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'Roof Story' Gallery

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0_my_roof_grow_in_the_Kallivelli_Reservoir


1.1dry_clay_bed_in_Kallivelli


1.2 bike_clicking_author


1.3beautiful_people_1


1.4beautiful_people


1.7the_harvesters


1.8 skilled_stacker


1.9ready_to_send_them_up


2.1_getting_ready_to_load


2.3tractor_gods


2_getting_ready_to_load


3.0_beautiful_people


3.1_heading_home


4.0getting_the_sambu_ready_for_the_laying


4.1 if_you_won't_do it,_then_I_will.


4.2 neatl_ re-bundled_Veryl


4.3th_ heap_that_would_be_compost


4.4th_ solitary_bundler


5.0master_Munuswami_preparing_the_border_that_runs_along_the_bottom_edge_of_the_roof.


5.1master_Radhakrishnan_sharpening_the_'kassanga'


5.2 laying_the_border_around_the_edge.


5.3layin_ the_border_around_the_edge_Old_single_layer_ roof_in_background


5.4learning_to_keep_the bottom_flat_ie_horizontal_so_the_rain_drips_off_the_outer_edge


5.5horizontal_edge_finish


6.0_coming_from_the_forest_with_an_armful_of_'kassanga'


6.1step_two_three_and_four_in_process.


6.2_ Veryl_over_Sambu


6.3the_roof_grows


6.4_Radhakrishnan_does_the_ bottom_half_Munuswami_takes_it_to_the_top.


6.5pull_out_a_bit_over_there


6.6master



7.0cropping_the_ridge


7.1potter_on_second_roof_ready_to_set_up_ridge


7.2starting_the_ridge


7.3loose_bundles_give_bulk_to_ridge_followed_by_Sambu


7.4looking_for_the_'Japanese'_look


7.5it's_nice_up_there_why_come_down


7.6designer_is_reminded_of_true_proffesion_by_kiln_shed


7.7ready_to_challenge_rain_clouds_overhead


7.8designer_hands_over_bakshish_to_senior_master_thatcher


7.8man_of_the_house_to_ inspect_finished_ridge


7.9final_touch


8.0_roof_no._2_Amudha_in_action


8.1_roof_no.2_this_has_a_steeper_slope_and_two_sides_only


8.2_roof_no.2_getting_ready_to_pull_down_old_traditional_single_layer_roof.


8.3_roof_no.2_getting_ready_for_the_ridge_work


8.4_roof_no.2_ is_over_our_living_space_steep_slope_makes_the_laying_more_difficult_thatch_tends_to_slide


9.0two_completed_roofs


9.1the_curve_of_the_roof_follows_the_curve_of_the_structure_underneath


9.5the_honored_master_thatchers


9.6jolly_team


9.7serving_the_team_head


9.8pottery_studio_bathed_in_ morning_magic


9.9morning_sun_enchanting_the_pottery_studio