Friday, June 10, 2016


Picture Day Friday: Architecture of Madagascar


According to Wikipedia: "This house in South Kalimantan bears many of the iconic construction features brought from Borneo to Madagascar two thousand years ago: wood plank walls, piles to raise the house from the ground, and a steeply sloping roof supported by a sacred central pillar topped with crossed gable beams to form roof horns that are decoratively carved."

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