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The tribal villages of Bena and Luba, outside Bajawa in Flores, look like the archetypical tribal villages. Thatch roof houses line a main communal square. This square has a few functions. The dead are buried there (if they’ve chosen to do so before dying) and it houses the village’s totem houses.
Each tribe (basically a large, extended family) has two totem houses – one male and the other female. The male house is the umbrella-like structure in the photo above. The female house looks like a miniature house, shown in the photo below. The village pictured above has four clans, so there are eight totem houses – four male and four female.
Interestingly enough, each main house also has a male/female designation. We’re unclear about how they are assigned, but each one is displayed in the center of the rooftop. Female houses get the boring little house and male houses get the sweet little warriors.
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