The nuhue - 'men's house' or temple. The Nuhue - the 'world house', 'men's house' or temple.
Graphics link Side and floor plans of a nuhue .
In every village there is a larger hut known as the 'nuhue. Its architecture is different to other huts being larger and having two entrances, each opposite to the other. Only men can enter the nuhue - it is here that the business of the village is discussed and confession takes place. The first temple was created in the depths of the primeval sea, and was a model of the cosmos. It was shaped like a beehive, with its grass-covered roof reaching down to the ground.