8/2025) at Section 8, and on Thursday (7/8/2025) at the Indonesian Consulate General and the Melbourne Student Association event.
“Previously on Friday, July 25, 2025, still with Horja Bius led by Mogan Pasaribu, we will also participate in the Lontar Festival in Singaraja, Bali,” said Moctavianus Masheka Siregar, National Poet and Writer who is also known as the Chairperson of the Indonesian Literature Inspiration Park (TISI) to reporters in Jakarta, Friday (6/27/2025).
“In Melbourne, Australia, I will recite 3 Tonggo-Tonggo (Batak Mantras-ed) of course also in the Batak language,” said Bung Octa -his nickname- who turns out to be a native Batak poet with the surname ‘Siregar’.
“Below I will bring 3 Tonggo-Tonggo (Batak Mantras). So there is music, dance, and Batak literature,” he said.
Tonggo Ompung Mulajadi Nabolon
Ho do na ma be hon sky
Na ma so hon tano
Na ma so hon saluhut
Na sa na adong
Ho do na ma so hon jolma
Humbaen na adong
Na ma so hon harajaon asa adong
Margonggom in the hat is your sky
above ni tano on
In so hokko no toddim be your child
Ima raja na siakbagi
Margonggom Hami at Hamalimon Mi’s house
Parajar the marmeme net oloan
siboduton
Teach na i do na u olo i hami
Mamena i do na hupparngolohon hami
Humbaen Rohami Saluhut
Ginonggom ni tondi na
Sian, it’s a sin to reject your friends
Nau a nuhon
Marluhut Sipangatarani
Bale party
Dohot bale partonggoan
Marsobba is mardaulat ho
Marhite lappir ni tanga nami marsomba
tipul ni daupa dohot pangurason…..
beautiful na las,dekke di lean
this pira is ambalungan
manuk lahi wife
Topion’s white ham
Tonggo Siboru Deak Parujar
Baen ma gondang ni Ompunta… Tuan Humara-Hiri, Si Humara Naboru… par-aji tamba-tua, par-aji pulung-pulungan… sinonduk ni Ompunta Sibaso Nabolon…
na marsihang ditali siubar, na meat in mombang boru…
Sian Tano Hondur, Tano Malambut, Tano Hulambu Jati… Sian Tano Padang Bakkil Bandailing, Tano Siogung-Ogung… Parsirangan ni Tano, Pardomuan ni Aek… Sian i ma dalan laho tu ginjang, partiatan ni Ompunta… Debata Natolu Suhu, Naopat Harajaon tu banua tonga on…
Disi ma parangin-anginan ni Ompunta… ‘Siboru Deakparujar’… sideak uti-utian, sigodang kalimat-ujaran…
Tonggo-Tonggo Siboru Deakparujar
The hammer of the drum of our Master, Tuan Kumarakumari, Si Kumara woman, the old magician, the magician of potions; the husband of our Master Sibaso Nabolon, who hangs on the siubar rope, which perches on the mombang boru.
From the land of the valley, the true gray land, from the land of Bakil Mandailing, the famous land, like a melodious voice, the separation of the land, the meeting of the water: ‘From there the stairs go up, the descent of our Master: Debata Nan Tiga, Nan Tiga Segi, Nan Empat Kerajaan, to this central continent’.
“That’s where our Empu Siboru Deakparujar, who is very clever, has many ideas, took a trip,” he concluded.
Batak Mythology and Rites
Horja Bius led by Mogan Pasaribu (Founder and Owner of the Horja Bius music group-ed) is a world music group that consistently raises the mythology and rites of the Batak people.
The Horja Bius music group that uses musical instruments such as Taganing (Kendang), Hasapi (Kecapi), Sulim (Flute), and Sarunai Garantung (Kulintang) always raises Folklore songs and Batak Mantras.
Horja Bius has previously performed in Rotterdam, Denhaag, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Specifically for performing in Section 8, Melbourne Australia because it is known for its strong community atmosphere and is often a place for various art and music activities. (***)
Contributor: Lasman Simanjuntak
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