Honai Philosophy Traditional House of the Nayak and Lani Tribes in Papua Province, Central Mountains, Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is an archipelagic country that has various tribes and cultures or traditions. There is a culture that is still developing and maintained by the Nayak and Lani tribes. The author will discuss the concept of traditional house honai, which is called a healthy house for the Nayak and Lani tribes in the Central Mountains of Papua. However, the author's background, as someone from the Nayak and Lani tribes, wants to conduct research on the Honai philosophy in traditional houses of the Nayak and Lani tribes because several previous researchers, including books, journal articles and Google, were less accurate in their discussion, so The author wants to conduct research, namely:
• The history of the traditional honai houses of the Nayak and Lani tribes, which are called healthy houses, is still being developed and maintained today.
• How is the philosophy of values and Honai learning in the traditional houses of the Nayak and Lani tribes so that it is still developed and maintained today?
The Honai of this traditional house consists of 3 types, namely: Honai: (1). Men's honai, (2) Women's honai, (3) Honai is sometimes used as a place for livestock. In this research, the author used a qualitative descriptive method with an ethnographic approach. Using this method, the author examines the Honai philosophy of traditional houses of the Neyak and Lani tribes in the Central Highlands of Papua. Understandably, this will be applied to the younger generation so that they are encouraged to maintain the cultural roots of the traditional Honai houses of the Neyak and Lani tribes.