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The Musgum people in Cameroon constructed their mud houses with compressed sun-dried mud. Mud is laid over a thatch of lashed reeds. They are compared to adobe structures or variants of cob structures, which are made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material such as sticks, straw, and/or manure.
Be it in Cameroon or in Chad, Musgum areas are ruled by a native Musgum chief and not by an outsider. For example, the Sultanate of Pouss, the Lamidat of Guirvidig, the Sultanate of Zina, and the Lamidat of Bogo. Musgum people are also known as initiators of "Laba" or Labana, which is a traditional rite for fighting. In the present day world ...
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In Hidatsa culture, men only raised the large logs; the rest of the work was done by women. Therefore, a lodge was considered to be owned by the woman who built it. A vestibule of exposed logs marked the entrance and provided an entryway; these vestibules were often a minimum of 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) in length (determined by the size of the lodge and resulting outer-clay thickness).
Inside a hut looking towards the ceiling. An African round hut is a seen as vernacular architecture since they are built of readily available materials. The huts can be built using mud, cow spillings, bricks or grass in some cases. A new mud hut will last 1-2 years, depending on the amount of rain and erosion.
Reconstruction of a pit-house in Chotěbuz, Czechia. A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. [1] Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions, this type of earth shelter may also be used to store food (just like a pantry, a larder, or a root cellar) and for cultural activities like the telling of stories, dancing ...
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Typically, a jacal consisted of slim close-set poles tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses. More sophisticated structures, such as those constructed by the Ancestral Pueblo people, incorporated adobe bricks—sun-baked mud and sandstone. Jacal construction is similar to wattle and daub.