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The traditional Sulah Nyanda house is divided into three parts: sosoro (front), tepas (middle) and imah (rear) rooms. Each room functions according to the family requirements. The veranda-like front of the house, commonly called the sosoro, serves as a guests' reception area. This is because guests are usually not allowed to get into the house.
Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilised in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand year long period, significant innovations and variations of homes existed, but house design generally ...
There are four parts to the national register; historic places, historic areas, Wahi Tapu (places sacred to Māori) and Wahi Tapu areas. [1] Christchurch has listings in the former two categories. As of July 2011 [update] , there were 315 historic places and seven historic areas listed.
Tapu [1] [2] [3] is a Polynesian traditional concept denoting something holy or sacred, with "spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it involves rules and prohibitions. The English word taboo derives from this later meaning and dates from Captain James Cook 's visit to Tonga in 1777.
A Florida man is accused of beating another man to death with golf clubs on a course in Palm Beach County. A probable cause affidavit filed by the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department obtained by ...
Being farmers meant great calls, such as having hot summers, and cold winters. Iran’s traditional architecture is designed in proportion to its climatic conditions.The continued design and existence of traditional homes amidst the preponderance of mid-rise apartments in Iran's ongoing modernisation projects is testament to a strong connection and identification with Persian architectural ...
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
Qargi in the village of Stebbins, Alaska 1900 Semi-underground men's community house (Qargi) with bowhead whale bones, Tikiġaġmiut, Point Hope, Alaska, 1885. Qargi (Inupiaq:), Qasgi or Qasgiq (by the Yup'iks), Qaygiq (by the Cup'iks), Kashim (by the Russians), Kariyit, [1] a traditional large semi-subterranean men's community house' (or "communal men's house, men's house, ceremonial house ...