Cruise tourist charms Indonesia will never run out of your visit. Comeliness archipelago spread evenly from Sabang to Merauke to the ground. One vacancy destinations that are important to you sambangi is West Sumatra. The provincial capital of Padang with this save a lot of fun things for you. Not only culinary shake up the tongue, the uniqueness of the traditional house of West Sumatra is also not to be missed. Nan unique architectural complex will enchant your eyes. Already know what the custom home province dominated by ethnic Minangkabau this?
Magic House Tower
The term "House Tower" may be familiar to your ears. The buildings are sometimes written Godang house is asked as a traditional house of West Sumatra. He is an ethnic Minangkabau traditional house and spread evenly across the region of West Sumatra, since this area is dominated by tribes that the Islamic religion. The other name of this house is a house Bagonjong or banjarese architecture.
Tower House is able to enchant your eyes with grace architecture. Signature which most attention is the roof that tapers like buffalo horn. This roof as tiered so that the sharp tip can be more than 4 in one house. Long ago, the roof of the Tower House is made from fibers should other traditional houses. But advances in technology made the house come preen Tower. Now we can see the Tower houses with roofs of zinc.
In general, the longhouse was built with a rectangular shape. Agency house is divided into two main sections namely the front and rear. At
the front, usually there are many carved ornaments with common motifs
such as flowers, roots, leaves and areas of parallelograms and square. As for the outside of the back of the house Tower coated using split bamboo material. This beautiful house dibangin using long poles. body home as unique elevated to the top, but not easily shaken as great shock though. Gadang house has a staircase that is located on the front of the house. Meanwhile, the room serves as a kitchen built separately, usually located behind the house.As with other traditional house, every part of the house Tower also save the philosophical meaning that is closely related to the culture and religion of the local community.
Looking Inside the Tower House
Tower houses the main function is as a place to stay with family. But unlike the other houses, the Tower has separate provisions, among others:- The number of rooms in the house Tower depend on the number of women who are in the family. All women who have husbands to get a room. Dapun old woman without a husband would be given a room that is located near the kitchen. The rooms are mostly occupied by small children. Meanwhile, the teenage girls are usually combined in a single room and it was located at the end of a separate house.
- Tower room in the house is always odd number, between three and eleven.
- This northern Sumatra custom home built on land owned jointly host family in a clan. He also passed down from one generation to the next. Holder beneficiary is a woman in the family
- In addition to the bedrooms, all the rooms in the house are public bodies.
- Tower on the home page, there are generally two buildings called by the name of Rangkiang. This building is a place to store rice.
- In the longhouse there is a building that is on the left wing was the right house. The building known as anjuang or bridge. Its function is as a place for the bride biting and treatment. The reason is what makes the house Tower also known as the home Baanjuang.
- Besides Rangkiang, not far from the longhouse also usually built a small mosque where all family members carry out activities of worship, education, is also commonly used as a bed of men who do not have a wife.
- The traditional house of West Sumatra has a wall that is equally pulled from the roof. Carved wall full of little put colors such as red, green, also sometimes orange. All the elements of the building to make anyone look'll be amazed, including you.
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