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The Palauan ocheraolarticle 1996 • Ysaol, Joseph et al.
Belau • Oceania > Micronesia
This paper describes contemporary practices associated with the Belauan money-raising custom of ocheraol, an institution for mutual help by which a person asks relatives and in-laws to contribute money often to be used for constructing house or purch...