Communal work
![A tent is being raised on talkoot for midsummer in Ylimuonio 2005.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Talkoot_Ylimuonio3617.JPG")
![Members of the community volunteering to move the house to new location.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Bayanihan_23617.JPG")
Communal work is when a gathering takes place to accomplish a task or to hold a competition. A number of cultures have such gatherings, often for the purpose of holding a competition, as in a spelling bee, or for providing manual labour, as in a barn raising.