Roof Aesthetics 2
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:44PM
[chuck] in Art, Kachin, Myanmar, roofs

Kachin villagers in northern Myanmar (see Shinlonga) make their roofs out of bamboo poles and palm thatch (Livistonia jenkinsiana) lashed together with rattan. [NOTE: The thatch lasts for about three years.]  

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