gadang house

Custom home in West Sumatra is called Tower House.
Tower House has a pole that is not perpendicular or horizontal but have a slope. Why?
Because first, there are many people who come from the sea, so they only know how to make the ship and did not know how to make a home.
This house has a unique form of architecture with roofs that resemble buffalo horns made ​​of palm fiber material.
On the front page of Tower House is usually always there are two buildings rangkiang, used to store grain.
Tower House also called the House Baanjuang. Because the right wing and left the room anjuang (anjung).
This space is used by the local community as a place where the coronation of the bride biting or head of customs.
As a tribal nation that embraces the philosophy of nature, line and shape their communal home in harmony with a natural look Bukit Barisan.
Take a look at look at the peak of striped arches rising in the middle. Then, the line slopes downward curve and swell to form a square three.
Tower House Function
1. As a family residence.
2. As a symbol of the presence of a people
3. As the center of life and harmony
4. As a place of carrying out various ceremonies
5. As a place of caring for a sick family member.

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