The Harari Cultural House (Gey Gar) ጌይ ጋር
Over a milinium since the Harari people used to construct their own houses using the porous stone (hashi un) and mud. This house is a three simple room type; the main front part, the interior and the stair.
The unique feature of any gey gar is that first whatever the outside temperature could be the interior part always remains cool. This is due to the materials with which the house is built. The roof of the house is covered with the properly sequenced timbers up on which grass and clay soil are layered so that it could absorb some heat and coldness. Moreover, the hashi un with which the wall is made up of also contributes to the better air inside the house. The second uniqueness of the Harari house is that the house is decorated with the house hold service materials, which makes it appear shop rather than a residence.
Every Harari house has different section which is entitled for different purposes.
Harari House
Nadabas most of the front part of the house floor is dominated by five flat raised stages of different size and level known as nadabas. These are gidir (large) nadaba, tit (small) nadaba, amir (king) nadaba, sutri (covered) nadaba and the gabitieher (back door) nadaba. Guests and family members are served by these nadabas based on their knowledge, age and societal status.
Taqets (niches) on all sides of the interior house walls are deeply carven positions of different size and shape known as taqets (niches). These taqets serve like shelves for keeping different properties such as books and some precious items.
Kirtat and deira further in to the interior is a bed room like place called kirtat. Diera is store like place parallel to the kirtat where some food items are kept.
Quti qala on top of the diera and kirtat is a quti qala staire which is planned for storing house hold consumption agricultural products.
Over a milinium since the Harari people used to construct their own houses using the porous stone (hashi un) and mud. This house is a three simple room type; the main front part, the interior and the stair.
The unique feature of any gey gar is that first whatever the outside temperature could be the interior part always remains cool. This is due to the materials with which the house is built. The roof of the house is covered with the properly sequenced timbers up on which grass and clay soil are layered so that it could absorb some heat and coldness. Moreover, the hashi un with which the wall is made up of also contributes to the better air inside the house. The second uniqueness of the Harari house is that the house is decorated with the house hold service materials, which makes it appear shop rather than a residence.
Every Harari house has different section which is entitled for different purposes.
Harari House
Nadabas most of the front part of the house floor is dominated by five flat raised stages of different size and level known as nadabas. These are gidir (large) nadaba, tit (small) nadaba, amir (king) nadaba, sutri (covered) nadaba and the gabitieher (back door) nadaba. Guests and family members are served by these nadabas based on their knowledge, age and societal status.
Taqets (niches) on all sides of the interior house walls are deeply carven positions of different size and shape known as taqets (niches). These taqets serve like shelves for keeping different properties such as books and some precious items.
Kirtat and deira further in to the interior is a bed room like place called kirtat. Diera is store like place parallel to the kirtat where some food items are kept.
Quti qala on top of the diera and kirtat is a quti qala staire which is planned for storing house hold consumption agricultural products.
