| 11. | The leaves are used for thatching and food wrapping.
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| 12. | Locals use the large, dried leaves for thatching.
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| 13. | Reed are an important building material for use in thatching in some areas.
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| 14. | They are overlapped, so each section advances the thatching about three inches.
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| 15. | The roof is a combination of reed thatching, corrugated iron and slate.
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| 16. | It is sometimes found near human habitation hiding under debris and in thatching.
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| 17. | The fronds are used as thatching for native huts.
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| 18. | The trade winds have begun to blow, softly riffling the palm thatching overhead.
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| 19. | But firemen said lightning often strikes through the wet thatching into dryer layers underneath.
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| 20. | Cogon grass, Nipa palm leaves and coconut fronds are used as roof thatching.
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