Thursday, April 28, 2011

Nias Traditional Houses

Nias Island store local knowledge in construction and architecture of the house. Nias houses built with wood and foundation construction such as the stage proved to withstand earthquakes. It would depart from the ancestral experience Nias tribe who live in earthquake-prone land. The houses remained sturdy and work up to now despite hundreds of years old.
Traditional houses in South Nias rectangular elongated backwards. Its position coincides elongated and lined up neatly. In each village, a row of traditional houses were separated by 30 meters wide village road. This can be seen in the village of Orahili Fau, District Fanayama; Bawomataluo Village, Teluk Dalam subdistrict; Hilinawalo Mazino Village, District Mazino; and Botohilitano Village, South Nias.

Meanwhile, the traditional home of North Nias oval, as seen in the village of Sihare'o Siwahili in Gunungsitoli. Central Nias house more varied, ranging from rectangular, elongated, until rustikal. On average, the living room traditional house is left empty so impressed at large. In this space last interaction among members of the family or fellow villagers. When held a traditional ceremony or a funeral, the people gathered here.

Basically, the establishment of traditional Nias houses without using nails, just pegs. The roof of woven sago palm leaves. However, today there are citizens who replaced it with tin roofs. "Worried flammable and sago palm leaves are easily broken," said village residents Orahili Fau, District Fanayama, South Nias.

In many villages, spatial Nias village where traditional houses side by side with the beauty of big stones (megaliths). Of course the buildings would not be meaningful without the traditions and culture of the people who became her soul.

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