In the village, Hani families build their own closed house compound protected by thick muddy walls. There are about six people of two or three generations living in a house.
Normally, two small bedrooms are on either side of the common room. The bedroom of the head of the house is on the left side of the great room, while the room for a son and his future wife is on the right. Father-in-law and older brothers-in-law are not allowed to enter the couple's room.
Traditionally, when the parents die, the bed in the daughter-in-law's room is removed to make room for the coffin. The couple sleep on the floor of the common room with other family members. After the funeral, the couple return to their bedroom, or move to the parents' bedroom if they are the oldest son and daughter-in-law. Their widowed mother or father will sleep in the common room.
1.What are on either side of the common room? 2.Whose bedroom is on the left side of the great room? 3.Who is not allowed to enter the couple's room?
4.When do the couple return to their bedroom, or move to the parents' bedroom if they are the oldest son and daughter-in-law?
5. Where will their widowed mother or father sleep?
In the village, Hani families build their own closed house compound protected by thick muddy walls. There are about six people of two or three generations living in a house.
Normally, two small bedrooms are on either side of the common room. The bedroom of the head of the house is on the left side of the great room, while the room for a son and his future wife is on the right. Father-in-law and older brothers-in-law are not allowed to enter the couple's room.
Traditionally, when the parents die, the bed in the daughter-in-law's room is removed to make room for the coffin. The couple sleep on the floor of the common room with other family members. After the funeral, the couple return to their bedroom, or move to the parents' bedroom if they are the oldest son and daughter-in-law. Their widowed mother or father will sleep in the common room.
1.What are on either side of the common room?
Two small bedrooms are on either side of the common room.
2.Whose bedroom is on the left side of the great room?
The bedroom of the head of the house is on the left side of the great room.
3.Who is not allowed to enter the couple's room?
Father-in-law and older brothers-in-law are not allowed to enter the couple's room.
4.When do the couple return to their bedroom, or move to the parents' bedroom if they are the oldest son and daughter-in-law?
After the funeral of the parents.
5. Where will their widowed mother or father sleep?
They will sleep in the common room.
