The Raft House

Raft house is one of the tourism in Palembang. There are three reasons of raft house to be tourism object in Palembang. First, it is becauseof the raft house made from words and bamboos with lise kajang t thin wooden which is called sirap and nowadays some house use zinc roof. the shape of this raft house is the eldest shape of housing in Palembang and maybe already exist since Sriwijaya Kingdo era second. The raft house has many function. for example. the raft house are usefull for housing and handcraft workshop. Finally, the raft house are float on Musi River, that is mmake musi river very beautiful. In 1900's a hospital has been built in this kind of raft house, with the assumption that patients health will get recovery easily because of the beautiful scenery, fresh air and biotic component surrounded on flow. This is a reasons raft house to be the tourism object in Palembang.

 by: Rininta Trihardini