HomesAroundtheWorld

Discovering Homes Around the World
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Learn more about each home in the selected areas. Begin by clicking on the picture on the right (or below the videos) to view a diagram and text belonging to the picture. Click here to visit the Wonderful Houses Around the World book website. Then follow the links on the left or watch the videos to get a first hand look at some of the homes and issues in the area.

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Togo, Africa
Video tour of a home in Togo, Africa: media type="youtube" key="6NeF8RnuOkU" height="336" width="414" The Uru Chapayan life is being threatened in Bolivia because of the lack of water due to global warming issues. Their water is source, the river Lauka, is slowly disappearing and threatens their way of life. "If there is no water, the Chipaya have no life" media type="youtube" key="B6pHIq_IOhU" height="274" width="339" || ||
 * = [[image:africa.png link="@http://www.shelterpub.com/_wonderful_houses/WH_p30-33.html"]] ||
 * ===Bolivia===
 * ===China===

Explore Yin Yu Tang, a "...rare example of the region's renowned architecture..." at the Peabody Essex Museum website: @http://www.pem.org/sites/yinyutang/ || || Take a virtual picture tour of India! media type="custom" key="5204523" || || Indonesia is comprised of over 17,000 islands and its population is the fourth largest in the world. Watch some video footage of a traditional Sumba Island village: media type="youtube" key="JPwV22e89ws" height="204" width="336" || || View additional photos of Maramures, Romania at: @http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaViews/maramures_gallery.htm || || Clean drinking water can be scarce in rural areas or the quality of the water available is poor. Roof catchment systems, as shown in the picture of the Sengegal houses, are good solutions because the rainwater from a roof system usually will not require treatment and can often be consumed safely. Watch the video: "Roof top rainwater harvesting - A simple and inexpensive solution" media type="youtube" key="ful2Owcy8rw" height="274" width="339" || ||
 * ===India, Houses Wearing Hats===
 * ===Sumba Island, Indonesia===
 * ===Maramures, Romania===
 * ===Senegal, Africa===

Gaudix, Spain
See the inside of a cave house! media type="youtube" key="0Cptd5JN-Cs" height="302" width="379"
 * [[image:spain.png link="@http://www.shelterpub.com/_wonderful_houses/WH_p26-29.html"]] ||

Take a look inside troglodyte homes: @http://lexicorient.com/tunisia/matmata.htm See more of Matmata, Tunisia: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/matmata_tunisia.htm || ||
 * ===Mongolia===

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