This is the dramatic moment wooden homes on stilts were ravaged by fire in Indonesia. Lukas Tandi Bali's house caught fire in the afternoon, causing nearby houses to be engulfed in flames in Tana ...

The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched roundhouses built on wooden stilts above a channel of the River Nene, which empties into the North Sea. They wore clothes of fine flax linen ...

It is, however, shaded by two adjacent pine trees. It was primarily constructed using timber and is raised above the ground on wooden stilts, creating a useful covered space for family meals.

Here, the stilt fishermen that the country is famous for perform their daily aquatic ballet. These artisans of the sea balance on fragile wooden stilts that anchor them just above the froth of the ...