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  2. Sirpur Group of Monuments - Wikipedia

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    Sirpur Group of Monuments are an archaeological and tourism site containing Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments from the 5th to 12th centuries in Mahasamund district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. [1] Located near an eponymous village, it is 78 kilometres (48 mi) east of Raipur, the capital of the state. [2]

  3. Indigenous architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Neah Bay Cultural Center of the Makah Nation in Washington State is built with cedar planks to reflect the traditional longhouses on their reservation. The Native American Student Center at Oregon State University is another example of contemporary longhouse construction, with its design symbolizing the close-knit community aspects of ...

  4. Longhouses of the Indigenous peoples of North America

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    Later day Iroquois longhouse (c.1885) 50–60 people Interior of a longhouse with Chief Powhatan (detail of John Smith map, 1612). Longhouses were a style of residential dwelling built by Native American and First Nations peoples in various parts of North America.

  5. Kurukh people - Wikipedia

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    The Oraon follow their traditional religion , which is based on nature worship. Some of the groups started following Sarnaism in a Hindu style, as the sects of the Bishnu Bhagats, Bacchinda Bhagats, Karmu Bhagats and Tana Bhagats. The Oraons have established several Sarna sects. Oraons worship Sun as biri (a name given for Dharmesh).

  6. Category:Culture of Chhattisgarh - Wikipedia

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  7. Muria people - Wikipedia

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    The Muria are an indigenous Adivasi, scheduled tribe Dravidian community of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, India.They are part of the Gondi people.Traditionally, they are economically homogeneous and strive to work as a collective.

  8. Indigenous architecture - Wikipedia

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    The house is seen as an outstretched body, and can be addressed like a living being. A wharenui (literally 'big house' alternatively known as meeting houses, whare rūnanga or whare whakairo (literally "carved house") is a communal house generally situated as the focal point of a marae. The present style of wharenui originated in the early to ...

  9. Vernacular architecture - Wikipedia

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    The homes are commonly referred to as gnome homes, mushroom houses, or Hobbit houses. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] His door, window, roof and fireplace designs were very distinct because of his use of curved lines. Young's goal was to show that a small stone house could be as impressive as a castle.