Windbreak - Windbreak

Japanese: 風よけ - かざよけ

This is the simplest style of dwelling found among hunter-gatherers, such as the Australian Aborigines, the Negrito peoples, and the San people of the Kalahari Desert. It has no walls or floors, but a lean-to roof built directly onto the ground covered with tree branches and leaves. Hunter-gatherers are constantly wandering in search of food, so they do not build sturdy dwellings, and windbreaks are abandoned after a few days' stay and are built anew each time they change campsite. Building windbreaks is considered the role of women, and they are small enough for a husband, wife, and young child to lie down on.

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Japanese:

オーストラリア先住民，ニグリト諸族，カラハリ砂漠に住むサン族など，狩猟採集民の間にみられる最も単純な住居様式。木の枝と葉を敷いた地面に直接立てられた片流れ型の屋根だけで，壁も床もない。狩猟採集民は食糧を求めて常時放浪の生活を送るため，堅牢な住居を営むことがなく，風よけも数日間の滞在ののちには放棄され，宿営地を変えるたびに，新たにつくられる。風よけをつくるのは女子の役割とされており，その大きさは夫婦と幼児が身を横たえるに足りるだけの小さなものである。

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