Glass Houses Bubung (Malay Traditional House in the Riau Islands)

Riau Islands is one of the provinces in Indonesia. This area is a cluster of islands scattered in the waters of the Strait of Malacca and South China seas. The state's hilly islands with beaches and steep ramps. The majority of residents work as fishermen and farmers. While the religions practiced by most of them are Muslims.Natural conditions and the Riau Islands public confidence greatly affect the pattern of house architecture. The influence of nature around and beliefs can be seen from the house, which shaped stage erected upon a pole with a height of about 1.50 meters to 2.40 meters. The use of the materials to make houses, provision of ornamentation, and use of colors to beautify the house is a form of adaptation to the environment and the expression of religious values ​​and cultural values.One of the houses to community residences Riau Islands are home Bubung Belah. The house is also known as the house Malay tube ridge or a house. Halve Bubung house name given by the Malays because of its roof torn. Called the house because the roof ridge using perabung. While the name of the house Malay Bubung given by foreigners, particularly China and the Netherlands, because of its shape is different from their original home, which is a home Kelenting and Limas.The name of this house is also sometimes given based on the shape and variation of the roof, for example: Fold Pandan called home because the roof is steep; Fold Kajang house because the roof is rather flat; house roof screen or Ampar Pumpkin because of the lower roof coupled with other roofing; home Perabung length because Perabung roof parallel to the highway; and home Across Perabung because Perabungnya not parallel to the road.The size of houses built is determined by the ability of the owner, the richer a person the greater his house and the great variety of dressing. Nevertheless, wealth not as an absolute determinant. The main consideration in making the home is harmonious with the owner. To determine whether or not a home match, the owner of calculating the size of his house with a count cubits, from one to five. The uratannya is: a snake swimming, climbing ripples, climbing ripples beetle shelter, changed out of debt debt, and debt berimbuh five yet. Size is best if just in a matter of climbing ripple beetles shelter.

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