He lived in a tiny bamboo hut and wore tattered clothing.

No flimsy bamboo hut can hold him, he tells the others.

Once again he lived in a bamboo hut and made his living with hammer and chisel.

They lived in a bamboo hut for the first two years and later constructed a mission house.

Communities of about 100 don't usually run to a diplomatic staff, and aside from a nice line in overwater bamboo huts, there's no discernible culture here to be attachéd to.