LOCAL ORIENTATION WISDOM ON THE BUGIS TRADITIONAL HOUSE LAYOUT IN TOSORA VILLAGE, WAJO
Naidah Naing, Abdul Karim Hadi, Asdar Djamereng
Abstract
Tosora village in Wajo regency -South Sulawesi is the village of the former capital of Wajo Kingdom in the 16th and 17th centuries, which still maintains the arhitecture of Bugis traditional suspended house. The existence of the historic sites such as old mosques, fortresses, Geddong and the natural conditions surrounded by rivers, rice fields and lakes is important in the tradition of building Bugis houses in Tosora. The orientation of the layout and house direction in these traditional settlements is various , so the researchaimed to reveal the guidelines used by Tosora people in determining the orientation of Bugis Traditional houses either based on tradition or other influencing factors.Th e research methodology use d qualitative methods with the Case Study Approach. Th e research was descriptive and used the analysis method of D iscovering Cultural Theme s . The results showed that traditionally, the orientation of Bugis house layout was the direction of the house s based on the East wind, the position of the sun on the house and the position of the moon's light into the house. In addition, the orientation is determined by the layout of Bugis house in Tosora which is influenced by the existence of the historic sites (old / ancient mosques and squares) and the location of the houses from rice fields( workplaces ) for easy accessibility. The m oon symbol as a factor that influences the orientation of the house is different from that in other settlements in Indonesia.
Keywords
Orientation, Local Wisdom, Bugis Traditional House
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.12962/j2355262x.v17i2.a4375
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