a-bai (English spelling) abai

Japanese: a-bai(英語表記)abai
a-bai (English spelling) abai

...In eastern Micronesia, we see the simple wooden sculptures common to western Polynesia and eastern Melanesia, while in the west we see Indonesian-style houses and woven basho cloth. In the Palau Islands, each village usually had two or more meeting houses (a-bai). The two types of meeting houses were used by different classes of islanders.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "a-bai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ミクロネシア東部にはポリネシア西部やメラネシア東部に共通した簡素な様式の木彫像がみられ,西部にはインドネシアのものと似た様式の家屋建築や,いざり機で織られる芭蕉布がみられる。パラオ諸島では,各村に普通2棟以上の集会所〈ア・バイa‐bai〉があった。2種の集会所が,島民の階層により区別して利用されたからである。…

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