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Bolon house

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The bolon house, known in the Batak Toba language as Ruma Bolon, is a traditional house type of the Batak people of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is built mainly of wood with board flooring and a roof of rumbia palm leaves, and its interior follows an open plan divided into areas rather than separate rooms, with sections traditionally set aside for the house's leader, for family gatherings, for married daughters without homes of their own, and for the eldest married son. According to Batak tradition, bolon houses were once the residences of the thirteen kings of the Batak people. Few original bolon houses survive in North Sumatra today, and the remaining examples now mainly serve as tourist attractions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
North Sumatra, Indonesia 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Bolon house (Wikipedia)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Indonesia, located there.
Sources
1. Bolon house (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolon_house, lead definition
    A bolon house (Batak Toba: Ruma Bolon) is a Northern Sumatra traditional house in Indonesia.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The bolon house, known in the Batak Toba language as Ruma Bolon, is a traditional house type of the Batak people of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It is built mainly of wood with board flooring and a roof of rumbia palm leaves, and its interior follows an open plan divided into areas rather than separate rooms, with sections traditionally set aside for the house's leader, for family gatherings, for married daughters without homes of their own, and for the eldest married son. According to Batak tradition, bolon houses were once the residences of the thirteen kings of the Batak people. Few original bolon houses survive in North Sumatra today, and the remaining examples now mainly serve as tourist attractions.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    A bolon house (Batak Toba: Ruma Bolon) is a Northern Sumatra traditional house in Indonesia. Bolon houses are also tourist objects in Northern Sumatra. Bolon houses are made with wood. The house floor is made with boards. The roof is made with rumbia leaves. Bolon houses have no individual rooms, but the space inside is divided. There is space for the house leader, for family meetings, for daughte
  • Uses Element: Timber, Introduction
    Bolon houses are made with wood.
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2. Bolon house (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: North Sumatra, Indonesia
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: North Sumatra, Indonesia
Wikidata item Q16879217, property P131/P17 (location): North Sumatra, Indonesia
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