Kinds of Traditional House in Indonesia

Illustration of Indonesian traditional house - Gadang House

Kinds of Traditional House in Indonesia - Indonesian traditional house is a completeness that is used or occupied by a particular society (especially in Indonesia) which indicates cultural ethos of the people of Indonesia. The house forms vary according to the regions in Indonesia. Indonesian traditional house is part of a national culture that is both distinctive and quality of tribes in Indonesia. The peculiarities in view of Ki Hajar Dewantara regarded as the tops of regional cultures can identify themselves and give rise to a sense of pride.

Indonesian traditional house is basically useless to cover or protect people from environmental conditions are likely to be dangerous, better protection from the cold and from the scorching gripping. In addition to physical security, there are also functions according to the messages contained in the value of culture in Indonesian traditional house, which is also related to other aspects of life culturally. Message understanding of cultural values ​​that are usually born through the symbols of various kinds of ornamental Indonesian traditional house of a society. Sundanese example that puts the kitchen at the end (the end / rear) part of the house. It is a symbol that women who take care of all of that is women, in this case concerning the financial and household activities.

Then, there is a living room at the front of the house is a symbol of the uniqueness of traditional Sundanese man who could not be bothered by women. Only men are entitled to meet with various parties for the purposes of making a living. In general, Indonesian traditional house that not only serve to protect the head of the family alone. Most Indonesian traditional house is a house that is expected to inhabited by several heads of families so that the children of the owner of the house can occupy the house after marriage.

However, the placement of Indonesian traditional house is not meant to be done casually. There are several codes of conduct that must be considered if you want to occupy a house culture . Code is of course based on the habits of the local people about the tradition of a case, including the placement of Indonesian traditional house. Indonesian traditional houses have provisions usage. For example, who is the person who can occupy the house. Both men and women are usually required to comply with certain customary conditions to be able to occupy the house.

For example, the placement of Indonesian traditional house located on the new people who will occupy the house is traditional Sundanese daughter because women in the Sunda deemed to have been owned entirely by the men, while in Minang, people who can occupy their traditional home is the man who purchased or spoken by the women. Some people say that Indonesia is not a custom home can arbitrarily occupied homes, but also must meet certain requirements to occupy it, or even just be used for the purposes of certain customs. In addition to local tradition, there are also other issues that are the hallmark of Indonesian traditional house. It is a form of traditional houses built of stone or wood-kayuan.Hampir entire Indonesian traditional house made of these materials.

This may be due to the ancient times there has been no building materials that can be used to build a house so that you can do is to stack large rocks and weaving rattan, wood, and other natural materials. Indonesian traditional house forms woven owned by Sundanese which is usually called the 'booth'. Type of building with a basis of these chambers are now being ethnic ingredients that can be found in many places, even outside of Sunda. Sundanese traditional house has a symbol on women's rights and the rights of men to form gabled, and three sealing rooms (living room, living room, and kitchen) is also a symbol of those rights.

Meanwhile, other Indonesian traditional house-shaped pavilion only found in parts of Java, which is known Joglo house with broad accents complemented by four pillars that supported the house. Indonesian traditional house forms the broad shape because of the people of Java (Kraton) is famous or royal family members so that it takes place much too broad to be together. Then other Indonesian traditional house traditional house Manado is placed high. This is due to the geographical position of the traditional houses are mostly located in along the beach, not in the mountains such as West Java or part of East Java and Central Java.

Factors Shaping Indonesian Traditional House

Indonesian traditional house caused by a variety of factors. Such factors include the geographic and cultural aspects. Geographical conditions in a particular region will affect the particular custom home. For example, the state of geographical areas showed high air temperatures usually form a custom home that is more closed than the traditional home of the region with low temperatures. For example, Indonesian traditional houses located in different regions with Java traditional house Bali, Lombok, or any other custom home position adjacent to the beach area. Javanese traditional houses tend to be more closed than the traditional houses of Bali and Lombok.

In addition, Indonesian traditional houses located in low-lying areas (coastal) is usually higher than that built custom home located in hilly or mountainous regions. This is caused by the anticipation of the waves that come when the tides come in season so that the activities carried out in the home was not disturbed by the waves coming. Cultural aspects also influence the types of traditional houses in Indonesia. For example, the shape of the roof, ornate carvings, and wood wicker or rattan different in each region showed that each region has its own creativity.

Most of the tribes in Indonesia believe that the Indonesian traditional house is a picture of cosmology that describes the composition of the existence of the universe. Manufacturing of custom home can not be made arbitrarily based architectural tastes owners. Variant forms can vary, but the pattern should still be adhered to. Indonesian traditional house can not be separated from the original belief system tribes contained therein. So is the cosmology contained in indigenous tribes in Indonesia. Therefore, traditional house can not be separated with the customary ceremonies. For example, Indonesian traditional house in Sundanese contained when compared with the traditional Javanese or Balinese cosmology has a strong enough distinction, although all three under the influence of Hindu culture.

As discussed previously, Sundanese traditional house built with the concept of extending the limits of men and women. This is caused by the belief Sundanese people who believe that the 'limit' is an important thing that must be held to distinguish the front-rear and right-left. With a concept like this, then Indonesia has a specific custom homes compared to homes in other countries. Though almost all custom homes in the world have confidence in their cosmology. This is caused by indigenous peoples over believing in the power of nature than human strength.

Thus, we can know, that the structure of the Indonesian traditional house not only symbolize a particular tradition, but also implies symbols of the universe which we can learn in terms of culture.