What is Man house?

Much of the action in a Sawi village happens in an around the man house. As the name suggests, only men enter the man house. Women are forbidden unless invited for a ceremony, such as when hey present the jawbone of a victim they have killed and eaten. Richardson meets in the man house to share the gospel with the leaders of the village. Like their longhouse they live in, the man houses are long buildings built twenty feet off the ground.