Photo Essay: Warao Houses
Photograph 1: houses on the Winikina River
Source: Dale A. Olsen, 1972

Walls are generally not a part of a traditional Warao house on the Winikina River in the central part of the Orinoco Delta. Privacy is not a concern, and no walls means built-in "air conditioning," as the breezes are free to flow along the river and through the house.


Back | Previous | Next