
the Kassena who live in the West African village of Tiebele in Burkina Faso. They having been using mud, chalk and the tree pods since the 16th century to do this:








In a remote corner of Burkino Faso West Africa lies a village unlike any other.
The clay walls of the low buildings that make up Tiebele, Burkina Faso, have been decorated with elaborate frescoes and geometric patterns, turning each of the circular structures into a striking work of art.
The isolated village is home to the royal court of the Kassena people, one of the oldest ethnic groups in Burkina Faso, who first settled the region in the 15th Century.
Tiebele’s ‘Cour Royale’ is a complex of earthen huts covering roughly 1.2 hectares and lying within circular, walled confines at the base of a hill overlooking the surrounding West African savannah.
The clay walls of the buildings are covered with patterns to differentiate them from the homes of the common people, with the chief’s heavily decorated residence the Tiebele equivalent of a royal palace.
But not all of the striking structures are lived in. Some of the most elaborately patterned buildings are actually mausoleums for the dead, who are laid to rest in the same compound.
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