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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 ...
Since independence, the Indonesian government has continued to promote the 'rumah sehat sederhana' ('simple healthy home') over the rumah adat. [ 10 ] Exposure to the market economy made the construction of labour-intensive rumah adat , such as the Batak house, extremely expensive (previously villages would work together to construct new homes ...
Rumah Kebaya is a name of a Betawi traditional house. The name comes from the shape of the roof, which resembles a fold of the Kebaya form of dress. The fold can be seen from the side of the house. Beside that, the Betawi have other traditional houses, namely Rumah Gudang and Rumah Joglo. Although the Betawi have 3 traditional houses, but the ...
Honai Housing Complex. Honai is a traditional house of the people of the Central Papua and Highland Papua, particularly the Dani. [1] Honai has a simple, round-shaped structure with small doors and no windows.
Rumah Bubungan Tinggi or Rumah Banjar or Rumah Ba-anjung is an iconic type of house in South Kalimantan. Its name Bubungan Tinggi refers to the steep roof (45 degrees). It is one of the Banjarese House types. [1] In the old kingdom time, this house was the core building within a palace complex, where the King and his family resided.
East side of the Place des Vosges in Paris, one of the earliest examples of terraced housing. A terrace, terraced house (), or townhouse [a] is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.
A number of religious and spiritual traditions encourage simple living. [6] Early examples include the Śramaṇa traditions of Iron Age India and biblical Nazirites.More formal traditions of simple living stretch back to antiquity, originating with religious and philosophical leaders such as Jesus, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Zarathustra, Gautama Buddha, and Prophet Muhammad.
Panakawans (right) accompanied their masters in a traditional Wayang Wong theater performance in Yogyakarta.September 1923. Wayang Punokawan, from left to right: Bagong, Petruk, Gareng, and Semar.