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Separate sleeping houses for girls similar to the o'-lag, I judge, are also found occasionally in Assam. Whereas, so far as known, the o'-lag occurs with the Igorot only among the Bontoc culture group, yet the above quotations and references point to a similar institution among distant people among some of the same people who have an institution very similar to the pabafunan and fawi. Afong
One house with extensive grounds, a perfect wilderness of vegetation, was pointed out as the summer palace of Queen Emma, or Kaleleonalani, widow of Kamehameha IV., who visited England a few years ago, and the finest garden of all was that of a much respected Chinese merchant, named Afong.
This diagram represents one side of the saloon and the "happy family" of English, Chinamen, Hawaiians, and Americans: Governor Lyman. Miss Karpe. Miss . Afong. Vacant. Miss . Governor Nahaolelua. Myself. An Hawaiian.
An a'-to has three classes of buildings occupied by the people the fawi and pabafunan, public structures for boys and men, and the olag for girls and young women before their permanent marriage; and the dwellings occupied by families and by widows, which are called afong. Each of these three classes of buildings plays a distinct role in the life of the people. Pabafunan and fawi
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