Communities sorounding the sanctuary are mainly pastoral somali communities who are traditinally nomads and moves around with ther livestock in serach pasture and water. To facilitate this, the community have traditional houses made of grasses and other plant materials popularly known as herio. The house is normally circular in shape as you can see in the picture above. I am the guy infront of the house and this is where i slept for that night. Women are the main architechs of this houses,while the men look after the livestock. The housing materials have cooling effects and the outsides teperature are drastically reduced making life possible in the desert.
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2 Comments posted on "Somali House(Herio)"
Lisa, California on December 13th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Great post. Thanks for sharing. Lisa
paula on December 14th, 2007 at 5:27 am
Talk about eco friendly. Are these houses round for a reason? Are they cool during the day - what about at night ?
