A thatcher and his assistant put the finishing touches, a mud cap, on the newly thathched roof of a traditional circular Xhosa house in a pastoral community. A less traditional corrugated iron roof covers the building next door. Mbotyi, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa. 01 December 2006

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A thatcher and his assistant put the finishing touches, a mud cap, on the newly thathched roof of a traditional circular Xhosa house in a pastoral community. A less traditional corrugated iron roof covers the building next door. Mbotyi, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa. 01 December 2006

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