Placing the centre posts of a wattle frame structure

Builders place the second of two centre posts with Y-shaped ends as they begin to build a wattle frame structure on the grounds of the Banda Cultural Centre. The video shows how they place the post in a post hole, shore its position by placing rocks at its base, then use a pole with a Y-shaped end to lift and place a pole that will serve as the central roof joist. The men measure the height of the joist and the projected height of a corner post before one man uses the end of a thick piece of wood to tamp soil into the post holes of the two centre posts. In the background, young men use wooden mallets to beat and loosen the bark on poles that will be used in building the structure's frame. Banda-Ahenkro, Banda District, Ghana.