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These "gamals" are a kind of club-house, where the men spend the day and occasionally the night.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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On the other side were the large, well-kept gamals, and crowds of people in festival attire; many had come from
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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Having won the confidence of a native, we may be taken into his courtyard, where there is little to be seen, as all the social life goes on in the gamals or on the dancing-grounds.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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I found the doorposts of old gamals beautifully carved, and plates prettily decorated; but these were all antiques, and nothing of the kind is made at the present day.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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These croton bushes are planted along the sides of the gamals, so as to furnish the men's ornaments; and they lend the sombre places some brightness and colour.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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The gamals, too, are always on a foundation of masonry, and on either side there are high pedestals on which the pigs are sacrificed.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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I was always cordially invited to enter the gamals; these were square houses, kept very clean, with
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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As each of these clubs has its own house, we sometimes find quite a number of such huts in one village, where they take the place of gamals.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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