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Tongkonan are a viable part of the market for managed tourism, their seminal value drawing enough people to make Tana Toraja one of Indonesia's most significant destinations for international tourists; a region particularly popular with European visitors. Today, because tourism has displayed the richly carved tongkonan as a symbol of the Toraja ...
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 ...
The rumah gadang is built in one of two basic designs: koto piliang and bodi caniago. These forms reflect different two variations of Minangkabau social structure . The koto piliang design reflects an aristocratic and hierarchical social structure, with the house containing anjuang (raised floors) at each end to permit elevated seating of clan ...
One of the US officials said the Pentagon, which has around 900 troops in Syria, is not making plans to change its force posture in the country and is waiting to see what happens while taking ...
An original 20-inch X-wing starfighter model used in the climactic space battle of “Star Wars: A New Hope” set a record as the most expensive screen-used Star Wars prop ever sold at auction.
Bolon houses have no individual rooms, but the space inside is divided. [1] There is space for the house leader, for family meetings, for daughters who have married but have no house of their own, and for the oldest son who has already married. [1] This space is influenced by Batak culture. [2]
The dome at the US Capitol is shrouded in fog earlier this month in Washington. (The Washington Post via Getty Images) (The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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.