A balè meten (sleeping pavilion) within a Balinese house compound.
Balinese traditional house refers to the traditional vernacular house of
Balinese people in
Bali, Indonesia. The Balinese traditional house is the product of a blend of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs fused with Austronesian animism, resulting in a house that is "in harmony" with the law of the cosmos of
Balinese Hinduism.[1]
House compound
The Balinese traditional house is built as a house compound, where daily functions are separated not by rooms but by individual structures within an enclosing wall.
The simplest type of Balinese house compound. Legend: 1. Natah 2. Sanggah Kemulan 3. Bale daja or meten 4. Bale dangin or sikepat 5. Bale dauh or tiang sanga 6. Bale delod or sekenam 7. Paon 8. Lumbung 9. a pigsty 10. Lawang 11. Aling-aling 12. Sanggah pengijeng karangSeveral house shrines belonging to a Balinese house compound.Distinctive shaped lumbung (rice barn) of southern Bali.Gate houses marks the entrance to a private compound in this Balinese traditional village of Penglipuran.A scene within a Balinese walled residential compound belonged to a common man.
Oka Saraswati, A.A. (2008).
"TRANSFORMASI ARSITEKTUR BALE DAJA" [Bale daja architectural transformation]. DIMENSI - Journal of Architecture and Built Environment (in Indonesian). 36 (1). Surabaya: Institute of Research and Community Outreach Petra Christian University. Retrieved 29 October 2015.