Monday, 21 January 2013

Minahasa Traditional Stage House

The house is a traditional house stage Minahasa. The traditional house of Minahasa can be encountered in many villages in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The house is a house made ​​of wood stage. The house was known as Wale or Bale.


One distinctive feature of the Minahasa is, form the stairs. Stairs are usually shaped like the letter X. According to ancestral beliefs Minahasa, laying the stairs was intended if there is an evil spirit that tries to climb the stairs of one of the evil spirits will come back down the stairs the next.

In North Sulawesi, there is a village famous as the producer of the traditional house of Minahasa. His name, Woloan village. Therefore, traditional houses in the village produced is referred to as the home Woloan.
  
Houses Woloan very popular in Indonesia, lo, even the world! Therefore, the house is much booked by buyers from all over Indonesia and abroad.

Tell me, me, you come to the village Woloan. You will be able to directly hear the hammers pounding and saws wood. Many workers and craftsmen were busy menyerut or painted wood.


Yup, many craftsmen who have houses on stilts in the business of making Woloan village. Do not be surprised, if you see staged homes lined up along the road.

The wood used to make the house Woloan usually merbau. Wood is famous for water and termite resistant. The walls were made of wood or wood nyatok chrysolite. The timber was imported from South Minahasa and Gorontalo.

The houses are already finished and then sent to the address of the buyer. Just imagine how difficult it sends a house to another island, or to another country! Eh, but it turns out, how to send not difficult, really!

Woloan house is home to knock down or disassembly. The wood can be removed one by one. Wood pieces were then packed and shipped by boat or aircraft. Upon arriving at their destination, stay posted, deh! Such assemblies toys, right?

Uniquely, sent to the address of the buyer, not just a house, lo! Rather, along with artisan wood! He he, because, the carpenter that will put the house on the destination.

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