Barabara

As Barabara ( aleutian ulax 'house' ) denote the Unangan, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, their original dwellings. It is about half underground structures, which are constructed on a pit.

The base of the pit Barabara is rectangular and is lined with bars made ​​from driftwood that protrude a little beyond the edge of the pit. This base is covered with a wooden roof and covered with earth and grass pieces. Driftwood is used as another timber on the Arctic islands is not available.

The Barabara were united into small settlements and served two to three families as a dwelling. As input and at the same time as smoke Luke was a covered with fish skin window hatch, the floor was covered with grass mats. Also typically were the sources of illumination, consisting of flat bricks with a depression. In this recess seals or fish oil being filled when wick was withered grass. These oil lamps were the only heat sources of the Barabara.