Maneaba
The heart of any Kiribati community is its maneaba or meeting house. The maneaba is not just the biggest building in any village, it is the centre of village life and the basis of island and national governance. A traditional maneaba is an imposing structure, with slabs of coral supporting a huge roof formed from coconut wood, held together with coconut string and thatched with pandanus leaves. The whole community is involved in its construction, and every aspect of the maneaba has a symbolic as well as a practical function. A maneaba serves a similar cultural role to a Polynesian marae.
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Maneaba
The heart of any Kiribati community is its maneaba or meeting house. The maneaba is not just the biggest building in any village, it is the centre of village life and the basis of island and national governance. A traditional maneaba is an imposing structure, with slabs of coral supporting a huge roof formed from coconut wood, held together with coconut string and thatched with pandanus leaves. The whole community is involved in its construction, and every aspect of the maneaba has a symbolic as well as a practical function. A maneaba serves a similar cultural role to a Polynesian marae.
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La maneaba (nouvelle graphie m ...... nom de Maneaba ni Maungatabu.
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Maneaba bzw. Mwaneaba (neuere ...... te Atua (Haus Gottes) benannt.
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The heart of any Kiribati comm ...... aungatabu, or supreme maneaba.
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Главенствующую роль в строител ...... вшие за многие мили от родины.
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La maneaba (nouvelle graphie m ...... crire la mwaneaba dans une lan
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Maneaba bzw. Mwaneaba (neuere ...... t durch ein großes Giebeldach.
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The heart of any Kiribati comm ...... al role to a Polynesian marae.
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Главенствующую роль в строител ...... ём, к ним относятся даже выход
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Maneaba
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Maneaba
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Mwaneaba
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Манеаба
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