Rumah Adat Aceh | Rumoh Aceh

Rumah Adat Aceh - Rumah Aceh or commonly called Rumoh Aceh is a traditional house of Aceh located in Aceh province or formerly called Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Its capital is in Banda Aceh. This province is one of the special areas due to the enactment of Islamic Shariah in the daily life of its people. It is located on the westernmost tip of Sumatra island and the State of Indonesia. The province is only bordered by one mainland with North Sumatera Province in the south, while the rest is bordered by the sea, namely the Malacca Straits in the north and east and the Indian Ocean in the west.
Based on the height of the house and its function, the traditional house of Aceh is classified into 3 types, namely Rumoh Aceh, Rumoh Santeut and Rangkang. However, the public is known only rumoh aceh so Rumoh Aceh characteristic of traditional houses of Aceh. Rumoh Aceh has the highest pole compared to the other two houses, but has the same function with Rumoh Santeut that is as a residence. While Rangkang has the same height with Rumoh Santeut but has a function as a meeting hall or kaji.
Rumah Aceh or Rumoh Aceh in Acehnese language is a traditional house of Aceh in the form of a stage house with a rectangular house plan and positioned from east to west so as not difficult to determine the direction of Qiblah while the front facing north-south. One characteristic of this rumoh Aceh is the pillars of a very high support house, which is about 2.5-3 meters. Building area was at least 200 m2 with floor height up to the roof up to 8 m. Although it has a large size one of the greatness rumoh aceh this is the construction that only use the ropes of fibers, pegs and wedge with the main material wood, planks and leaves of grass for the roof. But to this day this aceh house still stands erect after built more than 200 years. The following is a replica of aceh house in TMII.