traditional thatched yapese men`s meeting house called faluw fale and a bank of stone money rai. yap island, micronesia, oceania

ancient architecture bank building bungalow coconut coins communal countryside culture disks ethnic federated fsm grass historic holes house hut island leafing limestone maneaba megalith melanesia melanesian mens micronesia micronesian money ocean oceania old pacific palm polynesia polynesian primitive rai rock roof rural south states stone thatched traditional travel tree triangular tropical tropics village wooden yap yapese