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Children building a sea wall to protect a maneaba against rising sea level in South Tarawa. The heart of any Kiribati community is its maneaba or meeting house. A traditional maneaba has 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.
Children building a sea wall to protect a maneaba against rising sea level in South Tarawa. The heart of any Kiribati community is its maneaba or meeting house. A traditional maneaba has 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.
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