Showing posts with label tongkonan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tongkonan. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Toraja traditional house, South Sulawesi, Indonesia


Toraja traditional house called Baruang Tongkonan, tongkonan itself has meaning tongkon "sit", where "an" can be said to a seat, but not a place to sit but the real meaning, the people in the village to gather, deliberation, and resolve indigenous issues .
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Almost all of the Toraja houses facing north, facing towards Puang Matua sebetuan Toraja people to god the almighty one. In addition to honoring their ancestors and trustworthy will get a blessing in this wor

Saturday, February 11, 2012

7 historic buildings in Indonesia


1.Istana Maimun


Maimun palace has been named the most beautiful buildings in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. Located in the Jl. Brig Katamso, this magnificent palace was completed around 1888 and is a legacy of Ma'mun Al Rashid Sultan Deli Mighty Alamsyah. Shades of yellow color on this building is a typical Malay.

2.Lawang Sewu

Discusses the architecture or the old buildings in Indonesia, certainly can not get out of a legendary building that stood firm in the city, precisely in the Simpang Lima, the Sewu Lawang. Buildings that means "a thousand doors" was in fact not her real name given to this building.