Building material

Today, while walking to Ochenta after lunch at the casita with Linda, I saw this on the street.

You probably think that it's just a bundle of bamboo, but actually it's building material. Here's a picture of a bamboo gate that a young man is repairing with fresh bamboo.

Bamboo is typically used by the poor, who can't afford more expensive materials. They make entire fences of bamboo. The gate is actually made of wrought iron and the bamboo is being used for privacy, evidently. I wonder why they don't just replace the iron gate with a wooden gate that would insure their privacy. The property behind the gate is probably worth a small fortune.