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Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat, of the Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan has a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of the Indonesia's Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan is built on piles. Its construction is a laborious task, and it is usually ...
The bale ("meeting hall"), rumah ("house"), and sopo ("rice barn") are the three main building types common to the different Batak groups. The rumah has traditionally been a large house in which a group of families lives communally. During the day, the interior is a shared living space, and at night, cloth or matting drapes provide families ...
Joglo in Yogyakarta circa 1908. Joglo is a type of traditional vernacular house of the Javanese people (Javanese omah).The word joglo refers to the shape of the roof. In the highly hierarchical Javanese culture, the type of roof of a house reflects the social and economic status of the owners of the house; joglo houses are traditionally associated with Javanese aristocrats.
Natural materials – timber, bamboo, thatch, and fibre – make up rumah adat. [5] The traditional house of Nias has post, beam, and lintel construction with flexible nail-less joints, and non-load bearing walls are typical of rumah adat. Traditional dwellings have developed to respond to Indonesia's hot and wet monsoon climate.
A bolon house (Batak Toba: Ruma Bolon) is a Northern Sumatra traditional house in Indonesia. [1] Bolon houses are also tourist objects in Northern Sumatra. [2] Bolon houses are made with wood. [1] The house floor is made with boards. [1] The roof is made with rumbia leaves. [2] Bolon houses have no individual rooms, but the space inside is ...
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The Sumbanese traditional house (Sumbanese uma mbatangu, "peaked house") refers to the traditional vernacular house of the Sumba people from the island of Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. A Sumbanese house is characterized by a high-pitched central peak on its roof and a strong connection with the spirits, or marapu .