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Toda Hut


May not be a photographically gleaming shot. But thought it would have some encyclopedic importance.(Pl. see the large image)

The hut of a Toda Tribe of Nilgiris, India. Note the art at the front wall, and the unusually small door. The huts, of an oval, pent-shaped construction, are usually 10 feet high, 18 feet long and 9 feet wide. They are built of bamboo fastened with rattan and thatched over this. Each hut is enclosed within a wall of loose stones. The front and back of the hut is usually made of dressed stones (mostly granite). Hut has only a tiney entrence at the front – about 3 feet wide, 3 feet tall. This unusually small entrance is a means of protection from the wild animals. The front portion of the hut is decorated with the Toda art forms, a kind of rock mural painting.


 * Nominate - Pratheepps 07:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Awesome, Renata 12:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Emphatic Yes --Soumyasch 12:33, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Conditional support: It need to be in a suitable article! As far as I can see, it's not. Fix that, and you have my support. --Janke | Talk 14:11, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The image is now attached with the article Toda people
 * The color was bothering me a bit, and the hut seemed a little oddly framed, so I've uploaded an alternate version. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-03-23 16:53
 * Support Nice image. –Joke 17:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support but not sure which version... Brian I think you improved the whitebalance but you made it just a bit too warm for my taste, and I don't support your crop. I agree the crop strengthens the focus, but I don't think it justifies losing any of the surrounding detail: I want to see the rest of those terraces to the right. And Pratheepps please find or create an article for this to be useful in, or I'll have to withdraw my vote ~ Veledan • Talk 20:50, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The image is now attached with the article Toda people

~MDD4696 23:29, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Support for original. Crop is not necessary because the front of the hut (and the most interesting part) is centered in the photo. BTW, photo is used in Toda people article. --P199 22:43, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Supportoriginal--K.C. Tang 02:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. It'd be nice if the original photo was not cropped so tightly at the left and the bottom, but cropping the right doesn't help, and I don't like the color change. zafiroblue05 | Talk 03:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original --Janke | Talk 06:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Original version, cropped version is too bright. Question, what is the approximate height and width of the hut?-- Dakota ~  °  07:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * About 6-7 feet tall & wide 10 feet high, 18 feet long and 9 feet wide.
 * Support the original version. --Ter e nce Ong 15:40, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. - Mailer Diablo 00:17, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original I like it's general tone a lot more. Staxringold 07:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support modified The warmness is much more appealing. -- [[Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|17px]]  Mac Davis ] ⌇☢ &#xE0D;&#x19B;. 12:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support modified Compelling image, clear encyclapedic value. Either version could do. --Philopedia 22:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original version.  GUÐSÞEGN  – UTEX – 22:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 00:37, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. Now this is a perfect FPC candidate. Informative and adds value to the article. deeptrivia (talk) 16:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original This is a great picture.--Mr. RX99 19:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Suppport either one An excellent picture but they both look too similar to favor one over the other. BWF89 15:55 27 March 2006 UTC
 * Support original. A very informative picture. --Lewk_of_S e rthic contrib talk 00:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. Excellent, excellent photo. Jdfoote 21:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Great encyclopedic value. Excellent compostion. Covington 06:21, 2 April 2006 (UTC)