Custom House Sumba

Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, its people have a religious teaching 'Marapu' who believe in the divine power of 'Mawolu Marawi'. There was also a belief in guardian spirits of the forest, rivers and others. Beliefs about life after death is realized by the grave stones in the yard. In this grave stone body position is set with folded arms, legs bent sideways and put to sleep like a baby at birth. In the vicinity of the grave stone also made sculptures and reliefs depicting ancestral spirits.
Houses indigenous people of Sumba was given the name 'Uma'. Each uma has a name based on social status. For ordinary people's house named 'Uma Marapu Manu', to house the settlement leader named 'Uma Rato', to house Katuas named 'Uma Delo', and buildings for bermusyawaran given the name 'Uma Wawine'.

'Uma' is a building that has a roof shield high at the top with a very steep slope. At the bottom of the roof of a smaller proportion made with the slope of ramps. The proportion between the roof with the walls as well as different wall sehigga almost invisible. Roof ridge is a positive runag functioning optimally. Space in the upper ridge is used to store seeds and food ingredients with the name 'uma dalo', below that is where the daily food store called 'pedalolo', below it again is the bedroom so-called 'katendeng'. The lowest part of the space 'Uma' is 'katonga tana' that serves as a hall where the footrest before entering the house. The bottom of the stage-shaped building with a porch that is not fenced. Finishing construction tend to be neat and not tersistem rigidly. The walls of the timber line of piles placed in a horizontal position.