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Women's Gate: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 14; Protective carved dragons adorn the tiled roofs and arched doorways. Note, again, the two-tiered, rather than three-tiered, roofs that show the architects' respect for the powerful Chinese emperor.; By Lorraine Aragon.

A highland farmhouse: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 14; The farm house shown here, located by a canal at Dong Ha, has a thatch and corrugated metal roof. Corrugated metal roofs are popular among some farmers in Southeast Asia because they are long lasting and fire resistant. They are, however, hotter, noisier,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Life in a sea port: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 8; Hoi An is a fishing village that has been a stop on the merchant ship trade route since at least the 1700s. Coastal ports throughout Southeast Asia developed starting in the first millennium A.D. as maritime trade routes expanded between China and India. The...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Ceramic tile roofs of houses in Hoi An: A view of the ceramic tile roofs of houses in Hoi An also shows the area's suspended electric lines and surrounding vegetation. Coconut trees are visible in the background. Interlocking ceramic tiles are used to roof cement houses in many areas of Southeast...; Format: image/photograph

Several thached roofs are visible in front of a bamboo thicket: Several thached roofs are visible in front of a bamboo thicket. Palm thatch often is used as a roofing material in rural Bali. A staghorn fern grows at the edge of the lower left roof.; Format: image/photograph

Chinatown: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 19; In this busy Chinatown market street, shoppers browse shaded stalls in front of multi-story buildings with balconies and tile roofs. Tile roofed turrets adorn the buildings at the corner of the block. Note that no cars are visible, only pedestrians, bicyclists,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

A commanding view: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 10; This elevated image over the stone roofs, moat, and high walls towards the tropical forest suggests how awesome the sight of this temple complex must have been for rural Southeast Asians (or other foreign visitors) living around the tenth century; By Lorraine Aragon.

Highland farm house with thatch and metal roof by canal at Dong Ha: A highland farm house with a thatch and corrugated metal roof is located by a canal at Dong Ha. To the left of the main house is a thatched outbuilding, probably either a rice granery or a detached kitchen. Useful garden plants, including banana palms are...; Format: image/photograph

Hanuman searches for herbal medicines: In The Ramayana, page 5.4; A giant white Hanuman scales a mountain about double his height to find medicinal herbs for Laksman. Hanuman's arms are stretched upward and he wears golden clothes and ornaments. Hanuman's smaller monkey troops follow behind him, running on the ground and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Power and grace: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 12; Most of the original buildings of Hué's Imperial City date to ambitious efforts by Nguyen dynasty rulers in the 1800s to control both the north and south of Vietnam from a centrally located capital. While drawing on the symbolic model of the powerful Chinese...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Elevated houses: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 15; Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. In the rear of the photograph, a person works in the shade under the house. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Trekkers at rest: In Upper Hyangja, Nepal, two women carry bamboo baskets on their backs. The baskets are called doko and are commonly used for transporting goods across the mountain lanscape — or portering. Both men and women as well as their children work...; Format: image/photograph

Houses in Kagbeni village, Nepal: A cluster of houses in Kagbeni, a village in the Mustang district of Nepal. The houses are rectangular with flat mud-plastered roofs and are built adjoining each other. Worn-down Tibetan prayer flags are flown at different points. Erosion of the flags is believed...; Format: image/photograph

Balinese temple roof shows multi-tiered thatch construction: A Balinese temple roof shows their characteristic multi-tiered thatch construction. Coconut palm trees frame the background to the temple roofs. Most Balinese families belong to several different temples, which are associated with villages, sub-village neighborhoods,...; Format: image/photograph

Chinese architecture: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 9; The ornamented brick gateway has step-tiered, green tile roofs decorated with carved dragons. A large four-legged ceremonial bronze urn is seen in front of the central doorway, and stylized Chinese characters are visible above the central arches of the first...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Purang village with green fields and surrounding arid lands: As you can see in this picture, the houses in the village of Purang, Nepal have mud roofs that can last several years due to the lack of rain in this region. Mud roofs also control the temperature inside the house. Located southwest of Tibet, Purang covers...; Format: image/photograph

Tiered roofs and spires on Cambodia's National Museum building in Phnom Penh: Tiered roofs and spires grace Cambodia's National Museum building in Phnom Penh. The top roof tiers near the central spire towers are designed in an ornamental "V" shape. Built between 1917 and 1920 during the French colonial period, the museum building exeplifies...; Format: image/photograph

Roof life: On top of a collection of roofs there is one that has an assemblage of laundry hanging on lines to dry; there are a few rugs hanging off the side of the building as well.; Format: image/photograph

Town: The houses are built on a hillside in Trabzon, Turkey. Some have only two stories while others are four and five stories tall. Most of them are painted in an ocher color. Laundry hangs from the windows drying. The roofs are made of terra cotta tiles.; Format: image/photograph

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