Thursday, October 05, 2006

Welcome !


Longhouse view in my village. Modern longhouse compared to the olden day. The unroofed part is known as 'tanju'.

These traditionaLonghouses are common in those days until people moved out to town, and created a new kind of longhouses. Modernisation came with a price. Most of the inland forests is logged, and the old tradition dissapears. Most modern longhouses are made of bricks, rather than wooden. Well it is cheaper these days with cement and bricks...