Jambi is a province in Indonesia on the Island of Sumatra. Where located on the east coast in the central part of the Island of Sumatra. In the Province of Jambi have a custom home that characterize the typical with the name of the House Kajang Lako.
Home Kajang Lako also called the House of Lamo. Excerpted from the book the Treasures of my Country; get to Know the 33 Provinces in Indonesia (2011) works Great Bawantara and Mary, the Eucharist, the home of Kajang Lako is the abode of the public highways Inner. Marga Bathin is a tribe that was from the west side of the bukit Barisan mountains. Quoted from the website of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud), until now the community Bathin still retains the customs handed down by their ancestors.
Supposedly the Spiritual is derived from the 60 tumbi (family) who moved from Koto Rayo. 60 family inilaha which is the origin of the Highways Inner V with five villages of origin.
So the area of Highways Inner V is a collection of five villages that came from the same village. Initially people Bathin live in a group, consists of 5 groups of origin form 5 hamlet. One of the township Inner intact until now in Rantau Panjang Village Lamo.
The houses there are built elongated separately, within about 2 meters by facing the street. In the back of the house barns built a place to store rice.
The shape and part of the house Kajang Lako
Home Kajang Lako specialized stage rectangular, measuring the length of 12 meters and a width of 9 meters with 30 poles. The tip of the roof is curved upwards to make the building resemble the boat. Rectangular shape these are intended to facilitate the preparation of a room that is adapted to its function, and also influenced Islamic law.
Most of the material is from ulin wood that grows in the area of Jambi. For the wall in the form of carved named Masinding. Excerpted from the book get to Know the Design of Rumat is Customary in Indonesia (2017) by Faris Al Faisal, the Typology of the Homes Kajang Leko-shaped wards or four meters long. The roof of the building houses on stilts Seizures Lako named “elephant drunk”, which is taken from the name of the maker of the house are drunk in love but did not get the blessing of her parents.
The ridge was made to resemble a boat with the tip of the top of the ridge curved to the top which is called the cut jerambah, or lipat kajang. The roof of the upper rafters called a shape made of mengkuang or fibers are woven and then folded in half. In which serve to prevent rain water from getting inside the house.
On the ceiling there which is named after the stocking of the screen that serves as a wall covering the space above and retaining seepage splashed rain water. While the space between the stocking of the screen and the ridge of the roof is enabled for a place to store unused items named after panteh. On the side, each of the walls, made of a board carved. To the door consists of three kinds, namely door upright, the door masinding, and the door behind transverse.
The doors erect was in the far left of the building that has a function as an entrance. Made low, then every person who entered the house should bow his head as a sign of respect to the owner of the house. The door masinding function to the window located in the living room.
The door masinding used to look down, as ventilation, especially at the time held a traditional ceremony. Instead, it is also to facilitate the person who is to know whether the ceremony has already started or not. To the door behind the transverse is a window there on the pole behind the transverse.
The door is used by leaders-traditional leaders, clergy, ninik mamak, and ingenious clever.
As for the number of pole house lamo is 30 consist of 24 main pole and 6 pole palamban. The main mast is mounted in the form of six, with each length of 4.25 meters.The main pillars of the function to the pole down (stick) and as a pillar of the frame of the building.
The arrangement of the room of the house Kajang Lako
On the home adat Kajang Lako consists of eight chambers, namely pelamban, space gaho, space masinding, space center, space nalik transverse, the space behind the hold, the upper chamber or penteh, and the space below or bauman.
• Pelamban
Pelamban is a building that is located on the left side of the main building.
• Gaho
Gaho is the room that was on the tip of the left building with the longitudinal direction. On gaho there is a kitchen, a living place of water, or the space store.
• Space masinding
Space masinding is the front room related masinding. When indigenous congress, ruanagn is used for the seating of ordinary people and specifically for men.
• Space center
The middle room is a space in the middle of the building, between the middle room with space masinding not put on the walls.
• Space nalik transverse
The section on runag nalik transverse is Part of this space is the dining room, a parents ‘ bed, and bedroom girls.
• The space behind the hold
The room is located on the right edge of the building facing the central space and space masinding.
• The upper room
The upper chamber also called penteh. Where to be at the top of the building and is used to deviate the goods.
• The space below
The space below or bauman no story and no walls that is used for storing, or cooking in the time of a party.
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