Each traditional house has their own factors in building it. There are many factors were taken into consideration when
choosing a site to build a longhouse which are due to the access to water ,
farmland , transportation and jungle resources . Almost more importantly,
spiritual matters are also taken into consideration. Before any of the construction
made, communities keep a close eye out for signs of bad omens, mainly in the
form of birds. Sometimes rituals are performed to scare off the bad omens, but
if a bad incident follows a bad omen such as death , attack by enemies and etc, It will often result in the abandonment of
the partially constructed longhouse in search for a new site .
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