The mystery of Rumoh Aceh

Is it true Rumoh Aceh not use nails?
But Rumoh Aceh is composed by supernatural beings so as to withstand earthquakes?

On this occasion the author invites you to unlock the secret and peel the mystery in Rumoh Aceh. whether the mystery really exists or vice versa.
Rumoh Aceh is a form of residence of the people of Aceh past and present. This Aceh house consists of 44 columns and has 2 front and back stairs. The belief of an individual or a living society has a significant influence on the architectural form of the building, the house being made. This can be seen in the architecture of Rumoh Aceh This section is usually called seramoe likot or rear porch and seramoe reunyeun or porch steps, ie the entry into the House is on the east. The main door of Rumoh Aceh is lower than the height of adults. Usually the height of this door only size 120-150 cm so that everyone who goes to Rumoh Aceh should duck. Rurnoh Aceh is an important component and a physical element that reflects the sacred unity and meaningful social unity indicates that the field of architecture has long developed in Aceh.
Parts of Rumoh Aceh

        At the bottom of the house is called yubmoh which can be used to store various objects, such as Jeungki (rice pestle), and the functioning as a place to socialize the community.  ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/9dbirwx415.jpg)

The front room or called seramoe Keu (front porch), this room is plain without rooms that function as a male guest room, study room to teach boys at night or during the day also guest bed men. and at certain moments such as the marriage ceremony this room also serves as a joint banquet.
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        The middle room or seungamoe teungoh is the core of rumoh Aceh and slightly higher than seramoe keu it is called rumoh inong (the main house) and this place is considered sacred because it is very private. In the middle of this room there are two booths or rooms facing each other. Both rooms are for the bed of the head of the family or the owner of the house.
        Rear room or called seramoe Likoet (rear porch), this room is also plain without a room that serves as a female living room, which is the same area with seramoe keu.

Structure and construction of Rumoh Aceh

        To strengthen Rumah Aceh, the house installation does not use nails, just use the pegs / pegs and rope from rattan as the foundation of the house. stacking rumbia and walls made of boards inside the house are always cold and when heavy rain never sounds noisy. Even Acehnese houses do not use nails and are made of wood, but can last up to hundreds of years. The influence of the confidence of the people of Aceh on the architecture of the house building can be seen in the orientation of the house which is always in the form of elongated from east to west, ie the front facing east and the sacred inside or back in the west. The West's direction reflects the efforts of the Acehnese to build an imaginary line with the Ka'bah in Mecca. In addition, the influence of beliefs can also be seen in the use of its ever-numbered pinnacles, its odd number of rooms, and its odd numbered children. Aside from being a manifestation of community belief and adaptation to its environment, the existence of rumoh Aceh is also to show the social status of its inhabitants.

Collectively the structure of the house on stilts provides a positive value to the social and individual comfort for its inhabitants, but it also ensures the safety of flood, animal and order as well as safety. The existence of a part of space that functions as private spaces, such as rumoh inong, public spaces, such as the front porch, and women's special space, such as the back porch is an attempt to instill and maintain the value of politeness and ethics in the community.
The uniqueness of Rumah Aceh

        The uniqueness of the house of Aceh settled on the roof, to tie the black rope or rope fibers have a to hold the roof tied not bersambung has a very significant means, for example when a fire accident on the roof then the owner of the house just cut a rope just so that the entire roof of the house connected or centered on the fibers falling instantly or collapsed to avoid the wood fires and can minimize the impact of the disaster that occurred.

Rumoh Aceh in desaign is not only the construction that is able to quake the earthquake vibration but the predecessors of the Acehnese who design rumoh aceh consider all aspects of the environment ranging from soial culture and Islamic concepts.
So first information about architecture rumoh aceh how do you think sob? Is Rumoh Aceh inhabited by sacred beings? no friend ,, of this paper actually the author wants to invite you to know the typical architecture of Rumoh Aceh.
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