Traditional roof
The time has long passed since modern roofs were introduced and used in the Indian archipelago (now, Southeast Asia) but here in Aceh, many people have not left the traditional roof as a culture they inherited from a long time ago, and the origin roofing in the region.
This traditional roof is made from the leaves of one species of palm plant found abundantly in the region, mamely sago palm (Metroxylon sagu). We call it as Bak Meria, in other places known as Rumbia.
Now, the question is: of the many palm trees that grow in the tropics, and that's so many kinds, why people here since ancient times chose these leaves to make roofs?
In my search for answers, I found a few things:
Apparently, the roof is made from sago palm leaves more can provide coolness because it does not store heat.
Roofs made from these leaves, if they are arranged tightly and thickly, they will last longer than 10 years rather than using other palm leaves.
The question arises again, how did people from the past know this fact?
I conclude, of course, they have extensive knowledge of nature, and have applied that knowledge in their lives. So, how much knowledge has been discovered by scientists in the past that even we do not know their names! We see the results of their work in the application form, and did not know anything about them.
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That's very cool. We should all take the time to learn more about common sense survival and cultural traditions. Thanks for sharing this :)
Thanks a lot for a good comment, @tinajordan.
good post
Thank you, @muliadi.
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Knowledge comes from many sources of life.. i'm glad that you spotted it out and appreciate it rightly
Great share.. I gotta follow you for more to come:)
Cheers!
Thanks a lot, @applehoang. I appreciate that.
Very useful, this is the leaf "Meuria" in aceh language. The tree is a lot of benefits such as the tree can be made flour and many nutritional content, the stem can be used as a goat or cattle pen and can also be used as a garden fence. A few years ago we had our midlifting shelter also used as a wall of the house and its leaves as the roof of the house. But really concerned now that people have started to use it less.
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Thanks for comments, @rizal.
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You can learn a lot from traditions, even if we dont fully understand the science behind it. Very interesting post.
Thank you very much, @eroche.