A quincha home is constructed from a frame of canes and mud, often featuring walls and a solid roof, while a tambo home is a round structure with a thatched roof on stilts, designed without walls for ventilation and to accommodate hanging items. Both types emphasize community involvement and traditional techniques, reflecting the unique cultural practices of their respective builders.
Compare and contrast a quincha home and a tambo home. Write your answer in English.
Compare and contrast a quincha home and a tambo home. Write your answer in English. 1 OR 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES ONLY
Here is info on Quincha:
Quincha is a type of construction used for building homes that is still used by native people in South America and Panamá. Quincha consists of a frame made of canes, straw, or thick, bamboo-type reeds, covered over with mud. The roofs of these houses are usually made of baked mud tiles, zinc, or thatch.
Traditionally, building a quincha home was a community affair. All the families in an area were called together for a junta de embarre, or what we would call a house-raising. Today, neighbors and family still maintain the tradition in some areas, especially in the Azuero region and the provincial capitals. Many countries are divided into provinces, rather than states, and each of these provinces has its own capital city.
Weeks before the date set for building, community members search for materials, including wood, reeds, vines, and straw. On the big day, they build a frame using the wood, bamboo, and vines. Water is added to mud, while the men link their arms together and stomp on it until it's properly mixed. Then they chop straw, which they moisten and lay over the mud. The straw is also mixed in for the right consistency.
Once the mixture achieves the correct degree of hardness, people pitch in to carry it to the site of the house, where the more experienced builders place it carefully all over the frame to make the walls of the house. Later, the roof will be added and the walls will be whitewashed or painted with commercial paint. But first, it's time to eat, drink, and celebrate together. The people who just took part in the junta de embarre go around the town dancing and singing. It's a time of shared celebration after long hours of shared work.
Although this social tradition is much rarer than it used to be, the town of Macaracas in the province of Los Santos revives its memory every year at its yearly Canajagua Folkloric Gathering, with neighbors pitching in to build a home for a lucky family.
Here is info on a tambo home:
The Wounaan live in homes called tambos. A tambois a round structure made of posts and beams lashed together with thick vines. They have cone-shaped thatched roofs made of palm leaves. Because these homes are often built near large rivers, they are raised off the ground on stilts to prevent flooding. The floors are made of thick palm trunks, but there are no walls. Instead, the beams and posts are used to hang hammocks, baskets, pots, and other items.
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