Trial by Fire
Minga Huasy Cumbay work party was held to fortify and then to test the roof of a home under construction. First there was a brigade formed to pass buckets of cement from the cement mixer up to the roof. Buckets of cement were passed along a line and then heaved up to a man on a platform who then heaved the cement up to a man on the roof who threw a bucketful to another worker to empty and return back to the mixer again. It was very hard work. After the cement was in place, the roof was tested by a unique method. A pair of swings was suspended from one of the roof beams, and a fire was...
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