Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso

I just stumbled on this website and thought you'd all like to see it - The Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé

Here's a taster...

"The Kassena people build their houses entirely of local materials: earth, wood and straw. Soil mixed with straw and cow dung is moistened to a state of perfect plasticity, to shape almost vertical surfaces".



I also found a youtube video to show the women in action.

People are so fabulously creative - thanks for posting this!

Thanks for sharing Burra,

Earth architecture at its finest and from an "earth culture" with millenia behind it. Cob at some of its apex style!!!

Thanks Again,

j