Mudhif' meeting house and reed mats ready for sale, Chobaish Marshes, Iraq, Middle East

Mudhif' meeting house, Chobaish Marshes, Iraq, Middle East

Mudhif' meeting house and reed mats ready for sale, Chobaish Marshes, Iraq, Middle East

Mudhif (meeting house), photograph taken in 1982, Shobaish, Marshes, Iraq, Middle East

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Marai, a Maori Meeting House at Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Statues and carvings of tikis on a Marai, Maori Meeting House, at Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

The meeting house dating from about 1793, in Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

The meeting house dating from about 1793, in Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Entrance to a Maori meeting hall, Te Poho-o-Rawiri Meeting House, one of the largest marae in N.Z., Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Sign on the Walking Tour of the Historic Hill at The Great Friends Meeting House dating from 1699, a Quaker building in the Postmedieval English vernacular style, oldest surviving house of worship in town, on Farewell and Marlborough Streets in historic Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States of America, North America

Quakers (Friends) meeting house, Monteverde, Costa Rica, Central America

Quakers (Friends) meeting house, Monteverde, Costa Rica, Central America

Kenya, Lamu Island. The open, shady square outside Lamu Fort Plaza Square near the island's administrative offices is used as a meeting point during the heat of the day.

Men riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Kenya, Lamu Island. Chicken seller in Lamu Fort Plaza Square near the island's administrative offices is used as a meeting point during the heat of the day.

Young boy riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Man riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Fisher Boat in the Lamu waterfront, Kenya, Lamu island UNESCO World Heritage site

Men riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Maori Meeting House Carvings, Te Takinga Marae, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Entrance gate to a Marae-meeting place of the Maoris, South Island, New Zealand

Women's church group, homestead of the chieftain, Fon, Bafut, West Cameroon, Cameroon, Africa

Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand

View from above of happy large family with many children celebrating Christmas or New Year eve together at cozy warm home, gathering around festive holiday table with delicious traditional xmas food

Happy young family parents with two small kids gathering around brick fireplace in cozy and warm country house during Christmas holidays in winter. Father, mother ad children sitting by fire at home

ESP, Spain, Valencia : Plaza Ayuntamiento, Avenida Marques De Sotelo, central city hall square

In front of the Opera house at the Augustus square. Entrance, stairs, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

In front of the Opera house at the Augustus square. Entrance, stairs, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Maori Meeting House, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand

Tamatekapua Meeting House in Ohinemutu on Lake Rotorua New Zealand