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Rumah Gadang (Minangkabau: "big house") or Rumah Bagonjong "house for the Minangkabau people" (Minangkabau: "spired roof house") are the traditional homes (Indonesian: "rumah adat") of the Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect the culture ...
A rumah gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. With the Minangkabau society being matrilineal, the rumah gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there - ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tired, upswept gables.
This rangkiang is traditionally located in the middle of a rumah gadang's courtyard. It is supported by four poles. [2] Another type of rangkiang is the si tanggung lapar or si tangguang lapa or si tangka lapa ("the one that supports hunger"), which is used to store surplus rice for use in times of scarcity.
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Rumah gadang in the Pandai Sikek village of West Sumatra, with two rice barns (rangkiang) in front. Rumah gadang (Minangkabau: 'big house') or rumah bagonjong (Minangkabau: 'spired roof house') are the traditional homes of the Minangkabau. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect ...
Bali Aga architecture refers to the architecture of the Bali Aga people, the mountain people of Bali, Indonesia.Compared to the lowland Balinese people, the relative isolation of the Bali Aga people means that they have been less influenced by Hindu-Buddhist traditions.
An example of a modern building constructed using Western techniques, based on a rumah gadang design Buildings are sometimes built with modern construction techniques that include stylistic elements from rumah adat , such as The House of the Five Senses in the Efteling , a building modeled on the Minangkabau rumah gadang.
Rumah Gadang of the Minangkabau; Rumoh Aceh, the traditional vernacular houses of Aceh; Rumah Melayu, the traditional home of the ethnic Malays from the east coast of Sumatra (Palembang, Jambi, Bengkulu, Riau, Riau archipelago, eastern North Sumatera and Aceh Tamiang Regency) Traditional architecture of Enggano; Nua, the traditional houses of ...