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Yapese Intangible Cultural Heritage:
History, Legends, Myths, and Performing Arts of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Ulithian Women’s Sitting Dance Chants

These two dances tell us how women from Ulithi and Fais felt when the Japanese took men from their families and made them work on Yap and Palau islands. It describes how the families went through poverty and struggles. These two dances are performed by women from Mogmog Island, the chief island of Ulithi Atoll.

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  • Yaese Traditional
    Dance Chants

  • Stories of Yapese
    Traditions and CustomsⅠ

  • Stories of Yapese
    Traditions and CustomsⅡ

  • Oral History on Yapese
    Culture and Traditions,
    Yapese Traditional Money

  • Ulithian Women’s
    Sitting Dance Chants

  • Two Stories from Ulithi

  • Chants from Satawal
    and Woleai Atolls

  • Chants from
    Satawal, Lamotrek,
    and Elato Islands

  • Yapese Traditional
    DancesΙ

  • Yapese Traditional
    DancesⅡ

1. Women’s Sitting Dance, Darmiy
Performers: Women from Mogmog Island Date of Recording: N/A 		03’11”
2. Fais Women from the West
Performer: Fais Women Date of Recording: N/A 		03’11”