Introduction To Rumah Limas Bungkus

Traditional Terengganu Malay House

In general, various traditional houses can be identified in Peninsular Malaysia. They are classified mainly by their roof shapes. The basic house forms in Malaysia are:

•       bumbung panjang,
•       bumbung lima,
•       bumbung perak and
•       bumbung limas.

The most common house form is the bumbung panjang, characterised by a long gable roof. The bumbung panjang houses are the oldest identified in Peninsular Malaysia, many of them being over a hundred years old and still in good condition. The bumbung panjang is the simplest house form. Developments of other traditional house forms in Malaysia were based on this type of house.

The development of the traditional Malay houses were based on three factors

•         religion factor,
•         social factor 
•         climatic factor