| To raise a haystack
has some connections with the construction of a building: we
have to obtain its statics in the forces of gravity, or those
of the wind, assure that the rain not penetrates inside, to realize
a shape which gets a maximum of volume for a weak surface of
envelope. An important difference: contrary to the building,
a haystack is not hollow, although... |
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Structured haystack  |
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The sopron
( chopron ), the typical hayloft of Maramures, with its roof
in four sides, can be raised or lowered along four posts according
to the quantity of hay to be covered.
We find it in Bucovine but with a roof in two sides |
...in the
North of Slovakia, the hay is spread over a structure tripode
by arranging a hollow passage at ground level, the haystack thus
looks like a tent or child's hut.
Because every region possesses its appropriate style in the construction
of haystack and the stocking of the hay. |
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High conical haystack in Poland
around a picket of wood crossed by bars  |
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Profusion of haystacks in the landscapes of Maramures |
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are two sorts of haystacks: those built for some days, the time
which the hay dries, protected from the humidity of the ground |
Hay spread on horizontal bars (as of the linen)
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Haystacks like dômes |
Slovakia |
Bucovine |
Pickets (haystack
skeleton), in the yard of this house: young trunks with departures
of branches
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and the big haystacks
of stocking, food of the winter.
Short-lived and involuntary land art, which builds and of desunit
with the climate and the seasons, the changeable life of the
Rumanian country. |
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