Tongkonan (Rumah Adat)
Traditional ancestral house of  Torajan people of Indonesia.

Photo left : A model of Tongkonan built by Toraja people of Sabah for exhibition during Tawau Cultural Carnival 2006

Tongkonan architecture has a distinguishing boat-shaped big sized saddle back roof.

Tongkonan are built on piles, a laborious work built with the help of all family members.

In the traditional Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build Tongkonan. Ordinary people live in smaller and less decorated homes called Banua.

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Tongkonan - A Toraja architecture in Tawau Cultural Carnival March 2006

Toraja architecture in Tawau Cultural Carnival 26 March 2006

INDEX : CULTURE OF SABAH  September 02, 2014 09:03:16 AM