DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS:- SUB STRUCTURE (UNDERWORLD, THE WORLD OF CATTLE)- MIDDLE STRUCTURE (MIDDLE WORLD, THE WORLD OF HUMAN BEING- UPPER STRUCTURE (THE WORLD OF THE GODS)

THE CONSTRUCTION

THE PILE-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION-CONSTRUCT OF MANY SIDES POSTS, BUMPY CHOP, ARE SET ON BASE STONES, AND CONNECTED BY CROSS BEAMS WHICH PASS THROUGH H0LES CHISELED IN THE POSTS

-- THERE ARE 3 CROSS BEAMS IN LONGITUDINAL AND TRANS-VERSAL SECTION THAT TIE THE POSTS VERTICALLY AND CREATE VERTICAL AND LATERAL STABILITY

MIDDLE STRUCTURETHE HEIGHT OF THIS PART IS ABOUT TWO METERS. THE FLOOR CONSIST OF THICK TRANSVERSE BOARDS AND ARE FREQUENTLY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FLOOR ARE SUPPORTED BY DIFFERENT HEIGHT OH HORIHORIZONTAL BEAMS

UPER STRUCTURETHE DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURE OF TONGKONAN HOUSE IS A CURVED ROOF. THE CONCAVE IS ACHIEVED BY PINNING TO THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE STRAIGHT, JUTTING RIDGEPOLE ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL BEAMS