Saturday, March 23, 2013

example of descriptive text


Example of Descriptive Text

The Minangkabau house is the most striking, beautiful, and distinctive in Indonesia. The house it self is built on piles and has an oblong shape. The saddlebacked roof is formed by a load-bearing ridge-beam artistically. Each roof section ends in a graceful horn like which sweeps upward to a narrow point, sometimes tiwes as high as the ridge.
The back part of the family house is divided into small rooms. These are separated from one another by planks, bamboo or cloth and serve as sleeping quarters for the married and marriageable girls. The foreroom contains a large fire place and serves as a communal family room. Often also slept in by children and the unmarried.
The space beneath the floor of the dwelling lodges the domestic stock consisting of buffalos, cows, horses, chickens, and ducks.
Externally, the house is decorated with rectangular panels covered with floral motifs which hide the abutments of the beams which are supporting the floor.
In general, the building is made of wood and bamboo. Various sorts of leaves are used for roofing.

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