Pontoon (boat) of the world, especially in Africa. Pontoon ferries may be motorised, such as the Kazungula Ferry across the Zambezi River, or powered by another boat, or pulled by cables. A type of ferry known as the cable ferry ("punts" was what they were called in the medieval times and in modern Australia and New Zealand) pull themselves across a river using a motor or human power applied to the cable, which also guides the pontoon. Pontoons may support a platform, creating a raft. A raft supporting a house-like structure is a houseboat. The flotation tubes of rigid-hulled inflatable boats are
Junk Ensemble Culture Ireland Touring Award in 2008, and its production "The Rain Party" won the Excellence and Innovation Award in 2007. The Sunday Times (UK) has written that "junk ensemble has created some of the most impressive contemporary dance in Ireland of recent years" and Irish Theatre Magazine said that Junk Ensemble "do not disappoint in artistic experiment with bold visual staging and musical adventuring." Productions are listed with the year and venue of their debut. Junk Ensemble Junk Ensemble (styled junk ensemble) is a dance theater company, working in a genre related to Tanztheater. The company was established in 2004