Yap Islands in Micronesia (August 1968)
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2021
- PCVs Kit Porter and Greg Porter traveled to Yap in August 1968. In Colonia, Yap, they stayed with PCVs waiting to take the field trip boat to Woleai and other Outer Islands. They traveled Yap by jeep toward the Coast Guard Station seeing stone money in Rumung, a PC house built by islanders, paths leading to villages, a woman’s house and graveyard. In Gagil they saw the boathouse and the old German Communication Center and later rusted Japanese zeros from WWII. The next day, they went to Gorror, Gagil and Rumung and the day after by boat to Map. Photographs were taken after asking for permission. The Porter’s traveled with a man from the Embassy in Japan who was able to speak with the older islanders in Japanese and the young women were comfortable talking with Kit in English. Nine photos were sent by Tom, who traveled with us.
A special thanks to Mark Skinner, a 1970s PCV on Satawal and to Jean Thoulag, PCV on Ulithi, both with extensive experience in Micronesia, for their advice on respecting privacy while sharing.
-Map of Yap District with Outer Islands from page 31 Welcome to Yap District: Island of Stone Money and Lava-Lavas, Yap District Administration around 1977. A 50 page booklet with information for people visiting Yap
- Map of Yap Islands from page vii of Kakrom, a 58 page magazine created by students from Yap Junior and Senior High Schools with their teachers, Sebastian L. Anefal and Robert A. Ruecho and edited by Tamdad around 1977.
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I'm from Yap island born there in 1968 now I live in Texas. This is a great video reminding of my childhood and the easy way of life. I'm married and have family here but I missed my home. Thanks for posting this video. Yapese at there true form.
Stop thinking about Yap. Think about your family 🙂 siro'
Perhaps one day you will return!
Thank you so much for your appreciation and for sharing about Texas & your family. You are blessed to have Yap as where you grew up and your home. So glad I was able to combine the audio recording and photos into a story to share.
These are a true treasure. Thank you for your work then and for what hard work you are putting in now to digitize everything for us all to enjoy.
Nice to hear from you again. Appreciate your kind comments. I was not sure about sharing this story and hope it is OK.
Thank you Kit. I had visited Yap too in the Summer of '69 and have fond memories of the people and culture.
I so appreciate that Peace Corps gave us the funds to visit other places in Micronesia, although finding the time was difficult. Glad you were able to visit in '69.
My home island 🏝 😍
Thank you for sharing this. I miss my home❤
Thank you for sharing this. This is beautiful and thank you for documenting your visit to our home during your time. Hope you can visit again soon. Beautiful.
It's really something to be able to watch all this 50 years later on my phone. This was a unique window in time of a special place and I'd like to see more video logs of places like these, especially from the past.
You guys couldn't have imagined the internet or smartphones back then. Now anyone can see this unique record, instantly.
Yes, it is amazing. We could not make a phone call back then, but used over-and-out radio contact at the reps office for emergencies. Actually, I was surprised that many of my cassette audio tapes survived 50 years and I could use them to make stories with the photos that survived and share these, especially since most people did not have cameras. As we all age, I hope others interview and collect the oral histories.
@@kpvcollection yes! I wonder how much indigenous culture has been lost with little to no recent record. How much has modern civilization and colonialism affected these cultures??
Cassettes are surprisingly sturdy! Just gotta keep the tape untouched. I used to love my music cassettes. I miss em sometimes ha ha.
Thank you for sharing this is
wonderful
I was just born in the 2ks but I recognize a lot of these featured areas
Am so happy to be hearing from the children and grandchildren of people I met and knew and to know the "young folk" are interested in their history and heritage.
Huge love from India ❤️
I lived on yap as a child from about 1955 to 1960. Then i was going there off and on in the 60s. I lived on yap in 1970 to 71. That was the last time i saw my beloved yap. Still have yap in my heart. My fathers ashes were spread in yap.
You are so fortunate to have had this special place as part of your life and to have had your memories of Yap all these years. I only visited a few times and had some wonderful friends. Glad I was able to share one of my trips with you.
Thank you for sharing ❤️💛💚💙💜
This is the stuff
Anyone here know Joe Tamag?
Okeef is still there 😊
We do welcome strangers back then. Don't make things up especially on the internet for the world to view
Runyol' 😂😂
How are you sir
Maybe those that this couple encountered seemed that way at the time
😂