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A ceremonial village was the next stop on our tour list today. No one lives in this village anymore but the community meeting room and community “men's room” (Not a bathroom – a room where the men gather and women aren't allowed) are still used today.
The men's room is for boys and men to gather – our guide was a woman and really had no idea what they did there since women aren't allowed. The windows were open and no one was around so we were told we could point our cameras inside for pictures. Again this called for more research on my part because I wanted to know what the “men's room” or “men's house” was all about.
Here is what my research turned up about the “men's room” or “men's house”. The "faluw" is the "men's house"; such buildings were built on the shoreline with easy access to the sea. Prior to World War I, women had been kidnapped and taken to the faluw. Today this practice no longer occurs. Women considered it an honor to be chosen for the faluw, because only the most beautiful women would be taken there. Such a woman was called the "mispil" (resident female) of the faluw. As the island's culture was more and more influenced by the rest of the world's views on prostitution, this practice ended.
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