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Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell
Raqqa countyside, shepherd with traditional woolen coat in the village Suwaydiyya Kabira
Raqqa countryside, a traditional wedding ceremony in Suwaydiyya Kabira village
Raqqa countryside, Men in a traditional tent in Suwaydiyya Kabira village
Jurn Kabir, Girls from Habuba Kabira are preparing the lime milk from local chalk
Habuba Kabira, mixture of sifted raw loam, chaff and water to produce clay bricks therefrom
Habuba Kabira, construction of the corner of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, to make burghul (wheat grits) the wheat is cooked in a huge pot and then carried to a drying place
Habuba Kabira, inside the double-dome room with its relief arch
Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer
Habuba Kabira, the new dome house has received its first plaster layer
Habuba Kabira, how three cantilever domes are connected (two cantilever domes are posed on a relieving arch)
Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction
Habuba Kabira, Construction of the relieving arch, on which 2 cantilever domes are to rest
Habuba Kabira, the stacked bricks under the relieving arch are removed by the master bilder
Habuba Kabira, view over cantilever domes during construction
Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket
Habuba Kabira, maintenance of the house by a further exterior plastering
Habuba Kabira, construction of the base of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, shell of the dome house made of dried clay bricks with quarry stone base
Habuba Kabira, the plastered new dome house and its garden
Habuba Kabira, master builder and his helper constructing the walls of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, construction of a mud brick house before the circular of the domes is started
Habuba Kabira, building a cantilever dome house – in the foreground clay bricks, which are to be used soon
Habuba Kabira, construction of a dome house (foreground: room, that will have a flat roof)
Habuba Kabira, construction of cantilever domes
Habuba Kabira, construction of a relieving arch using piled bricks, which are later removed
Near Habuba Kabira, a family trip by boat to their former village, that was flooded in 1973 by the Tabqa-Dam
Habuba Kabira, preparation of the clay mass for the production of clay bricks
