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A rider at full gallop picking up the coin - Tyiyn enmey game
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Tyiyn enmey_Nooruz celebration_Kyrgyzstan
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A rider at full gallop picking up the coin - Tyiyn enmey game
Kyrgyzstan
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Mesei Habitat
Women's Wealth\nMesei is a taro field in the wetlands that is used to cultivate dait (Colocasia esculenta) and brak (Cyrtosperma merkuzii). Dait is what we call the whole plant while the whitish gray to purple corm is called kukau or taro. A well maintained taro patch consists of a network of square plots filled with mud and covered with a variety of selected leaves used to fertilize the taro and control weeds. Taro and the taro patch are a woman’s valuable property. A woman’s social status is based primarily upon her agricultural skills and abilities to cultivate kukau. It is an integral part of the diet, materials, and customary practices. It pervades everyday life as well as all ceremonies, from birth to death of all Palauans.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Rebotel
Rebotel 'Syzygium samarangense' is a tree up to 15m tall. Its leaves are boiled and used at least twice a day for the duration of the hot bath.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Young mother
The mlechell is covered in ginger Curcuma longa infused coconut oil during the hot bath ceremony which usually last between 4 to 10 days depending on clan protocols.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Box
Food preparation and presentation is an important part of the first birth ceremony.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Cooked Taro
Baskets of cooked taro are important in Palau cultural exchanged system between siblings and in customary events such as funeral, first birth ceremony, and installation of new chiefs.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Kesiamel
Kesiamel Osmoxylon trunctum tree bear bright orange flowers which is used as part of headdress decoration for a young woman, the mlechell, going through the first birth ceremony. The headdress and body ornaments are very important part of the first birth ceremony. The headdress can consist of many flowers, plants, turtle shell, and bird feathers which has association to the mlechell's clan.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Ongat
On the final day of the hot bath ritual a pot filled with medicinal plants is prepared for the final steaming, ongat, of the young mother before her final presentation to her husbands family.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Bai ra Ngesechel Cherechar
Bai: Traditional Chiefs' Meeting House\nA bai is a traditional men's meeting house for chiefs to discuss and make important decisions that affect their communities. The building of the bai requires a holistic knowledge of nature. It requires understanding of seasons, of plants and trees, of shrubs and weeds, of soil and its properties, and also of destructive insects and things that infest buildings, as well as of construction methods.
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Palau's Rich Heritage in Nature and Culture_Taro plant
'A Mesei a uchul a teloched' means Mesei is the base of our meal. “Telooch” is the chewed food that is softened and ready to be swallowed.
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