Leuit

File:KITLV 40091 - Kassian Céphas - Relief of the hidden base of Borobudur - 1890-1891.jpg, the ancient Javanese rice barn (left) is remarkably similar to Sundanese leuit lenggang]]

The stilted rice barn structure with its variations is common throughout Indonesian archipelago. It can be found in Minangkabau tradition as Rangkiang, also in Batak, Toraja, and Sasak traditions. A leuit, or similar structure of it, is believed as an ancient structure which was quite common in agricultural society of Java. A study of bas-relief from the hidden foot of the 9th-century Borobudur in Central Java revealed that the ancient Javanese rice barn is remarkably similar to the Sundanese leuit lenggang (long stilted rice barn),{{Cite web |date=16 November 2016 |title=160 Panel Relief Karmawibhangga Candi Borobudur |url=http://borobudurculturalfeast.com/index.php/2016/11/16/160-panel-relief-karmawibhangga-candi-borobudur/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113064745/http://borobudurculturalfeast.com/index.php/2016/11/16/160-panel-relief-karmawibhangga-candi-borobudur/ |archive-date=13 November 2018 |access-date=20 May 2018 |website=Borobudur Cultural Feast |language=id}} which demonstrate a continuous tradition of rice barn construction in the island.

Leuit take basic form of triangular gable roofed structure, made of thatched materials (ijuk black aren fibers, hateup or kirai leaves, or palm leaves) covering wooden frames and beams, woven bamboo walls, and its structure is built on stilts either short or long. The leuit took form of rectangular structure with upper section is slightly wider than the lower section. The door of the rice barn is located on the upper section, and to reach it requires bamboo stairs.

Leuit with short stilts is called leuit tetepakan, usually has 8 or 10 short stilts, while the more ancient and rarely found leuit with four long stilts is called leuit lenggang. In leuit lenggang the gaps between the stilts pole and the leuit structure contains round logs that serves to block rats from rising into rice storage.{{Cite web |author=Wulan |date=12 February 2015 |title=Leuit Lenggang |url=http://budaya-indonesia.org/LEUIT-LENGGANG |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520193804/http://budaya-indonesia.org/LEUIT-LENGGANG |archive-date=20 May 2018 |access-date=20 May 2018 |website=Budaya Indonesia |language=id}}

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The Seren Taun rituals marks the start of a new agricultural cycle, and are varied among each villages, however the main ritual is the procession to presenting the rice to community leader. The peak of this ritual is the Ngadiukeun ceremony, which involves storing rice hulls into the village's rice barn.{{Cite news |author=Ni Nyoman Wira |date=4 October 2017 |title=What to Discover in West Java Cultural Village Ciptagelar |language=en |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/10/03/what-to-discover-in-west-java-cultural-village-ciptagelar.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161429/http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2017/10/03/what-to-discover-in-west-java-cultural-village-ciptagelar.html |archive-date=25 June 2018}} The community leader later gave indung pare (mother of rice) that already blessed to the villages leaders to be planted in next agriculture cycle.

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