"Rumah Baileo" is the traditional house of the people of Maluku. This traditional house serves several important functions in the life of the Maluku people. Among its functions are that it serves as the gathering place for the community for discussion purposes, as a storage place for sacred items, and as a place for holding ceremonial functions. The house is raised on stilts. The floor is raised above the ground surface. This is to signify that the spirits of their ancestors occupy a place and status higher than the ground where the community stands on.