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The Dani: Building technic

This clip shows the construction technic of a hut. We see how the ground is cleared, walls are made from boards, poles lashed together, and roofs being thatched. The Dani use simplest technologies: No nails, no screws, no sophisticated tools.

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Dani Tribe

 
  Great Baliem Valley, highlands Western New Guinea, 1962  
 
Sweet potatoe cycle
Building technic
Education by the Dani

 

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