Recognize Traditional House

Papua is a general term for the various indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighboring islands, Papua speakers. They are often distinguished from ethnic and Austronesian languages, speakers of the language family was introduced to New Guinea about three thousand years ago.

Papua house called Honai made of wood with a conical roof made of straw or reeds. shaped like a mushroom. Honai house purposely built narrow spaces or small rooms and windows to withstand the cold mountains of Papua. Honai usually built as high as 2.5 meters and in the middle of the house prepared a place to build a fire to warm.

 Honai Function: 

As a place to live, as a place to store the tools of war, educate and advise children to be useful in the future, plan or organize a war strategy to be successful in combat or war and a tool or a symbol of indigenous peoples stores has been occupied since before Dani philosophy Honai Circling honai house has a philosophy that is adhered to by the company Dani, which reflects the values passed down from generation to generation, as follows: Unity and the maximum unit to maintain and transmit culture, ethnicity, dignity, price self-maintained by the ancestors of the past to the present. Significant one heart, one mind and purpose in completing the work.

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