2. Today, our master thatchers will begin giving this behind me, a sturdy thatched roof, able to withstand heavy winds and last up to a hundred years.

4. well, in a nutshell, thatching involves covering the beam or rafters, the wooden skeleton of a roof with reeds.

5. our thatchers here have harvested their own natural materials for the job, the bundles of water reeds you see lying over there beside the barn.