Iha tinan 2019 uma Laek Odamata halo serimónia uma mean (Mambai: fad mera). Fetosaan-umane sira mai hotu halo uma sa’e fali uma been (Mambai: fad erang). Iha 1975 ema sunu uma ida ne’e. Uma harii foun iha tinan 2017. Sei uza duut maibé rin sira halo ho besi no semente. Jorge Lopes mak halo foto sira iha kraik. _____________ In 2019 the Laek Odamata house conducted a house rebuilding ceremony. Fertility-giver and -taker members of the community all participated in the consecration of the new house. The house had been burnt to the ground in 1975 and was rebuilt in 2017 from grass but with beams and supports from steel and concrete. Photo credit: Jorge Lopes