Traditional House Bengkulu.

Traditional House Bengkulu.

In Malay-Bengkulu, homes are also called home. Traditional house of Bengkulu, including the type of houses on stilts. The stage house is designed to protect residents from flooding. In addition, under the stage can also be used to store the carts, crops, farming tools, firewood, and also serves as a livestock enclosure. Malay stilt houses form is divided into several sections, among others:
Upper
The top of the Bengkulu Malay traditional house consists of:

roof, made of fibers, bamboo, or zinc;
ridge, there are several forms;
runway, the ceiling of the board or pounded bamboos;
role, the beams connecting the top;
upper poles;
hood, frame rafters to stick;
rafters, battens for mendation;
lath, to stick to the roof;
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This will form the top of the ridge which is made visible. Several types of ridge, among others:

ridge five

ridge pyramid

Hajj ridge (ridge nine)

ridge bridge

five combined ridge and bridge

Midsection
The middle of Bengkulu Malay traditional house consists of:

frame, frame for door and window;
wall, made of boards or pounded bamboos;
window, regular shape and form of ram;
doors, unusual shapes and forms of ram;
tulusi (vent), as ventilation, usually at the top of the doors and windows, made with a variety of decoration;
over the pole;
piabung, pole across it;
the center pole;
bendu, transverse beams along the walls.

Bottom
The bottom of the Bengkulu Malay traditional house consists of:

floor, off the board, bamboo, or pounded bamboos;
deck, from dim to 8 board mounted 50cm wide along the outside wall on the beam;
gravestones, cover the edge of the beam outside, along the circumference of the wall;
beam (large), a framework for extending to the floor;
tailan, medium beam that serves as a place to put a floor;
beam, anchoring talian, transverse;
Bedu, as a place to put the beams above the rails;
splints, thick bamboo boards are mounted transversely from the floor, to defend from enemies of the lower house punctures;
pounded bamboos bedroom, parallel to the floor boards (above splints);
pedestal poles, stone foundation pillars of the house;
front and rear stairs.

Composition of Space
Homes have the function in life. There is also space on the structure and function of Bengkulu Malay traditional houses are:

Berendo
Place to receive guests who have not known, or guests who simply convey a message (briefly). It is also used to relax in the morning or late afternoon. For children, berendo also often used to play the cavalier, rubber, and others.
Case
Space for receiving guests is already well known, immediate family, or a respected person. This room is also used to place cengkrama family at night, study room for the kids, and at times this space is used to salvation or consensus relatives.
Booths will be swept away
Gedang booth or cubicle holding a bedroom for the head of the family (husband and wife) and the kids are still young.
Booth girl
Usually found in families with girls, a room for the girls. In addition to sleep is also used to bersolak. Booth girls usually side with booths pawpaw, for safety and ease of control of their girls.
Living room
Usually emptied of furniture, and in the corner provided some strands mats rolled up because its main function is to receive guests for a housewife or close to the girl's family. In addition, the living room is often used as a place to learn the Koran. For families who do not have the room flunky its own, sometimes used for children bed flunky.
The dining room
Family dining. At home there is usually a small dining room, they eat in the living room. If there is not a close family, then invite guests to eat together to use it, not in the dining room.
Fierce
Water jars or storage areas where water or other gerigik, also used for the kitchen sink and wash your feet before entering the house or kitchen.
Kitchen.
Room for cooking.
Berendo back
Rear porch, relaxing place for women in the afternoon or evening, unwind after work assignments, talking shop while looking for lice.
See also Figure Other home
Actually, in addition to the traditional Malay-Bengkulu, Bengkulu there are also other traditional houses like home Umeak Cut Jang (Home Made Rejang) which is umeakan (ancient house) Rejang original (one of the tribes in Bengkulu), lemur Beranak manor house Rejang coast, which is home Broken Nine traditional homes of ordinary people Rejang Coastal tribes.

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