Blessing Man140 views5 Jan 09 After the ceremony of praying over the food table and raising the columns Blessing Man sits in solitude in the middle of the site and makes some final chants and prayers during the first part of the pouring activity.pklongball
Rebar cage139 views4 Jan 09 Just placed cage before the exact placing and supportspklongball
Finding the correct position138 views5 Jan 09 We have a column man setting one of the rebar columns into place and making some position adjustments to locate it over the centering stake.pklongball
4 Jan 09 Site visit137 viewsJust another view of the piles of rebar cages trucked in todaypklongball
1st Column raising137 viewsGet ready to lift? Lift!pklongball
Blue Shirt leader137 views5 Jan 09 The bucket brigade is now hard at it with Blue Shirt leading the way. I think he's the supervisor of the pouring job. After he tired of this he went to work mixing concrete.pklongball
More columns in place135 views5 Jan 09 Work continuespklongball
Blessing preparations134 views5 Jan 09 Blessing Man had one of the crew place some wooden sticks in specific locations in this rebar ready hole. These sticks have some magical effect on the house build and should make everything perfect.pklongball
Rebar cage position133 views4 Jan 09 Another hole another cage in placepklongball
Up she goes132 views5 Jan 09 One of the 2 columns going up during the ceremonypklongball
Blessing Man in action130 views5 Jan 09 He the "man". Praying early to get things rollingpklongball
The real work commences130 views5 Jan 09 The blessing is complete now and the the team gets to work installing the rebar columns and hand pouring the concrete into the footingspklongball