Back Spaces‟ as Features of Tengger House, Indonesia

House is never a finished product. It changes through time, just as Tengger's house has a deviation from its original characteristics. Changes occur on the facade of the building, which no longer characterizes the traditional Tengger house architecture. Despite this phenomenon, as a community still carrying out Tengger customs with many mandatory ritual activities, some spaces in the house still use Tengger rules, both in terms of the spatial arrangement and other essential spaces. It is known from previous studies that there are several essential and sacred spaces at the backside of the houses. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the features of these spaces in the appearance of modern Tengger house; thus, it can still be characterized as a Tengger house. The methods used in this study were literature and critical review. This study found that back spaces which consist of pawon, petangaring, and pedaringan, still existing as long as the occupants carry the Tengger belief