Kebaya House

Home kebaya is a tribal house Betawi name. Kebaya called home because of the shape resembles a saddle roof folded and when viewed from the side then folds it looks like folds kebaya. In addition to house Kebaya, Betawi tribe also has a more traditional house. Such as: Home Warehouse and Joglo. Although ethnic Betawi traditional house has 3 but recorded officially became tribal house Betawi is home kebaya. The distinctive feature of this house is this house has a spacious terrace which is useful for entertaining guests and a place to relax keluarga.Pada ancient times, people betawi make a well in front of his house and the cemetery are located next to the house. And, the walls of the house are made of panels that can be opened and removable to the edges. It aims to make home feel more spacious. This house can be divided into two parts in terms of its nature, the front part is semi-public, so everyone can see how beautiful and cool the house. And the second is the back of a personal nature. This section should only be seen by people close to the owner's home. The material used to cover the roof of the house is tile or atep (chiral leaves woven), construction of horses and purlins (horizontal wooden beams located above the horses) using wood Kupa (Syzygium polycephalum) or wood lute (Sandoricum Koetjape), beam edges, especially on the outer walls using wood jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk old, while the rafters (wooden beams with a size of 4cm x 5cm x 6cm or 7cm which serves as the base battens) and battens (wooden beams with a size of 2cm or 3cm x 3cm x 4cm that serves as a roof tile holder) using bamboo rope, namely bamboo stalks (after split apart) can be used as a rope. Bamboo is used as a whole bamboo rafters is ± 4cm in diameter, while that used for the battens are split bamboo. The material used for the timber front wall is Kupa / jackfruit wood is sometimes painted with the dominance of yellow and green. The walls of other houses using bamboo woven material with or without masonry underneath. Doors / windows usually consists of a wooden frame with jalousie horizontal (jalousie is a door that having an air hole in the door which makes air circulation is maintained in an enclosed space, such as in a bathroom) on the top or on the entire door / window. Materials used for the foundation of the house is a stone pedestal with a foundation system (house foundation / pile made of stone) that are placed under each column, while for runway use brick wall with colon of old jackfruit wood. Betawi houses generally have very specific decoration. This superbly crafted ornaments to wall terrace, to decorate the walls, but is primarily used to cover the ventilation holes in the front wall. Every house must have rooms that are used for specific purposes. And each of the rooms there are private or public. As for the rooms in the house Kebaya: Front porch chairs for guests as well as the bale-bale (chairs made of teak wood) to relax, also known as divan. This space is widely used by family members. Floor on the front porch is named Gejogan. He must be cleaned as a form of homage to the guests. Gejogan or terrace floor is considered sacred or dikaramatkan by Betawi people in direct contact with the ladder because named balaksuji, connecting the house to the outside area. The next room is the living room which is also known by the name Paseban. Paseban edge is lined with the entrance in the middle. The doors were carved and height of about 80 cm. While the roof edge given as kebaya lace. Paseban also function as a place of worship. The next part of this Betawi traditional house is Pangkeng. He is a living room separated by walls of the room. Next is the other spaces which functioned as a bedroom. The last option is the kitchen that is located at the rear. Kitchen for the Betawi known Srondoyan.