Do you know about west papua history? West Papua traditional home is a kind of custom home from West Papua. West Papua is a big province in Papua Island with the capital city, Manokwari. In West Papua Province has twelve regions with Papua origin tribes. West Papua culture is attractive to reveal because it has a traditional home called Kaki Seribu Home. This home refers to Arfak Tribes with distinct attractions and typical features. To know more, these are some facts about this home.
What Is West Papua Culture?
Before discussing West Papua traditional home, it is interesting to know the original culture of West Papua. West Papua is a new province in Papua Island. This area is rich in beautiful nature, culture, and traditions. Some elements belong to the category of West Papua culture. Those are traditions, dances, homes, and heritage. One of the interesting cultural categories is about its traditional houses where it is so unique. Kaki Seribu home is the most discussed tradition of West Papua. It has a unique design representing the traditional points of West Papua.
Some Facts of Kaki Seribu Home
If you get interested in the culture of West Papua, it is great to discuss this Papua culture. It is Kaki Seribu home having some unique facts that you should know.
Indonesian Heritage
Kaki Seribu traditional home officially belongs to be one of the Indonesian culture heritages from 15 national cultures in Indonesia. Kaki Seribu belongs to the category of traditional crafts and skills of Arfak Tribes. It is to be the cultural work of Arfak tribes in West Papua. Kaki Seribu traditional home is one of the national cultural heritage being a preservation effort of the West Papua culture. You can see Kaki Seribu traditional home only in West Papua in Manokwari. Meanwhile, this home has a philosophy and cultural values.
Custom Home from Arfak Tribes
Arfak tribes is one of the huge tribes living in West Papua. One of the Indonesian pride consists of 4 big sub-tribes. Those are Sough, Moille, Meyah, dan Hatam. Four sub-tribes live in the region of Manokwari, Arfak Mountain, South Manokwari, Bintuni dan Tambrauw close to the national park area of Arfak Mountain. It means that this home is only found in the area of West Papua.
Having Another Name of Kaki Seribu Home
The people of Arfak tribes have a distinct name for this West Papua traditional home. Hatam Tribes calls it to be Igmam consisting of two words ig meaning to be a temporary house and Mam meaning to be origin Papua people in inland or people living far from the beach. Sough Tribes call Kaki Seribu traditional house to be Tu Misen. Meanwhile, Meyah Tribes call this home with Mat Aki Aksa. Kaki Seribu traditional house is famously known to be Mod Aki Aksa or Igkoje meaning to be a house with high legs.
Functions of Kaki Seribu Home
It is like a residential place where Kaki Seribu traditional house is not functioning to be a living place. However, it functions to be a place to save wealth, a gathering place with family members, and a place for dancing. Furthermore, it has a function of the room inside of the home building. Those parts can be a terrace, main door, Tiepou to be a wide room, Beitet to be male room, and Beigwei to be female room. Meanwhile, run ti is to be a place to save wealth and Tigkoi is a place to hang on Noken.
Those are some facts of West Papua traditional home, Kaki Seribu. The home belongs to West Papua culture from Arfak Tribes.
