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  • A floating house in front of a Limestone karst in Ha Long Bay on a sunny day with blue sky, near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
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  • Village of floating houses and marine aquaculture in front of a Limestone karst in Ha Long Bay, near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
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  • Fixing nets in a floating house with and marine aquaculture in front of a Limestone karst in Ha Long Bay, near Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
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  • Tube houses, mostly hotels along the harbour front in Cat Ba Town, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
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  • Laird's Bay an old cable telegraph building which was built in the 1850s when a cable was laid between Scotland and Ireland. Now a Coastal Interpretation Centre,
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  • Laird's Bay an old cable telegraph building which was built in the 1850s when a cable was laid between Scotland and Ireland. Now a Coastal Interpretation Centre,
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  • Beehive Bothy, Near Laggangarn on the Southern Upland Way, Scotland
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  • Beehive Bothy next to the forest, near Laggangarn on the Southern Upland Way, Scotland
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  • Chalk Memorial Bothy, Head of Water of Ken, Near Polskeoch, Southern Uplands, Scotland
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  • House on Mitchell Place, Wanlockhead, Southern Uplands, Scotland
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  • Facade of House on Mitchell Place, Wanlockhead, Southern Uplands, Scotland
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  • Disused mine building, Wanlockhead, Southern Uplands, Scotland
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  • "The manor", Church Street in the village of Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The sign on the wall says The Manor, the date above the door is 1989.
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  • "The manor", Church Street in the village of Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The sign on the wall says The Manor, the date above the door is 1989.
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  • The tower was likely to have been raised according to a statute of the Parliament of Scotland in 1535, that required large landholders in the Borderlands to build barmkins of stone and lime, sixty square feet in area and with walls of one ell thickness and six ells in height for the resett and defense of him, his tennents, and his gudis in troublous tyme.  It lies approximately equidistant between the burghs of Moffat and Selkirk, and defended the north eastern end of St Mary's Loch. The site itself was protected on two sides, to the east by the Dryhope Burn and to the west by the Kirkstead Burn. The castle belonged to the Scotts of Dryhope, and a daughter of the House , Mary Scott was known as the "Flower of Yarrow" and was also an ancestor of Sir Walter Scott. Mary was given in marriage toWat Scott of Kirkhope, a notorious Border Reiver. The property passed to Wat Scott's family, the Scotts of Harden, and Scott took possession of Dryhope following his marriage. However, in 1592, Wat Scott fell out of favour with King James VI due to his association with Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell. King James levied an army and proceeded through the forest and slighted many houses of his opponents. Wat Scott did not get off lightly and Dryhope was amongst Scott of Harden's fortalices that were slighted. The tower seems to have been rebuilt by 1613. The castle fell into terminal decay in the latter part of the 17th century and was acquired by the senior branch of the Scotts, the Dukes of Buccleuch. Dryhope Tower today belongs to the Philiphaugh Estate, and has recently been undergoing stabilisation work. The tower once had a courtyard with ancillary buildings all enclosed by a curtain wall.
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  • The tower was likely to have been raised according to a statute of the Parliament of Scotland in 1535, that required large landholders in the Borderlands to build barmkins of stone and lime, sixty square feet in area and with walls of one ell thickness and six ells in height for the resett and defense of him, his tennents, and his gudis in troublous tyme.  It lies approximately equidistant between the burghs of Moffat and Selkirk, and defended the north eastern end of St Mary's Loch. The site itself was protected on two sides, to the east by the Dryhope Burn and to the west by the Kirkstead Burn. The castle belonged to the Scotts of Dryhope, and a daughter of the House , Mary Scott was known as the "Flower of Yarrow" and was also an ancestor of Sir Walter Scott. Mary was given in marriage toWat Scott of Kirkhope, a notorious Border Reiver. The property passed to Wat Scott's family, the Scotts of Harden, and Scott took possession of Dryhope following his marriage. However, in 1592, Wat Scott fell out of favour with King James VI due to his association with Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell. King James levied an army and proceeded through the forest and slighted many houses of his opponents. Wat Scott did not get off lightly and Dryhope was amongst Scott of Harden's fortalices that were slighted. The tower seems to have been rebuilt by 1613. The castle fell into terminal decay in the latter part of the 17th century and was acquired by the senior branch of the Scotts, the Dukes of Buccleuch. Dryhope Tower today belongs to the Philiphaugh Estate, and has recently been undergoing stabilisation work. The tower once had a courtyard with ancillary buildings all enclosed by a curtain wall.
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  • Traquair Church at Kirkhouse near Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders. built in 1778
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  • Minch Moor bothy East of Traquair, Southern Uplands, Scotland
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  • Lauder town suburbs, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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  • Lauder Tolbooth or Town Hall, which predates 1598 Scottish Borders, Scotland
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  • Kirk of Lammermuir, Abbey St Bathans, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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  • Holiday Home, Pease Bay Holiday Home Park, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
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  • Tube Houses, near Long Bien Bridge Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Tube Houses, near Long Bien Bridge Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Pink Tube House seen from Long Bien Bridge Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Pitch roofed Tube House seen from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Facade of Tube Houses on Tran Nhat Duat Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Floating boat houses on the Red River coming from many poor rural of Vietnam, seen from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Floating boat houses on the Red River coming from many poor rural of Vietnam, seen from Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Laundry & Dry Cleaning store ,French Quarter, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • One of the most characteristic tangible cultural heritages of the Cham and also one of the most sensitive to change is their house. The Cham build their houses on the ground and arrange them in orderly rows. Their houses are surrounded by a garden with a wall or hedge. The doors open to the south-west or between. The architectural style is similar to that of the Viet with walls made of brick or a mixture of lime and shells, and covered with tiles or thatch. Houses of more than one storey are rare. In certain localities, houses on stilts are found but the floor is only 30 cm above the ground. The rooms of Cham houses are arranged according to a particular order: the sitting room, rooms for the parents, children, and married women, the kitchen and ware- house (including the granary), and the nuptial room for the youngest daughter. This arrangement reflects the break-up of the matrilineal extended family system among the Cham. The Cham living in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan believe that they have to perform certain religious rituals before the building of a new house, particularly praying for the Land God and asking for his permission to cut down trees in the forest. A ritual is also held to receive the trees when they are transported to the village. A ground-breaking ceremony called phat moc is also held. The precinct of the Cham traditional house is the residence site of a Cham family. It is an assembly of several houses with different functions and these houses relate closely with each others.
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  • One of the most characteristic tangible cultural heritages of the Cham and also one of the most sensitive to change is their house. The Cham build their houses on the ground and arrange them in orderly rows. Their houses are surrounded by a garden with a wall or hedge. The doors open to the south-west or between. The architectural style is similar to that of the Viet with walls made of brick or a mixture of lime and shells, and covered with tiles or thatch. Houses of more than one storey are rare. In certain localities, houses on stilts are found but the floor is only 30 cm above the ground. The rooms of Cham houses are arranged according to a particular order: the sitting room, rooms for the parents, children, and married women, the kitchen and ware- house (including the granary), and the nuptial room for the youngest daughter. This arrangement reflects the break-up of the matrilineal extended family system among the Cham. The Cham living in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan believe that they have to perform certain religious rituals before the building of a new house, particularly praying for the Land God and asking for his permission to cut down trees in the forest. A ritual is also held to receive the trees when they are transported to the village. A ground-breaking ceremony called phat moc is also held. The precinct of the Cham traditional house is the residence site of a Cham family. It is an assembly of several houses with different functions and these houses relate closely with each others.
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  • The long house and the matrilineal family The long house is the residence of a great matrilineal family. Traditionally, the house accommodates the families of daughters and grand daughters who were the descendants of one mother. Before the middle of the 20th century, there were dozens of families living in the long house. The whole family worked together and shared rice and other food. Property was held in common and customary law of the Ede stipulated that the property should be managed by the household's most senior woman. After marriage, a son would reside in this wife's house but still retain a special position in the families of his sisters and his nieces. The important role of women was (and continues to be) a special feature of Ede society.
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  • The long house and the matrilineal family The long house is the residence of a great matrilineal family. Traditionally, the house accommodates the families of daughters and grand daughters who were the descendants of one mother. Before the middle of the 20th century, there were dozens of families living in the long house. The whole family worked together and shared rice and other food. Property was held in common and customary law of the Ede stipulated that the property should be managed by the household's most senior woman. After marriage, a son would reside in this wife's house but still retain a special position in the families of his sisters and his nieces. The important role of women was (and continues to be) a special feature of Ede society.
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  • The long house and the matrilineal family The long house is the residence of a great matrilineal family. Traditionally, the house accommodates the families of daughters and grand daughters who were the descendants of one mother. Before the middle of the 20th century, there were dozens of families living in the long house. The whole family worked together and shared rice and other food. Property was held in common and customary law of the Ede stipulated that the property should be managed by the household's most senior woman. After marriage, a son would reside in this wife's house but still retain a special position in the families of his sisters and his nieces. The important role of women was (and continues to be) a special feature of Ede society.
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  • The communal house is the most important building in a Bahnar village. Traditionally, communal houses serve as meeting halls for the men in the village and as places where rituals, celebrations, and preparation for war or defense of the village take place. This house was built after the model of the 20th century communal house of Kon Rbang village (Vinh Quang commune, Kontum Town, Kontum Province). This model house in Kon Rbang is the only one that maintains the traditional system of building with poles and beams, which has existed for over 70 years in the Central Highlands. In order to create a traditional communal house untouched by modernization, museum researchers worked closely with villagers and consulted old photographs to better understand the traditional model. The form, size, and structure of the museum's communal house replicate those found in the village now, though the house you see here has restored many of the traditional features that have been lost in today's village houses. The roof here is made of straw rather than corrugated iron. The rafters are made of circle-shaped pieces of wood rather than square ones. The floor is made of bamboo rather than wooden planks. The stairs are rounded pieces of wood rather than cement. The wood, bamboo, rattan, and straw used for making the house were brought from the Central Highlands. The diameter of the largest poles is 60cm. The length of the beams is 14-15 m. The height of the roof is nearly 19m including the decorative frame, with each of the principal roof beams about 13m long. The 90m2 floor is elevated 3m above the ground and accessed by four sets of stairs. The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology invited 29 Bahnar people from Kon Rbang to construct the house on the museum grounds. The first poles were erected on April 26, 2003. On June 4, 2003, the house was fully completed. Visitors to the VME now have the rare opportunity of experiencing this unique architectural style first-hand and appreciating the tradition
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  • The communal house is the most important building in a Bahnar village. Traditionally, communal houses serve as meeting halls for the men in the village and as places where rituals, celebrations, and preparation for war or defense of the village take place. This house was built after the model of the 20th century communal house of Kon Rbang village (Vinh Quang commune, Kontum Town, Kontum Province). This model house in Kon Rbang is the only one that maintains the traditional system of building with poles and beams, which has existed for over 70 years in the Central Highlands. In order to create a traditional communal house untouched by modernization, museum researchers worked closely with villagers and consulted old photographs to better understand the traditional model. The form, size, and structure of the museum's communal house replicate those found in the village now, though the house you see here has restored many of the traditional features that have been lost in today's village houses. The roof here is made of straw rather than corrugated iron. The rafters are made of circle-shaped pieces of wood rather than square ones. The floor is made of bamboo rather than wooden planks. The stairs are rounded pieces of wood rather than cement. The wood, bamboo, rattan, and straw used for making the house were brought from the Central Highlands. The diameter of the largest poles is 60cm. The length of the beams is 14-15 m. The height of the roof is nearly 19m including the decorative frame, with each of the principal roof beams about 13m long. The 90m2 floor is elevated 3m above the ground and accessed by four sets of stairs. The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology invited 29 Bahnar people from Kon Rbang to construct the house on the museum grounds. The first poles were erected on April 26, 2003. On June 4, 2003, the house was fully completed. Visitors to the VME now have the rare opportunity of experiencing this unique architectural style first-hand and appreciating the tradition
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  • The Yao Ho people traditionally built a separate granary next to the house. In the past, if the family had many fields, it usually had two or three granaries. the architecture of the  granary is that of a stilt house, with a small door large enough for a person to pass through. the floor, made or plaited bamboo, rests on four columns, and there is a bamboo roof.
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  • This house was built in 1984 by father of the last owner, Mr. Thao Phang Khay (born in 1972), of De Cho Chua A village, Pung Luong commune, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province. This was the home of a family of four. Hmong houses are built of wood, directly on the ground. For the flower Hmong of Mu Cang Chai, the wood must be that of the po mu tree (visible growing behind this house). House-building is men's work. Only axes and knives are used as tools, and all of the pieces are lashed together. This house was reconstructed at the museum in six days in 1999, by a group of seven Hmong villagers.
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  • Concrete bunker in the now mostly destroyed Forbidden Purple City likely dating from the Battle of Hu?,1968  Hue Citadel / Imperial City, Hue, Vietnam
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  • Concrete bunker in the now mostly destroyed Forbidden Purple City likely dating from the Battle of Hu?,1968  Hue Citadel / Imperial City, Hue, Vietnam
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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  • Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated in the middle of the Brunei River. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Village buildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River. The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital.
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