Dani is a tribe that live in groups in the territorial unity of the group. Livelihood utamanyaadalah sweet potato cultivation (hipere) dengansistem shifting cultivation and hunting, in the territory of mereka.Pola Settlement dalambatas Dani Complex settlement of the Dani tribe is Silimo. Satukompleks silimo consists of several buildings denganfungsi mass-specific functions, and one inhabited by one keluargaluas silimo limited (extended family). At one silimo, consisting of units of the building mass as follows:
1. Honai male residence
2. Pilamo (traditional house)
3. Honai dwelling women (ebeai)
4. Hunila (kitchen)
5. Wamdabu (pigsty)
The concept of mass arrangement in one silimo are:
1. Entrance (musoholak)
2. Shared kitchen (hunila)
3. Honai women (ebeai)
4. Burn holes
5. Honai male
6. Traditional house (Pilamo)
7. Pigsty (wamdabu)
Silimo structuring concept with some ebeai:
1. Shared kitchen (hunila).
2. Honai women (ebeai)
3. Honai male
4. Traditional house (Pilamo).
5. Pigsty (wamdabu)
Home Honai Honai function has the function, among others:
as
a place to live, as a place to store the tools of war, a place to
educate and advise the boys that could be useful in the future, a place
to plan or organize a war strategy in order to succeed in battle or war
and a place to store tools or Dani symbol of indigenous people who had occupied since the first
Characteristics
House Honai spherical / circular, narrow size (diameter 4m - 6m) The
height of about 3m - 7m (2 floors), no windows and door height is very
low (very minimbukaan).
Construction and character of each element honai namely:
1. Housetops honai a round cone with large circles of wood pieces are
burned as a roof frame, which is then tied together at the top (dome
shape).
2. Roof covering material made of straw / thatch (reed grass), with
the consideration that the material is lightweight, flexible,
shock-absorbing earthquake, and can warm up and protect from rain and
sun.
3. Wall Wall made of rough wooden planks, and consists of two layers, with the aim to withstand the cold and wind of luar.3. There are openings openings are minimal, consisting of a narrow entrance and low so residents should be bent to pass through.
The
floor consists of two floors, the first floor as a place to relax and
the stage floor is used as a place to store valuables and rest / sleep. Honai floor covered with grass or hay periodically replaced if it is damaged / dirty.
Honai making material used as follows:
1. Ironwood (oopihr) is used as a pillar of the center of the house is Honai
2. Large pieces of wood
3. Most large stone wood
4. Wood pieces are
5. Jagat (mbore / pinde)
6. rope
7. Reed
8. Board who shelled
9. Ironing board etc.
philosophy Honai
Round and circular shape of the house honai has a philosophy that is adhered to by Dani society, which reflects the values handed down from generation to generation, is as follows:
1. Unity and integrity of the highest order to maintain and pass on culture, ethnicity, dignity, dignity that has been retained by the ancestors of the past until today.
2. Meaningful one heart, the same mind and one purpose in completing a job
Title : The Concept of the House of Baliem Valley, West Papua
Description : Dani is a tribe that live in groups in the territorial unity of the group . Livelihood utamanyaadalah sweet potato cultivati...