Name "Baileo" comes from the Moluccas which means Hall. As the name implies, this custom home is used as a dwelling people of Maluku. Baileo better known as a venue for diverse customs hall ceremonies, traditional meeting, and religious activities. Baileo has a stage structure.
Construction of custom homes or custom homes Baileo Maluku as houses on stilts or higher off the ground have confidence that the ancestral spirits have a higher position or above human. In principle, the customs house Baileo made higher so that the locals can see that the consultation process carried out from outside to inside and from bottom to top. While the function, condition Baileo custom homes that do not have external insulation easier for wild animals to enter and damage the inside of custom homes to be made higher so as to minimize the entry of animals. However, there are currently several Baileo custom homes built without pillars below but using stones and cement.
Baileo custom home does not have external insulation and windows. According to the belief in external insulation or wall and the window can be closed the entrance and exit to the ancestral spirits at the time of the deliberation process. While functionally the absence of external insulation so residents can watch the process of deliberation on the outside of the traditional house Baileo. However, there are currently several Baileo custom homes are built using external insulation or walls are made of stalk thatch or gaba-gaba.
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