Traditional house in the holy

Location
Traditional Houses of the Holy Kretek Museum is located in the complex and also contained in the south tower, and Ghost in Maerokoco Puri Semarang
Characteristic
Traditional Houses of the Holy, who according to historical-archaeological studies, have been discovered in 1500 - an M, built with raw materials 95% of teak (Tectona grandis) of high quality technology with the installation of the system "KNOC-down '(apart pairs without spikes) . Traditional House Ghost is one of the traditional houses that occurs due to deposition of a human cultural evolution, and formed because the people supporting the development of creativity. Acculturation process of the original traditional architecture of the Holy takes a long time, considering the number of foreign cultures (Hindu, Chinese, European, and Persian / Islamic) who entered the Holy region with a long enough time.
Traditional Houses of the Holy conservation efforts as the nation's cultural heritage and historical relics have been done by relocating the traditional house of the Holy Ghost which was made in 1828 AD in the Holy Kretek Museum complex.
Traditional Houses of the Holy, with a roof shaped "Joglo Pencu", has a specific (unique) than the traditional houses in Indonesia. Traditional House sculpture sculpture Ghost is 4 (four) dimensions in the form of carvings and motifs range of dressing is a blend of style sculpture of Hindu, Persian (Islamic), China, and Europe, while there are nuances of the original decorative Indonesia. The uniqueness of the Holy Traditional House is also quite interesting to observe is the content of philosophical values ​​that reflected this traditional house, for example:
Form of carvings and decorative motif carvings, for example: the pattern of time and gatekeepers elephant, floral jasmine (sekar rinonce); dragon motif, pineapple (honeycomb); phoenix motif, and others.
The layout of traditional houses, such as direction toward the house must be to the south, with the intention that the homeowner does not assume G. Muria (located in the north) so as not to aggravate the daily life.
• traditional house layout, for example:
• Jogo satru / living room
with its cornerstone geder / single pole as a symbol that God Almighty is Single / Esa and residents should always believe and fear Him;
• gedhongan and senthong / family room
with 4 pieces of his cornerstone. Poles numbered 4 as a main buffer that represents the home building occupants sustain his daily life with four control human nature: anger, lawamah, Shofiyah, and mutmainnah;
• Pawon / kitchen;
pakiwan (bathroom) as a symbol for man to cleanse themselves physically and spiritually.
• Plant around pakiwan, for example:
o starfruit tree, which symbolize the five pillars of Islam.
o fragrant pandan, fragrant as a symbol of fortune / halal and good.
o The jasmine flower, which symbolizes a fragrance, a good and virtuous behavior, as well as timeless purity.
Distinctiveness (uniqueness) Traditional Houses of the Holy is also quite interesting is the traditional home-care procedures performed by the owners themselves with traditional and hereditary from generation to generation. Type of material used for the treatment of a traditional house of the Holy herb obtained based on empirical experience owner, potions APT (Water Banana tree bark and tobacco) and ARC (Water bath Clove). This concoction proved to efficiently and effectively able to preserve the teak, the basic ingredient of the Holy traditional house, the termite infestation (termite) and simultaneously enhance the prestige and the wood surface to be cleaner, because the herb ARC APT and repeatedly applied to the surface and building components teak wood.
Facilities
In the area of ​​Traditional Houses of the Holy, which is located at Kretek Museum complex, in the south tower of the Holy, and at Castle Maerokoco Semarang, available parking, food stalls, souvenir stalls and traditional foods of the Holy, telecom shops (kiosks); and toilet / toilets .