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Maloca

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Maloca 

a large communal dwelling common among the tropical forest Indians of the Amazon Basin. Rectangular or circular in layout, a maloca is made of beams and poles and has a gable- or cone-shaped roof covered with palm leaves. It accommodates up to 100 persons (one large family). A village may consist of one or two malocas and several small huts, but even in this case the principle of kin-group living is strictly observed.
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The hospital was enhanced by a maloca, a tall open-sided thatch-roofed structure built by indigenous Guahibo neighbors to provide shelter for families of patients staying close to loved ones.
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