The Rull Men's Meetinghouse (known as a ''faluw'' in the

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) is a historic meeting house in

Rull Rull () is a municipality in the southern part of the island Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. It has a traditional dancing ground. Rull has a population of 1,847. The historic Rull Men's Meetinghouse is located within the town. Education ...

, a village on the island of

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in the

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. It is a large rectangular structure, set on a raised stone platform. The flooring consists of treated betelnut palm trunks, and has a steeply pitched roof made of bamboo supports with various types of tropical leaves tied in place using coconut fiber. The ''faluw'', although not the first built on this platform, has historically occupied a central place in the civic life of the community, serving as a place where the men of the village could meet in seclusion, and as a place for social rites. The meetinghouse was added to the

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in 1976,nps.gov
(accessed on Feb. 26, 2012) when the region was part of the US-administered

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