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Know Tabuik in Tabuik's House

Know Tabuik in Tabuik's House
Stage houses on Jalan Syech Burhanuddin and Jalan Imam Bonjol, Pariaman, West Sumatra, stand out from other buildings. When the 1-10 Muharam arrived, this house was used to make Tabuik. namely the embodiment of a buroq carrying the body of Husayn bin Ali flying into space and disappearing.

Divided into two parts, Tabuik is made of bamboo and rattan decorated with black and red velvet fabric. before being paraded to Gondariah Beach, Tabuik was first made and assembled in a building called Rumah Tabuik Pasa and Rumah Tabuik Subarang.

Each Tabuik House has the same function, namely as the making of Tabuik and Tabuik Museum.
Know Tabuik in Tabuik's House
every year, the upper part of Tabuik in the form of a tower with colorful decorations is made on one of Tabuik's Houses. While the lower part is shaped like a winged horse and has a human head symbolizing buroq built at another Tabuik House.

both Tabuik will be paraded around the city and end at Gondariah Beach to be dumped into the sea. This describes the death of Hussein who was killed by Ubaidullah bin Zaid's army on 10 Muharam 61 and the body was taken by Buroq to fly into the sky.

as a museum, Tabuik House documents photos of Tabuik celebrations from time to time. Starting from the 1920s to the following years, a portrait of Tabuik's past can be seen here. besides that, there are also mockups that describe the process of the complete Tabuik event with detailed description of the process.
Know Tabuik in Tabuik's House
Tabuik's house is made of wood in the form of a stilt house. imitating the style of traditional coastal homes in Pariaman and inaugurated on April 9, 2011 by the Director General of Tourism Destination Development.