There are three part of Aceh Traditional House :
1. seuramoë keuë (front porch),
room that serves to receive male guests, and is located at the front of the house. The room is also well into the bed and eat a male guest.
2. seuramoë teungoh (central foyer)
Rumoh-Inong (main), where the space is in between the front porch and back porch. Position is higher than the second platform. The main house is divided into two rooms. Both are separated or also called sweet alley that connects the front porch and back porch.
3. seuramoë likôt (back porch).
The main function of this room is to receive female guests. It's in the back of the house. Such as the front porch, foyer could also well be a bed and a dining area women.
More additional section that is
4. rumoh dapu (rumah dapur) like a kicthen.
usually a kitchen adjacent or connected to the back porch. The floor is slightly lower than the floor of the back porch.
5. Seulasa (terrace),
Terrace home located at the very front. Terrace attached to the front porch.
6. Kroong-padee (granary),
Separate from the main building, but was still in the yard. Be located in the back, side, or even in front of the house.
7. Keupaleh (gate),
This fact does not include the general characteristics for the use of gates in general rich people's homes or community leaders. The gate was made of wood and it is pedestrianized booth.
8. Tamee (pole),
The strength of the pole is the main foundation of this traditional home. Pole-shaped timber with a diameter of 20-35 cm 150-170 cm tall it could amount to 16, 20, 24, or 28 rods. The existence of these poles facilitate the process of moving home without having to unpack. Usually moving home without having to unpack raised by many people.
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| Rumoh Aceh |
Of house position is designed by ancient tribal ancestors Aceh to care about the natural conditions make the house earthquake resistant. This is picture ethnic house Aceh bulid by people.
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| People Version |
The layout of the ethnic house position uniform shape, ie rectangular stretch from east to west. That said, the location was chosen to facilitate extending the determination of the direction of Qibla. Many people in Aceh religion is Moslem. In terms carvings, rumoh Aceh in each district in Aceh province are not the same. Each has a variety of different carving.
Currently the number of traditional houses in the village becomes smaller because of the cost it takes to make rumoh Aceh is much more expensive than building a regular house / modern. Treatment cost was no less drain bag. So many people in Aceh build his modern home.
Whereas in the past the majority of residents in the average residential living in ethnic traditional houses made of wood and thatched it. Even those who are well off, decorate the wooden house with carvings and other ornaments. Meanwhile, residents who live from hand to mouth, enough to build a wooden house without carving and ornamentation.
This is not strange because until the 1980s people were still easily get the wood so that the cost to build affordable rumoh Aceh at that time. But, at this time the cost to build a traditional house is two times the cost of a modern home.
In the past, Aceh rumoh roof made of thatch. In case of fire, the thatch roof can be lowered simply by cutting one of the straps are made of rattan or palm fiber.
First, in front of the stairs leading to the house, usually terdepat jars. This object is used to store water for washing feet each want to get into the house.
One part is also important in Aceh is rumoh stairs. Typically, the staircase is located under the house. Everyone should head to head with the door open in order to enter.
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| stairs |
Number of the steps, always odd. One more typical of rumoh Aceh is the building is made without nails.
To associate the wooden beams with one another quite used pegs or ropes of rattan or palm fiber. Most people in Aceh, sometimes also make the yard as a place of burial.
source :
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceh
http://rumahadat.blog.com/2011/06/21/rumoh-aceh/
