The house is built straight from mud. First you have to collect water from a nearby river. This is a housewife's job. Cows are use to cultivate the ground for bricks. A mixture of soil, cow dung and water is all you need.
To build a foundation huge rocks are cut and shaped as bricks. Two rows of these rocks is used. Cement at this moment is used.
When you are done with building your walls, its off to the roof. Depending on your wallet you would buy planks and corrugated iron, but if that's not the case you would cut down trees and use grass as your roof.
If you've got no money for cement you can always go back to mother earth. A mixture of soil, cow dung and water is used. The mixture is made smooth then applied to the wall as cement. A few years back people made mud chairs which were attached to the walls.
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