Research Article
The Local Wisdom of the Baduy Traditional House for the Health Conditions of its Residents
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-12-2018.2283901, author={E N Widayati and E Meliyana and N E Rakhmawati and J Kusumawati and D Pratama}, title={The Local Wisdom of the Baduy Traditional House for the Health Conditions of its Residents}, proceedings={Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Environmental Science, Society, and Technology, WESTECH 2018, December 8th, 2018, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={WESTECH}, year={2019}, month={6}, keywords={baduy tribe traditional house banten}, doi={10.4108/eai.8-12-2018.2283901} }- E N Widayati
E Meliyana
N E Rakhmawati
J Kusumawati
D Pratama
Year: 2019
The Local Wisdom of the Baduy Traditional House for the Health Conditions of its Residents
WESTECH
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-12-2018.2283901
Abstract
The Baduy tribe lives in the Lebak Regency area, Banten Province is famous for the life of the people who still maintain the harmonious customs with the surrounding environment, especially the Inner Baduy tribe. Settlement arrangements, the form of houses and the number of family heads in one group are maintained in customary law which still held firmly. The architecture of traditional houses arranged in such a way, having this kind of local wisdom is interesting to study. Especially when associated with healthy home requirements and their impact on occupant health. The purpose and scope of this research are how the architecture of the Baduy traditional house and the impact of it on the health of its inhabitants. This research method is qualitative with an exploratory design. The findings that the Baduy Traditional House generally follow a certain rule, especially for the Inner Baduy community who still adhere to its custom, where there is local wisdom in it, to remain in harmony and maintain the preservation of the surrounding environment.
