Houses in a kampong were usually raised on wooden pillars and stood about 1.4m above the ground. No fencing marked the boundary around the ground; houses were sometimes surrounded by plants, betal palms and a variety of fruit trees.
A Malay kampong
Houses in a kampong were usually raised on wooden pillars and stood about 1.4m above the ground. No fencing marked the boundary around the ground; houses were sometimes surrounded by plants, betal palms and a variety of fruit trees.
