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  2. Tongkonan - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Batak architecture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Rumah limas - Wikipedia

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    Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), [1] is a type of traditional house found in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. It can also be found in Baturaja . The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, a ...

  5. Malay house - Wikipedia

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    The Rumah Limas is also known as the traditional house of South Sumatra and Sundanese West Java, although they have same "Rumah Limas" name, the design is slightly different. The modern government and public buildings often based on Malay style roof design, such as government buildings in Riau and Jambi, as well as the roof design of Muzium ...

  6. Architecture of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Sabrina Carpenter's Designer Reveals What She’s Putting in ...

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    Sabrina Carpenter may often get compared to a life-size Polly Pocket, but there's not a single piece of plastic furniture in her new home, her interior designer tells PEOPLE.

  8. A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and ...

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    PARIS (AP) — Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some ...

  9. Gorga (art) - Wikipedia

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    The arabesque-like red, white, and black gorga pattern decorates the facade of this Batak Toba house.. Gorga is a form of artistic decoration found in the culture of Batak Toba in North Sumatra, Indonesia.