Airai Bai


Bai Ra Irrai
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Airai, Babeldaob, Palau
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1890 (1890)
NRHP Reference #	76002195^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1976

The Airai Bai ("Men's Meetinghouse of Airai" in Palauan) is a traditional meetinghouse in the Airai municipality on Babeldaob, the largest island in the island nation of Palau. It is located in the center of the village on a stone platform that had previously held earlier bais, and is located at the junction of two traditional stone pathways. The building is 68 by 20 feet (20.7 m × 6.1 m), rising to a height of 40 feet (12 m) at its peak. Its facade and interior beams are decorated with depictions of Palauan legends. It was built around 1890, and underwent a major restoration in the 1970s. The building and site have long been the spiritual and civic centerpiece of the community.^[2]

The building was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places (as "Bai Ra Irrai") in 1976,^[1] a time when Palau was part of the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific.

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "NRHP nomination for Bai Ra Irrai" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

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Airai Bai

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