Pondok Tinggi Great Mosque

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Architecture is not just the Great Mosque Pondok tat building without meaning. But more than that. Call it a three-layered structure of the roof, for example. According to the local community, three-layer roof is a symbol of community living arrangements Kerinci, namely bapucak satau (sprout one), barempe juroi (straggle four) and batingkat tigae (three-story).

Philosophical meaning of the expression above is meant to respect one sprout a customary chief and upholds the belief in the Almighty, then dangle the four means in Orchard Cottage High there are four row. In each row there is a ninik mamak or indigenous stakeholders and a priest. So, there are four indigenous stakeholders and four priests, then a three-story community means Boarding High school never relinquished nan Tigo takakpusaka tengganai, heritage and heirloom depati ninik mamak. (Inheritance of three levels) consisted of

High Cottage is said that the Great Mosque was built in share work by the citizens of Cottage Hamlet High, Kerinci in 1874 AD According to the local community, the beginning of construction begins on Wednesday, June 1, 1874 and completed in 1902.

Most of the people both men and women share work to collect wood for the construction of mosques.

Great Mosque is a testament to the intelligence of local communities in setting up a building. The process of building this mosque also showed a still strong communal culture is rooted in the society at that time Kerinci.