Although it seems simple primitive because of his appearance , but in fact it is the Asmat tribe that holds a strong philosophy of life and the values of decency . It was also included in the way they build custom homes Asmat .
Jew .
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This house is unique because it was built so long , even up to 50 meters . Because ancient Asmat people are not familiar with the nail , then the making of the Jew to this day do not use nails .
They use a variety of natural materials such as rattan rope fastener connection timber, iron as a pole house , and the roof is used sago palm leaves or leaves that are arranged neatly . Jew house wall made of wood and partly also made of woven sago leaves .
Asmat Asmat have a typical house named jew . When people have to talk about all things related to the life of the citizens , then they gathered in the jew .
In the typical home Asmat The Asmat also stored weapons like spears and arrows for hunting . and Nokens . Nokens are plant fibers woven into a bag .
Not just anyone should touch the camshaft that is stored in the Asmat typical home . Jew is a place considered sacred for Asmat . There are a number of customary rules in it that must be studied and understood by the Asmat people themselves , including the requirement to build Jew .
Know Jew .
Some of the things of the typical home Asmat :
Asmat typical house made of wood is always set up facing the river .The length of a typical home can Asmat tens of meters . There is even a Jew whose length can be up to fifty feet with a dozen meters in width .
As to the structure of a typical home Asmat , they use a metal timber which is then carved by the Asmat sculpture
They do not use nails or non- natural ingredients other , but the Asmat use of natural materials such as rattan and rope from tree roots .
Asmat typical house roof is made of sago leaves or palm leaves that have been woven . Usually people sit rollicking weave through to completion .
Amount equal to the amount of jew door open hearth and sculpture bis ( sculpture overview of the Asmat ancestor ) . Number of doors is also considered to reflect the number of clumps Asmat who dwell around the typical home Asmat .
After the construction of a typical house Asmat is completed , they will do a party during the night . Dancing and singing together accompanied by the sounds of traditional musical instruments Papua punch , Tifa . By doing this attraction , Asmat people believe the spirits of their ancestors to come and will keep their homes .
Tysem home .
There's another house that is typical Asmat , Tysem . The house can also be referred to as the family home , because they are inhabiting is already married . Usually , there are 2 to 3 pairs of families that inhabit Tysem .Size is smaller than the Jew . The layout of the house is usually around the house Tysem Jew . A Jew can house surrounded by about 15 to 20 homes Tysem .
Materials to build a house similar to the material Tysem home maker Jew . All of the natural ingredients found in the woods around the location of Asmat is located.
Belief in the Spirit Ancestors .
Asmat background as animists , like so many traditional tribes around the world . Thus , belief in the occult form of ancestral spirits who guard them are still there .Their confidence was poured in wood carving skills without making a sketch . They believe , ancestral spirits will guide them to complete the carving sculptures they create . Carving sculptures that tell the names of the ancestors they called MBIs .
Mbis often found in typical home Asmat mainly Jew . Trust ancestral spirits will help keep the house they built with MBIs therein .
Jew or the servant of the house is a proper name for the typical home Asmat . Asmat tribe is one of the ethnic groups living in Papua . A bird 's head shaped island , located in the eastern part of Indonesia.
Regional Cultural Preservation Effort .
If now we ask the majority of teenagers or young people about the many cultures of our region in Indonesia of course most of the answers that they will spend is ignorance about it .Because it is a lot of our youth away from a desire to know and understand different customs and cultures that exist in Indonesia . They seemed to be educated in an environment that not many know the culture or customs .
And if they and their parents prefer foreign cultures that exist and apply abroad . Because they assume that what is there in the foreign culture and have better quality and higher quality than what is available in the country .
That phenomenon. But today has been a growing awareness of conservation efforts to re-run the existing culture and customs . Although not up to the level of love that culture , at least teenagers and our generation began to be introduced and invited to know the culture .
And finally , gradually, from a feeling that can be inserted already know the feeling to want to love and take care, as long as it is still in the permitted corridor.
We know at this time , on this effort is supported by many television programs that broadcast the show know better the culture that exists. We can find a lot of ways like this .
Most of these events are outings . They adventure into remote areas on the other side of the Indonesian region. Seeing how the civilization built by the people there.
With a look and find out how the lives of the people there and all that they preserve the culture , it can open our eyes to the existence of life elsewhere in our lives .
Perhaps some of us live and grew up in a big city environment that provides all the luxury and ease . But when we look at the television , we can see that there are some other people who do not have life as we have .
Most of the tribes in the interior of living with what is. They took a taste of what exists in nature . So they are so giving appreciation to nature .
Their efforts to respect and protect nature will always be in their mind . Because if nature is a friend who always accompany their lives .
This is a good thing to be worthy to be preserved and maintained . Feeling to appreciate nature . Because it is mostly human now so do not have a great appreciation for nature . They perform a variety of destruction .
This action will certainly have a negative effect for the life of their own . There will be many natural disasters that hit . This not only will give a bad impact to themselves alone . Another person who did not actually know about what they have done also received bad consequences of what they do .
This is what should be avoided . Although human nature has always wanted the best for her life , but all the efforts made to achieve it must be adapted to the conditions and circumstances around him .
This is to keep the other person adversely affected by actions that would have been done . There should also be awareness to want to keep the existing culture . Keep it as long as it is still the case in accordance with the norms and values prevailing in society . That is precisely what we should do about Asmat tribal house full of philosophy . Thank you for reading this article.
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