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Mal.mw.743.xsA young boy looks bemused as he stands on the roof of his mudbrick home in the W. African village of Kouakourou, Mali. A mound of grain is drying in the sun behind him. Children, Child. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions. The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. (Natomo family members are not present in this photograph) They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River. Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.}}

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Wsa.mw.3.xxsAuseuga Lagavale, the matai (head) of his extended family, is cooking his favorite coconut sauce, in preparation for a feast at the Lagavale home in Western Samoa. The recipe: wring out fresh coconut meat with the fibers from the husk, boil juice in a bowl by droping in rocks heated by fire, dribble in sugar, stir constantly until the milky white sauce thickens. He is cooking in the family’s detached cooking shed behind the main house.Published in Material World, page 172. Food.{{The Lagavale family lives in a 720-square-foot tin-roofed open-air house with a detached cookhouse in Poutasi Village, Western Samoa. The Lagavales have pigs, chickens, a few calves, fruit trees and a vegetable garden. They farm, fish, and make crafts to support themselves. They also work for others locally, which supplements their modest needs.Family members are: Auseuga Lagavale (65, father); Faaleo Lagavale (60, mother); Fuao Lagavale (13, daughter); Laufafa Alatupe (31, daughter of Auseuga and Faaleo); Alatupe Alatupe (37, husband of Laufafa); Teuila Alatupe (10, daughter of Laufafa and Alatupe); Pauline Alatupe (5, daughter of of Laufafa and Alatupe); Faaleo Alatupe (4, daughter of of Laufafa and Alatupe); Junior Alatupe (11 months, son of Laufafa and Alatupe). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}

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Wsa.mw.707.xsFuao Lagavale, 13, washes her face at the water spigot outside the family’s detached cooking house. The Lagavale family lives in a 720-square-foot tin-roofed open-air house with a detached cookhouse in Poutasi Village, Western Samoa. Child, Children. {{The Lagavales have pigs, chickens, a few calves, fruit trees and a vegetable garden. They farm, fish, and make crafts to support themselves. They also work for others locally, which supplements their modest needs.Family members are: Auseuga Lagavale (65, father); Faaleo Lagavale (60, mother); Fuao Lagavale (13, daughter); Laufafa Alatupe (31, daughter of Auseuga and Faaleo); Alatupe Alatupe (37, husband of Laufafa); Teuila Alatupe (10, daughter of Laufafa and Alatupe); Pauline Alatupe (5, daughter of of Laufafa and Alatupe); Faaleo Alatupe (4, daughter of of Laufafa and Alatupe); Junior Alatupe (11 months, son of Laufafa and Alatupe). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}

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Bhu.mw.11.xxsSangay washes her feet with water from a gourd before attending a religious festival at the local temple in Shingkhey village. This is part of the two-day ceremony--or pujo--that is held every year to bless the village. To a continuous background of chanting, the monks fill the valley with long, slow, deep notes from their horns. Bhutan.Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, page 79.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. }}

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Bhu.mw.714.xsButter churning, cooking, and child care in Namgay and Nalim’s home in Shingkhey, Bhutan.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. }}

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Bhu.mw.720.xsShingkhey villagers (Uncle Kinley Dorji at center) look at images of other countries from the Material World Project. Bhutan.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. }}

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Bhu.mw.713.xsSangay cooks at the wood-burning hearth and earthen stove in the kitchen of the rammed earth home she and her husband and children share with Sangay’s parents, and brothers and sisters. Shingkhey Village, Bhutan.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}

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Bhu.mw.729.xsVillagers farm terraced land on the hillsides near their homes, growing wheat, rice, chilies, and potatoes, depending on the season. The wheat harvest, now ending, is assigned to the women. But the men do other jobs. A neighbor gathers the chaff to burn it while Nalim and Namgay's son-in-law Sangay Khandu plows the fields below with bulls. Shingkhey Village, Bhutan.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. }}

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Bhu.mw.07.xxsEspecially fond of the children, Uncle Kinley Dorji (seated at right) has given up marriage to help with childcare in his sister Nalim's house. A typical task: feeding a weekend breakfast of sweet, thick rice soup to Tandin Geltshin, one of the two-year-olds. His namesake and nephew, Kinley (standing at left) observes the jumble of children from the lofty distance of his 17 years. A student at a boarding school an hour's walk away, he is home only for weekends. Namgay and Nalim’s family lives in Shingkhey Village, Bhutan. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages76-77.{{The family of subsistence farmers lives in a 3-story rammed-earth house in the hillside village of Shingkhey, Bhutan. Nalim and her daughter Sangay work as partners—they take turns caring for the children and working in their mustard, rice, and wheat fields. Sangay’s husband Sangay Kandu does the plowing of the family fields but Sangay and Nalim do the planting and harvesting. Namgay, who has a hunched back and a clubfoot, grinds grain for neighbors with a small mill his family purchased from the government. They are paying for the mill as they can—often the payment is made in grain and mustard oil. Namgay is also a reader of sacred texts and conducts house cleansing and healing ceremonies for their 14-house village.Family members are: Namgay (50, family patriarch and husband of Nalim), Nalim (47, family matriarch and wife of Namgay), Sangay, (29, daughter of Nalim and Namgay and wife of Sangay Kandu), Sangay Kandu (33, husband of Sangay), Choeden (9, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Namgay (7, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Sangay Zam (5, daughter of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Chato Geltshin (3, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Tandin Geltshin (2, son of Sangay Kandu and Sangay), Kinley Dorji, (61, unmarried brother of Nalim). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessi

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