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In the Name of Light

Stencil on transparent plastics

There were several forms of colonial occupation in North Sumatra, especially in the case of Si Singamangaraja XII’s resistance. The culmination of colonialism as well as the Zending (Protestant Christian Missionaries from Germany) caused profound crisis and change in the Batak Lands, as the colonial occupation accelerated the spread of Christianity in North Sumatra. The flags represent the layered and converged missions of the Zending and the Dutch colonists in their conflict with the indigenous culture.