From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak

The Bidayuh people of Sarawak are known for their baruks. A baruk is often observed as having a round form with a conical roof that has various functions such as a courthouse, a meeting place and a residence for the male adolescents. These are all secular purposes built around its religious functio...

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Main Authors: Atta Idrawani, Zaini, Bambang, Karsono, Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong
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Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2018
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http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/213/1/012043
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spelling my.unimas.ir.229682023-08-25T07:27:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22968/ From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak Atta Idrawani, Zaini Bambang, Karsono Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong T Technology (General) TH Building construction The Bidayuh people of Sarawak are known for their baruks. A baruk is often observed as having a round form with a conical roof that has various functions such as a courthouse, a meeting place and a residence for the male adolescents. These are all secular purposes built around its religious functions, constructed based on their traditional beliefs that qualify it to be considered as a sacred building. Recently, the pursuit for fulfilling political and commercial objectives has made the architecture of baruks to be copied onto various secular buildings in Sarawak, ranging from a visitor centre to a governmental building. Despite much have been praised as an attempt to revive this endangered architecture, applying its language onto contemporary secular buildings sparks a debate whether the sacredness of the original baruks are respected or is it just a cultural commodification. This paper attempts to justify the adaptation of baruk architecture into secular buildings. It is discussed through a grounded theory approach, with the methods used were in the form of literature review and on-site observations. This paper suggests the extent of applying baruk sacred architecture into secular buildings should be observed, allowing more potential discussions in the academia pertaining adaptation of sacred indigenous architecture in contemporary buildings. IOP Publishing Ltd 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22968/1/Atta%20Idrawani%2C%20Bin%20Zaini.pdf Atta Idrawani, Zaini and Bambang, Karsono and Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong (2018) From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 213. 012-043. ISSN 1755-1315 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/213/1/012043 DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/213/1/012043
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Atta Idrawani, Zaini
Bambang, Karsono
Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong
From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
description The Bidayuh people of Sarawak are known for their baruks. A baruk is often observed as having a round form with a conical roof that has various functions such as a courthouse, a meeting place and a residence for the male adolescents. These are all secular purposes built around its religious functions, constructed based on their traditional beliefs that qualify it to be considered as a sacred building. Recently, the pursuit for fulfilling political and commercial objectives has made the architecture of baruks to be copied onto various secular buildings in Sarawak, ranging from a visitor centre to a governmental building. Despite much have been praised as an attempt to revive this endangered architecture, applying its language onto contemporary secular buildings sparks a debate whether the sacredness of the original baruks are respected or is it just a cultural commodification. This paper attempts to justify the adaptation of baruk architecture into secular buildings. It is discussed through a grounded theory approach, with the methods used were in the form of literature review and on-site observations. This paper suggests the extent of applying baruk sacred architecture into secular buildings should be observed, allowing more potential discussions in the academia pertaining adaptation of sacred indigenous architecture in contemporary buildings.
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author Atta Idrawani, Zaini
Bambang, Karsono
Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong
author_facet Atta Idrawani, Zaini
Bambang, Karsono
Awang Hasim, Awang Sulong
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title From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
title_short From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
title_full From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
title_fullStr From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed From sacred to secular : Baruk architecture on secular buildings in Sarawak
title_sort from sacred to secular : baruk architecture on secular buildings in sarawak
publisher IOP Publishing Ltd
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22968/1/Atta%20Idrawani%2C%20Bin%20Zaini.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22968/
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/213/1/012043
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