Indonesia is a country with many tribes. The result is that Indonesia has many traditional houses, language, clothing and more. Now I will talk about Honai traditional houses of Papua Sharing information about custom home called Honai Papua.
Papua is a general term for the various indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighboring islands, Papua speakers. They are often indistinguishable from the ethnic and Austronesian
languages, speakers of the language family to New Guinea introduced
about three thousand years ago..JPG)
In a 2005 study of the ASPM gene variants, Mekel-Bobrov et al. found that Papuans have one of the highest levels of emerging ASPM haplogroup D, in 59.4% the alleles of about 6,000 years. [1] Although it is not known exactly what the selective advantages
provided by this gene variant, D allele haplogroup allegedly been
positive in the population and to provide some substantial advantages
which causes the frequency is increasing rapidly.
According to various studies, the Papuans, Melanesians other, and
Aboriginal Australia is the only known modern humans whose ancestors
prehistoric mating with Denisova hominin, with whom they share 3-5% of
their genome
Papua called Honai houses made of wood with a conical roof made of straw or reeds. shaped like a mushroom. Honai house purposely built narrow spaces or smaller rooms and windows to withstand the cold mountains of Papua. Honai usually built as high as 2.5 meters and in the middle of the house prepared a place to build a fire to warm them.
Honai architecture of traditional houses have conical roofs made of Jerai or weeds. Honai house size is generally small, with a height of about 2.5 meters and no windows. The goal is to withstand the cold mountains. In the middle there is usually a place to make a bonfire.
Honai divided into three types, namely honai for men (honai) for women (Ebei), and pigs (Wamai). Honai usually has two floor levels connected by stairs. Home
Honai tribe traditional house with the simplicity of the architecture
of traditional houses can be found in the valleys and mountains in the
center of the island of Papua, Puncak Jaya in fairly cold climates,
altitudes. 2,500 meters above sea level. This is what makes this custom designed home Honai Papua round and
short, work to reduce the cold wind blowing from the mountains.
Function
Honai: As a shelter, a place to store the tools of war, educate and
advise children to be useful in the future, plan or organize a war
strategy to be successful in combat or war and a tool or a symbol of
indigenous store have
occupied since before Dani philosophy Honai Circling home honai has a
philosophy that is firmly held by the company Dani, which reflects the
values passed down from generation to generation, as follows: Unity
and the unit maximum to preserve and transmit culture, ethnicity,
dignity, prices self-maintained by the ancestors of the past to the present. Significant one heart, one mind and purpose in completing the work.Honai house has a door and a small, usually without windows and ventilation for safety of the animals and maintain the room temperature stays warm. Middle of the room there is a stove used for cooking and for heating. Aside from being a gathering place for families.
