Gebyok Kudus (Traditional House of Kudus Town)

Gebyok is a carved panel that is in use as a bulkhead / wall room divider the traditional house of the holy. Is a four-dimensional sculpture of the fusion of Hindu sculpture, Persian (Islam), China, and Europe, while still existing original decorative nuances of Indonesia. For audience outside the holy city said "gebyok" more familiar than the words "Kudus Traditional House",Traditional Houses of the Kudus uniqueness which is also quite interesting to be observed is the content philosophical values that reflected this traditional house.

Form of carvings and motifs.
Decorative carvings, for example: the pattern of tense and the elephant keeper, jasmine flower arrangements (sekar rinonce), dragon motif, pineapple (hive bee), a phoenix motif, and others.

Layout.
custom house, for example, had to go to the house facing south, with the intention that the home owner no lap Muria Mountain (located in the north) so as not to aggravate Their life.

Traditional house layout.

Jogo satru / living room with its cornerstone Geder / single pole as a symbol that Almighty Allah's Single / Esa and residents must always believe and ward off Him.
Gedhongan and senthong / family room with the fourth pillar of its fruit. Numbered four poles as the main buffer that represents the home building occupants of the house prop everyday life by controlling four human nature: anger, lawamah, shofiyah, and mutmainnah.
Pawon / kitchen
Pakiwan (bathroom) as a symbol so that people clean themselves both physically and spiritual
Plants around pakiwan, such as star fruit trees, which symbolize the five pillars Islam. Pandan fragrance, as a symbol of fortune and the fragrant / lawful and good, jasmine flowers, which symbolizes luster, good and virtuous behavior, and the sanctity of the eternal.

Kudus Traditional House Care Tips.
Distinctiveness (uniqueness) Traditional Houses of the Holy is also quite interesting is the way of nursing homes conducted by indigenous communities themselves in the traditional way owners and hereditary from generation to generation.
Types of materials used for the treatment of Traditional Houses of the Holy is an herb that is obtained based on empirical experience of the owner, ie potions APT (Water Banana stem and Tobacco) and ARC (Water immersion Clove).
This concoction proved to be efficient and effective to preserve the teak, the basic ingredients Traditional House Ghost, from termite attack (termite) and simultaneously increase the prestige and wood surfaces be cleaner, because the herb ARC APT and repeatedly applied to the surface and building components, teak wood.

To be continuous.