Leuit

Leuit is a type of vernacular rice barn found in the Sundanese architecture of Western Java, Indonesia.

A leuit is an essential part of Sundanese agricultural tradition, especially during annual Seren Taun harvest ceremony.

[1] The stilted rice barn structure with its variations is common throughout Indonesian archipelago.

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 door of the rice barn is located on the upper section, and to reach it requires bamboo stairs.

A woman retrieving rice from a leuit
A bas-relief from hidden foot of Borobudur , the ancient Javanese rice barn (left) is remarkably similar to Sundanese leuit lenggang
Inside of a leuit