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House in Sulawesi


House in Sulawesi
Photo Information
Copyright: Alain Diveu (alaindiveu) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 93 W: 39 N: 170] (1154)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-01-21
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: NIKON D200, Sigma 14mm f2.8 EX, 100 ISO RAW
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Alain et Chantal autour du monde
Date Submitted: 2008-04-11 0:56
Viewed: 489
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat of the Torajan people, in Sulawesi
Tongkonan have a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddle back roof. Like most of Indonesia’s Austronesian-based traditional architecture tongkonan are built on piles. The construction of tongkonan is laborious work and it is usually built with the help of all family members. In the original Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build tongkonan. Commoners live in smaller and less decorated homes called banua.

In larger Tana Toraja villages, houses are arranged in a row, side by side, with their roofs on a north-south alignment with the front gable facing north. Opposite each house is the family's rice barn, or alang customarily a symbol of family wealth, and together they form a second row of parallel buildings.
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Lovely unusual architecture which you have done well to compose and share with us. I like your keenness and composition.

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  • Nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2031 W: 0 N: 4727] (23036)
  • [2008-04-11 4:18]

hello,

Qeulle architecture ces maison, géniale avec leur toit comme une trompe d'éléphant, dans cet écrin de verdure, sune superbe compo.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

Bonjour Alain
J'ai eu l'occasion il y a quelques années de me rendre en Indonésie, un pays qui m'a émerveillé! J'avais beaucoup regretté de ne pas pouvoir me rendre à Sulawesi! Une architecture vraiment étonnante et pleine de charme, bravo à toi et merci pour le partage.
Bon WE à toi
Eric

Dear Alain, I will travel to sulawesi this summer and of course Toraja is somewhere on my agenda. There are not many images here on TE from Sulawesi so this is more than welcome. Thanks for wetting my appetite.

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