Maubes Traditional House: the Cultural Legacy of Letmafo Society, North Central Timor District, East Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

Maubes traditional house or also known as sonaf Maubes is the physical evidence of the existence, identity, and characteristic of Letmafo society. Maubes traditional house is designed not only as a physical construction,inhabitation but also has a socio-cultural meaning thatcovers any life dimensions.This research aims to elucidate the function as well as the wisdom values of Maubes traditional house. The descriptive qualitative was used as theresearch method. The data of research were the primary data that is interview and secondary data that is the data from observation and document analysis. The result of theresearch shows that Maubes traditional house has a function as a medium of unity, a place to deliberate for tribal members, a sacred place to make relation to the Supreme Being, and a storage room to keep the sacred objects of the predecessor. The values of Maubes traditional house are as follows: religious values, social values, educative values, and unity and brotherhood values.