Bolon house
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Abolon house(Batak Toba:Ruma Bolon) is aNorthern Sumatratraditional house inIndonesia.[1]Bolon houses are also tourist objects in Northern Sumatra.[2]Bolon houses are made withwood.[1]The house floor is made with boards.[1]The roof is made with rumbia leaves.[2]Bolon houses have no individual rooms, but the space inside is divided.[1]There is space for the house leader, for family meetings, for daughters who have married but have no house of their own, and for the oldest son who has already married.[1]This space is influenced byBatakculture.[2]In ancient times, bolon houses used to be the place where 13 kings ofBataklived.[2]Today, only a few bolon houses can be found in North Sumatra.[2]
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References
[edit]- ^abcde"Rumah Bolon"[Bolon House].Kebudayaan Indonesia(in Indonesian). Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2014.Retrieved15 May2014.
- ^abcde"Rumah Bolon – Sumatera Utara".Indonesiaku(in Indonesian). 14 March 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 17 May 2014.Retrieved15 May2014.