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Description Chaga hut noadj.jpg |
English:
A traditional
Chaga
hut
in
Kilimanjaro
. The hut is surrounded by
pineapple
plants which are thorny, preventing snakes and other animals from entering the hut. The pineapples are also used as food. Two boulders mark the entrance to the hut, with a long
Masele
plant near one of the boulders. The
Masele
plant has symbolic meanings to the chaga. Leaves can be plucked and arranged in different fashions and hung on the door, enabling a fellow villager to know what the hut owner is doing at a particular time. They can also be used to re-establish peace between quarreling villagers. A pot on the top of the hut prevents rain water to seep into the hut whilst acting as a chimney to allow smoke out.
Banana
plants seen in the background are the main diet of the people. A chaga man is outside his hut.
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Source | Own work | ||||||||
Author | Muhammad Mahdi Karim | ||||||||
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