Malay traditional houses need a ladder to reach high into the interior due to the high post used. Usually the house is connected to the ground from the porch ( the porch or verandah ). Additional stairs may be found in the backyard as for the kitchen use and to go to the toilet at the outside. Stairs can be made of wood or brick structure covered with tile. For example, in Melaka and Riau, stairs constantly shaped and as colorful tiled decoration. The stairs also, for some people, can be count as the 'asset' of their house.
The Room
The interior is divided to create such a portico (porch), living room, and bedroom. A traditional Malay wooden houses are usually divided to two parts : the main house , known as Mother House (Rumah Ibu) in honor of the mother and a more convenient home kitchen or kitchen annex , which was separated from the main house for fire protection . The important part to give your home a human scale. The house is named after Mrs. spacings between poles is said usually follows wide - spread arms of his wife and mother in the family home when being built . At least one raised veranda ( porch ) attached to the house to work or relax sit , or where regular visitors will not be entertained , thus preserving the privacy of the interior .
Decoration
Each region of the Malay, country or sub - regional or ethnic group has its own design of home with the details on their options. However, most of the Malay traditional houses have typical décoration of roof; the crossed edge of the roof structure, forming an "x " as decoration on the roof top. This type of decoration can be found in Lontik, Limas style and Lipat Kajang. On the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, many houses have Gable own's roof top board carvings similar to those in Thailand and Cambodia.
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