Talk:Koutammakou

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How to build the houses, and the materials

Loam (clay), animal´s manure (cow dung), the fruit peels of the tamarind tree. This houses are named Tata (disambiguation site), (Tata Somba (Somba house)). (Example image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_house_styles#African)

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Sorry. About the building material of, and the way to build or repair, the houses here a link to a (13 m) video, but in german languange, if OK, if from interesst.
(At 9:20, loam, fresh dung, and brew (decoction) from the peels of the tamarind fruit for the colouring.
The castle-style homes are called Takienta, more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somba_people)
https://www.3sat.de/kultur/schaetze-der-welt/koutammakou-togo-land-der-batammariba-film-von-ruediger-lorenz-und-faranak-djalali-100.html (Available in this mediathek until 28.02.2022.)
(Perhaps here unlimited: https://www.ardmediathek.de/swr/video/schaetze-der-welt/koutammakou--togo--folge-383/swr-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS83OTA4MDcw/)
To the science, please: what from (cow) dung (or what with (together only perhaps) in clay building material) does make it showerproof ?
--Visionhelp (talk) 20:44, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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