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Uma Buta maka uma hun husi rai lulik Ina Ama Beli Daralari nian. Uma Buta maka uma lulik no Uma Ita maka uma rota. Uma na’in Uma Buta nian tenke hili husi maun/alin Daralari nian. Na’in sira mak tuur hein uma maibé na’in sira toba iha hela-fatin sorin ketak no Uma Buta mamuk hela. Nu’udar Uma Boot rai na’in (N: rea netana) rai lulik Ina Ama Beli Daralari nian tinan-tinan uma Daralari sira no uma seluk ne’ebé hela iha rai lulik halibur malu iha Uma Buta no Uma Ita hodi 'sau batar' (N: masi eka rae) no 'sau haree’ (masi haree). Tanba sasan lulik ne’ebé rai hela iha Uma Buta, ema barak iha área Babulo fiar katak bua malus Uma Buta nian hanetik ema husi susar ruma no bele fó isin-diak ba sira ne’ebé hetan moras ka kanek ruma. ____________ The “Buta” house is the trunk house from the sacred land of Ama Beli Daralari. Uma Buta is an ancestral house whilst Ita house is a house of the sceptre/ruling staff. The house chief of Uma Buta must be selected from amongst the siblings of Daralari. Whilst the chiefs stand watch over the house, they sleep in a separate adjacent abode and Uma Buta remains vacat. As a large ancestral house of the spirits of the land (Naueti: “rea netana”) annually on the sacred lands of Ina Ama Beli Daralari, the Daralari house clans and others gather together at the Uma Buta and the Uma Ita for the corn harvest ceremony (Naueti: masi eka rae) and the rice harvest ritual (Naueti: masi haree). Due to the sacred objects stored inside the Buta house, many people in the Babulo area believe that the betel nut and leaf from the Buta house prevent people falling prey to ill fortune and also confer good health on those who may be sick or injured.