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plows, harrows and so on. For climbing into the household provided a ladder called Golodog made
of wood or bamboo, which usually consists of no more than three steps. Golodogs serve also to
clean the legs before climbing into the house.

Sundanese traditional houses actually have different names depending on the shape of the
roof and door of the house. Traditionally there are roofs called Suhunan Jolopong, Tagong Anjing,
Badak Heuay, Perahu Kemureb, Jubleg Nangkub, Capit Gunting, and Buka Pongpok. Of these,
Jolopong is the simplest form and is found in many cultural heritage areas or in villages.

Jolopong has two roof planes separated by a temperature path in the middle of the house
building. The suhunan rod is the same length and parallel to the two lower sides of the roof plane
next to the split, while the other is shorter than the temperature and cuts perpendicularly at both
ends of the temperature.

Jolopong's interior is also very efficient. The Jolopong chamber consists of a vestibule
called an emper or tepas; the middle room is called the middle of the imah or patengahan; the side
room is called pangkeng (room); and a back room consisting of a kitchen called pawon and a rice
storage area called padaringan. The room called emper serves to receive guests. In the past, this
room was left empty without tools or household furniture such as tables, chairs, or bale-bale
seating. If guests come, then the owner of the house rolls out a mat to sit the guests. Over time,
tables and chairs have now been provided and even other equipment. The balandongan room
serves to add coolness to the residents of the house. For the sleeping room, Pangkeng is used. A
room like pangkeng is a jobong or warehouse that is used to store goods or household tools. The
living room is used as a gathering place for families and is often used to carry out ceremonies or
congratulations and the back room (kitchen) is used for cooking.

Judging from a philosophical point of view, this traditional house owned by the people of
West Java has a very amazing understanding. In general, the name of the traditional house of the
Sundanese is intended to honor the surrounding nature. Almost in every building of Sundanese
traditional houses, iron nails or other modern building tools are rarely found. For reinforcement
between poles, paseuk (from bamboo) or ropes from ijuk or coconut husk is used, while the roof
as a cover for the house uses ijuk, coconut leaves, or rumia leaves, because Sundanese traditional
houses very rarely use precarious. Another interesting thing is regarding the material used by the
house itself. The use of thin cubicle materials and stage floors of wooden boards or palupuh is
certainly impossible to use for shelters in communities with barbarian civilizations. The home for
the community of the Sundanese is not as a fortress of protection from human enemies, but merely
from nature in the form of rain, wind, the scorching sun and animals.

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