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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