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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 612799, member: 2844"]I agree, it is on stilts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many buildings in rural Indonesia are built on stilts to prevent rodents, snakes and scorpions from coming in. It has nothing to do with water.</p><p><br /></p><p>A building on Madura, one of the most arid islands in Indonesia:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTXJri_v7UD97IyTPiHwb4WBfcoourFNua6MLEs_nO1aHXKQmvi&sp=87e654dc8a18d6f715bf2f365c99e402&anticache=365779" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Toraja Tongkonan houses in the mountains of the island of Sulawesi. No water in sight.</p><p><img src="https://factsofindonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Tongkonan_Sa_dan-300x200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 612799, member: 2844"]I agree, it is on stilts. Many buildings in rural Indonesia are built on stilts to prevent rodents, snakes and scorpions from coming in. It has nothing to do with water. A building on Madura, one of the most arid islands in Indonesia: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTXJri_v7UD97IyTPiHwb4WBfcoourFNua6MLEs_nO1aHXKQmvi&sp=87e654dc8a18d6f715bf2f365c99e402&anticache=365779[/IMG] Toraja Tongkonan houses in the mountains of the island of Sulawesi. No water in sight. [IMG]https://factsofindonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Tongkonan_Sa_dan-300x200.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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