Added: Nov 22, 2008
From: TritonFilmsUSA
Duration: 4:9
An insightful investigation into the traditional culture and the spirit world of Pacific Islanders living on Lamotrek Island, this film focuses on the ancient Micronesian wisdom of "rong": specialized knowledge of art and magic involved with skills such as navigation, warfare, canoe building, fishing, weather control, and weaving. As a result of increasing contact with the outside world, the traditional skills of "rong" have been in steady decline but are not forgotten."Lamotrek: Heritage of an Island" DVD available at: http://www.tritonfilms.com/lamotrekheritage.htm
Channel: Education
Tags: anthropology art atoll caroline documentary federated island islands lamotrek magic micronesia of outer pacific states traditional western yap
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