NOT many know that in Batam there is a tourist object that indicate Malays characteristic. One of them is around Batubesar Nongsa - Beach Malays. Since three years ago has been renovated a traditional house named melayu " Limas Potong". Location of building custom homes is only a few meters in the main road into the beach area Malays. Precisely, behind Al-Ikhlas Mushalla RT 01 RW 08 Kampung Melayu, Batubesar Sub-District, District Nongsa. It's only about 100 meters from the beach Batubesar Malays. This building stands on land that is estimated around as wide as 10 meters 20 meters.Name of Limas Potong strange to most citizens of Batam. Limas means roof, while Cut is the shape of roof the house that are not unified. According citizen Kampung Melayu, the traditional house originally belonged to Malays Haji Sain, who stood since 1959. Batam City Government then requested the house to be custom house wilt, because in terms of location and condition is still feasible and showed typical Malays.
