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and the attic is made if the home of the Virgin. They lived above the attic especially adult or was engaged as a bed and a place to weave fabric.
3.2.22Bubung Bubung second
covers a wide range of wooden frame, wooden partition length head of a pole to the bones of his perabung above all. Composite materials on wooden
rafters bubung consists of males, females, Rafter rolls-rolls, point to the sky, dragons, perabung bone bone of the pillar, jeria, roofing and more.
Over bubung there close bubung. Layer of cover is made from various ingredients bubung. In ancient times, people use the roof of your Kindle, i.e. the
leaves of your Kindle a type of Palm-growing staple in the forest. There is also a close bubung roof made of palm leaves and Palm roofs. Right now, most of the
Malay House using pieces of wood as a roof and is known as insert or roof roof diamonds.
3.3 The Size of The House
In the tradition of the Malay community, make the House can not be done with it, but shall require the specific requirements. One of the conditions to
make a matching House for its owners i.e. by determining the size of the House.
3.3.1 A Matter of Hasta
Before the House is built of wood and supplies cut, the home owner husband and wife should make the size using a piece of string that is calculated
by count cubits. On each menghasta the rope there is usually a term itself, for example
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-first : ular berang -Second : meniti riak
-third cubits : riak meniti kumbang berteduh -four cubits : habis utang berganti utang
-Fifth cubits : utang lama belum terimbuh Any word on each particular meaning cubit, i.e.:
1 ular berang, meaning Snake House was no good, always hot and cross are
frequent disputes both between fellow occupants or with other people. 2
meniti riak, meaning residents will always be proud and arrogant. 3
abis utang, meaning its inhabitants will always owe, difficulties and destitute. 4
utang lama tak terimbuh mean residents will always in distress, even entire Because of the meaning of every word in it, the homeowner will determine
his home with large repeat hasta her several times, then stop on the number with a good word, i.e. riak meniti kumbang berteduh.
Preferably do this measurement is a wife, because it is considered a wife hand cooler from the hands of men. Moreover, the wives are at home a lot more.
Such a thing it is, be equated when sowing rice, supposedly the hands of women better, rice seed grown larger into her hands than men.
3.3.2Mounting Size Rafter
Another way to determine the size of the House is with kasau, and in this way is called the number of rafters. Before you build the House, the
homeowner made the size on a piece of string or a knotted pandan leaves. The size was calculated from the tip of the elbow to the tip of fingers clasped hand
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book, called setulang. Every measure with his hands, he mentions the following words:
1 the first bones: Kasau
2 the second bones: risau
3 the Third: rebah
4 four bones: api
Each word contains a specific meaning, namely if it is: 1
Kasau means the House will be very good for the owner, as it will bring happiness and harmony.
2 Risauu means will wreak havoc and always whose unfortunate.
3 rebah meaning the residents always in a threat of danger.
4 the Api means the House is hot, always happens bickering and fighting,
both among fellow residents as well as between the occupants of the other party.
To search for a matching size, homeowners will do calculations with over and over again, and try to count to the number of rafters. Thus expected the House
to be built later got the grace of Almighty God. So it will bring happiness.
3.3.3Size of Girder
The number of the girder is the usual ways are also used to determine the size of the House. The trick is similar to the calculation of the number of rafters,
just a different word. 1
the first bones: gelegar 2
the second bones: geligi
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3 Third: ulur
4 four bones: bangkai
Each word has a meaning, that is: 1
Gelegar means the House is very good. 2
Geligi means residents will be sickly. 3
Ulur means the owners are always in trouble. 4
bangkai its owner will be overwritten catastrophe.
3. 4The arrangement of the Spaces
Malay room generally consists of three main parts, namely anjung breezeway, parents House, and the kitchen.
3.4.1The porch Porches breezeway is the very front.
The floor is lower than the parents House and the walls are generally half open. Anjung distinguished by anjung fall, outside porches. The porch
outside is separate from the porch House mains and is much indented to the fore. If the porch it was attributed by the parents House, but the floor is lower than the
parents House, called the porch fall, and the one with the porch House parent is called a breezeway. The outer porch used to place children play. In certain
ceremonies, such as weddings, outside porches used as regular guests and the youth.
Anjung fall also useful as a regular guest spot when certain events are implemented. In daily life this room was made where to put tools or supplies
fishermen or farmers.
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