Bali Traditional House

If you go to Bali Island, just don't forget to visit Batuan area at Gianyar, Bali. Batuan, Gianyar is an area which have a lot of art and culture stage performance, we can learn/study or just simply knowing about Bali’s Traditional House. Bali’s community is using 9 Direction concept as guidance on their life philosophy. The concept which also called Nawa Sanga is very important to the society because their orientation to Agung Mount and sunrise direction. North direction is symbolize deity of Vishnu, South is deity of Brahma, East is Deity of Iswara and West deity of Mahadewa. 

Bali’s Traditional House is very unique because it divided in several building which arranged according to wind direction and Agung Mount axis. Eastward with tinder face to Agung Mountain is a special location in the house section. It’s commonplace as altar (bali : pamerajan).

Entrance are is split into 2 function. Entrance which functioning like Temple of Bentar at Pura (Bali’s Temple), as a entrance gate, is called angkul-angkul. Entrance which function to displace view attention so people can’t see direct to inside building, called aling-aling. This entrance is located on southwest of house. Family Pura located on North East. Umah Meten, is leader of family’s bedroom, which position have to be respectable enough on North side. Sittingroom or bale tiang sangah (nine pillar room) put on West side. Bale sekapat or children bedroom usually located in South side of the house. Bale dangin, the place used to make artistic object or a place for wife to knit clothes for her husband or children, located on East side. Kitchen or pawon, located on South East side. Usually, there are also build a mow to storage harvest from the garden or grain field. Also backyard as eksterior area or landscape which connecting each bulding.

~ Istalastu ~

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