#Japan #thatching #MutualAid

". . . in Shirakawa-go, the old communal system of yui – in which up to 200 villagers cooperate to thatch a roof in a single day – lives on."

https://theweek.com/culture-life/travel/the-japanese-villages-where-time-stood-still

Thatching uses the rain’s angle of descent against it. The material isn’t in itself waterproof, but it guides the drops from the roof’s surface to the ground. It’s gravity judo. I watched the thatch going up on this row of cottages. It was weirdly restful.

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Fascinating.

#traditionalskills #thatching

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/25/country-diary-english-thatchers-are-having-to-take-to-the-woods