Tabalia is the name of the Mother House of theMelanesian Brotherhood (MBH) on northeasternGuadalcanal in theSolomon Islands.[1]
Tabalia (pronounced "TAHM ba lia") was given byIni Kopuria (the Brotherhood’s founder) to the Melanesian Brotherhood (known in the Mota language asIra Reta Tasiu). Tabalia was Kopuria's customaryinheritance, and he donated the land in 1925 to theTasiu.
As the Mother House, Tabalia is the headquarters for the Solomon Islands Region of the Melanesian Brotherhood. The other Regional Headquarters areTumsisiro on East Ambae,Vanuatu, and Popondetta, inPapua New Guinea.[1]
From Tabalia, the Melanesian Brotherhood looks after 25 households (monasteries) in the Solomon Islands.[2] It is also the location for quadrennial Great Conference, where representatives from all three regions meet.
Theburial ground at Tabalia contains thegraves of Dr.Charles Elliot Fox[3] (Feast day October 29) and the Seven Martyred Brothers[4] (Feast day April 24).
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