Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 165)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 165)

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TECHNICAL AND FOLKLORIC ASPECTS OF HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
Fig. 4.51: The construction of the peasant house was a communal act
(taken from S.G.Brown, 1980)
"The chief festive events (farah) in the life of a
Palestinian peasant or townman are three in number:
marriage, the birth of male children and the
acquisition of a new house" (Cana'an, 1933: 58).
The process of building a peasant house was an occasion in which
almost every member of the community participated ('auneh). Though
the construction of the house was seen as primarily a man's task,
women and children also gave a helping hand, particularly in the
construction of the cross-vaulted roof ('al-aqd). Most houses in
Deir Ghassaneh were built with the help of a master builder
(m'allem) who was brought from the neighbouring villages of Birzeit,
Kefer ed-Deek, Beit-Rima and, most of all, from the town of Nablus,
famed for its builders. The elaborate Barghouthi houses are believed
to have been built with the help of master builders who came from the
town of Nablus. (Abu Hani: Interview, 1984). The m'allem often came
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