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This image was selected as a picture of the day for August 18, 2007. It was captioned as followed: English: Wawadit'la with heraldic pole, built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953 at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. Asturianu: Wawadit'la con un totem heráldicu, costruyíu pol Xefe Mungo Martin en 1953 nel Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá. Беларуская: Дом "Вавадзіт'ла" і татэмны слуп, збудаваныя Мунга Марцінам у 1953 (Тандарбёрд-Парк, Брытанская Калумбія, Канада). Česky: Indiánký totem v Thunderbird Parku, Britská Kolumbie, Kanada Deutsch: Wawadit'la, ein „big house“ der Kwakiutl, mit Wappenpfahl im Thunderbird-Park in Victoria, Britisch-Kolumbien, Kanada. English: Wawadit'la with heraldic pole, built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953 at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. Español: Wawadit'la con un totem heráldico, construido por el Jefe Mungo Martin en 1953 en el Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá. Français : Les totems érigés autour de la case communautaire villageoise (wawadit’la) ornés de symboles héraldiques, construits par le chef nord-amérindien Mungo Martin en 1953 au Thunderbird Park de Victoria en Colombie-Britannique ( Canada). Magyar: Wawadit'la totemoszloppal, (emelte Mungo Martin főnök 1953-ban - Thunderbird Park, kanadai Brit Kolumbia) Íslenska: Tótemsúla, reist af Mungo Martin árið 1953 í Thunderbird-þjóðgarðinum í Bresku Kólumbíu í Kanada. Italiano: Wawadit'la con totem, costruito dal capo Mungo Martin nel 1953 e situato in Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Columbia Britannica Canada. 日本語: マンゴ・マーティンの家。トーテムポールが置かれている。1953年ネイティブアメリカンの酋長マンゴ・マーティンによって カナダ、 ブリティッシュコロンビア州 ヴィクトリアのサンダーバードパークに建てられる。 Nederlands: De Wawadit'la, een Kwakwaka'wakw "big house" dat werd gebouwd in 1953 door stamhoofd Mungo Martin met totempalen rondom, in het Thunderbird Park van de stad Victoria in de Canadese provincie Brits-Columbia Polski: Indiański słup totemowy i Wawadit'la zbudowany przez Wodza Mungo Martina w 1953 roku w Parku Thunderbird w Kolumbii Brytyjskiej w Kanadzie. Português: Wawadit'la é uma casa com um poste totem. Esta localizada no Parque Thunderbird em Victoria, Colúmbia Britânica. Русский: Wawadit'la с тотемным столбом, построенный вождём Мунго Мартином в 1953 году в Тандерберд парке в Виктории ( Британская Колумбия, Канада). Slovenčina: Wawadit'la s indiánskym totemom, ktorú postavil náčelník Mungo Martin v roku 1953 v Thunderbird Parku, Victoria, Britská Kolumbia, Kanada Svenska: Wawadit'la med en totempåle, byggt av hövding Mungo Martin 1953 i British Columbia. Українська: Індіанський тотемний стовп та «Вавадітла», на мові індіанців племені квакіутл — великий дім. Збудовані вождем Мунґо Мартін 1953 року у парку-музеї Thunderbird, що у м. Вікторія, Британська Колумбія, Канада. ‪中文(简体)‬: 加拿大 不列颠哥伦比亚省印第安人酋长蒙哥·马丁1953年在 维多利亚建造的夸夸卡瓦库(大屋)和 图腾柱。 ‪中文(繁體)‬: 印第安人酋長蒙戈·馬丁於1953年建造的誇誇卡瓦庫和 圖騰柱，位於 加拿大 英屬哥倫比亞 維多利亞的雷鳥公園內

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House built by Mungo Martin and David Martin with carpenter Robert J. Wallace. Based on Chief Nakap'ankam's house in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert). The house "bears on its house-posts the hereditary crests of Martin's family." It continues to be used for ceremonies with the permission of Chief Oast'akalagalis 'Walas 'Namugwis (Peter Knox, Martin's grandson) and Mable Knox. Pole carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin and Mildred Hunt. "Rather than display his own crests on the pole, which was customary, Martin chose to include crests representing the A'wa'etlala, Kwagu'l, 'Nak'waxda'xw and 'Namgis Nations. In this way, the pole represents and honours all the Kwakwaka'wakw people."

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