Bengkulu Traditional House

Hello the world! We choose Bengkulu to start our journey on this blog. Well, here we goooo
In Bengkulu Malayan language, the residence is called “Rumah”. Traditional house of Bengkulu is included as stage house model. The architecture is formed to protect its owner from flood. Besides that, the lower part of this house has function as place to save wagon, harvests, agriculture equipment, woods, and also the cage of animals.

Bengkulu’s traditional house has some parts. They are:

1.       Upper Part

The upper part of house is formed by:

a.       Roof: from fibers, bamboo, or zinc

b.      Bubungan: bubungan has some kind of shapes. They are

a.       1. Bubungan Lima

a.       2. Bubungan Limas

a.       3. Bubungan Haji (bubungan Sembilan)

a.       4. Bubungan Jembatan

a.       5. The combination of bubungan Lima and bubungan Jembatan

c.       Pacu: is ceiling that is created from plank (Sera)

d.      Peran: is the block which is connected the plank at the ceiling

2.       Middle part

a.       Sills

b.      Walls: the walls has animals and plants carving

c.       Windows

d.      Door

e.      Tulusi (ventilation): is usually placed in the upper of door or windows

f.        Pillars: has function as house’s cantilever

g.       Bendu: the block that across on the wall

3.       Lower part

a.       Floor: from plank or bamboo

b.      Talian: medium plank which has function as a place to put the plank for floor

c.       Blandar: the cantilever of talian

d.      Bidai: is a very thick bamboo that placed in the lower part of floor to protect the owner of rival’s jab.

e.      Lapik tiang: the stone foundation of house

f.        The stairs

  
You have two options to see this Bengkulu traditional house. First, you can go directly to Bengkulu or second you can go to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta. TMII provides you miniatures of Indonesian traditional houses and Bengkulu traditional house is included in it.
Bengkulu traditional house is totally recommended to be visited because you will be the witness of Indonesian awesome culture. Beside that, you will get another favor which is the chance to see the traditional weapon of Bengkulu and other traditional stuffs that come from this province that is located in Sumatera island.