2 - The Were Rausina was a building type which could be found in the Western highlands of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. It became extinct in the course of recent history, as many temples or buildings associated with spiritual beliefs of the time before the advent of Christianity had been built in the Were Rausina style. Also there seem to have been at least two variants of the type, whose names refer to their roof covering: the first one is the Rausina (thatched with grass), which stresses the fact that all of the building was covered in grass. The Were Rausina was definitely round, with walls made of wooden piles dug into the earth, upon whom a wall plate in the form of a ring made of twisted lianas rested. Higher up in the roof structure another such ring plate could be found; the building had a middle post with a short roof ridge on top and the thatch covered not only the roof, but also the walls and gave the building a shape.