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Uma houses are traditional vernacular houses found on the western part of the island of Siberut in Indonesia. The island is part of the Mentawai islands off the west coast of Sumatra . The structures are influenced by the Acehnese style, built on a much larger scale.
A Rumah Gadang serves as a residence, a hall for family meetings, and for ceremonial activities. In the matrilineal Minangkabau society, the Rumah Gadang is owned by the women of the family who live there; ownership is passed from mother to daughter. The houses have a dramatic curved roof structure with multi-tiered, upswept gables.
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 ...
Since 1992, cultural properties have been protected under Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5 of 1992 regarding Cultural Properties (Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 5 Tahun 1992 tentang Benda Cagar Budaya), which was passed by President Suharto on 21 March. This new law was passed as the old, colonial laws were considered no longer ...
The palace has three stories with 72 pillars and the typical Rumah Gadang gonjong, a horn-like curved roof made from 26 tons of black ijuk aren palm fibers. The palace is also furnished with over 100 replicas of Minang antique furniture and artifacts, aiming the palace to be revived as Minangkabau cultural center as well as a tourism attraction ...
Rumah Lancang or Rumah Lontik with a curved roof and boat-like structure. A Riau Malay traditional house, this is the Riau Pavilion Taman Mini Indonesia theme park. Rumah Lipat Kajang style, a Sumatran Riau Malay traditional house with tiled stairs at Taman Mini Indonesia theme park.
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 ...
The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London Units of measurement, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua. A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. [1]