Know Some type of Traditional House In North Halmahera
Custom home is the main house which is owned by the community as a symbol of kinship Hoana Ngimoi, convention centers and places respect for the spiritual values that have been inherited from the ancestors. There are four types of custom homes in North Halmahera are:
1. Traditional House Tobaru (Salu)
Custom home Tobaru named Salu means “survive”, this house-shaped ornament eight corners with animals considered sacred and usually carved on house mafana and poles. Departing from the meaning of the name of “sustainable”, then Tobaru society still upholds the values of customary law relating to the functions of the traditional house itself.
The traditional house is usually used to resolve certain problems relating to the customary rules have been violated by the community. Thus if any issues are resolved in custom homes are always terminated by administering sanctions / fines customary (Bobangu) so that their actions do not recur.
2. Traditional House Galela (Bangsaha)
The traditional house called Bangsaha Galela derived from the word “ma Bangi Soha” means base or foundation of the building. This house-shaped ornament eight corner with carvings of animals on mafana (bumbungan) and poles. Public understanding Galela who live in rural areas (hoana morodina) is still equal to the Tobaru, only functions in addition to the completion of this house as well as violations of customary first house built by the community when it occupies a village (goge). So that every prime business results such as building a house or harvest, are always performed ceremonies in bangsaha.
While people outside Galela living on the coast (Hoana morodai) remained customary home octagonal, but the ornament using the engraving on every mafana boat houses and poles. Public understanding bangsaha Galela put out more as a meeting place for the common good (bari) and joint ventures (jojobo). Custom homes in Galela Bangsaha often called Sibualamo means big sabua.
3. Traditional House Loloda (Salu)
Custom home Loloda named Salu means strength, this house but the octagonal-shaped house with mafana taper (custom), with ornaments on mafana boat and each pole. Salu Loloda more numerous in the southern interior. Function is similar to custom homes in Tobaru Salu and Bangsaha in Galela inland. Thus the public’s understanding Loloda, Tobaru and Galela inland to the function of custom homes is almost the same. This is due to the spread of the community interact with each other and it is characterized by almost the same dialect (dialect kadina), so that the community in terms of geology into one (hoana morodina). Salu custom homes in Loloda also often referred Sabuagilamoko sabua means big.
4. Traditional House Tobelo (halu)
Custom home Tobelo named halu means “appointed” or elevated. The house is octagonal to Tobelo inland communities. Ornamentnya shaped carvings of animals on mafana and woven motifs on the pillars. For people Tobelo inland, this traditional house serves as a place to celebrate various crops obtained by the community (Hoana Lina, Gura, Huboto, Momulati). As for people outside Tobelo, traditional house serves as a meeting place to discuss common interests (Hirono) and joint ventures (jojobo) but also as a center higaro, so the custom house is also called Hibualamo which means big sabua (Hoana Lina, Gura, Huboto , Mumulati, and Boeng).