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The thousand legs house (Indonesian: Rumah kaki seribu) is the traditional house of the Arfak people who reside in Manokwari Regency, West Papua. [1] [dead link ] The house is dubbed "Thousand Legs" because it uses many supporting poles underneath, so when seen, it has many legs like a millipede. Meanwhile, its roof is made of straw or sago ...
Balinese traditional house refers to the traditional house of Balinese people in Bali, Indonesia. The Balinese traditional house is the product of a blend of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs fused with Austronesian animism, resulting in a house that is "in harmony" with the law of the cosmos of Balinese Hinduism. [1]
The Arfak Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Arfak) is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia.. The term "arfak" came from arfk the language of the coastal Biak people, meaning "people who sleep over fire", to refer to how the Arfak warm their houses by putting hot ember below their Rumah Kaki Seribu. [1]
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.
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra. With few exceptions, the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago share a common Austronesian ancestry (originating in Taiwan, c. 6,000 years ago [4]) or Sundaland, a sunken area in Southeast Asia, and the traditional homes of Indonesia share a number of characteristics, such as timber construction and varied and elaborate roof structures. [4]
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