 Ordinary residences, known as "banua" are smaller, less decorated homes versions of "tongkonan", through which families’ descent would also be traced.Generally speaking their occupants would be families of lower social status, families that once constituted part of a greater family's fiefdom.These homes may also be converted into "tongkonan" after several generations of the same line have lived in them and after suitable rites have been carried out, but due to prohibitive costs, this has traditionally been rare.