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Culture : Marshall Islands

This pathfinder includes information about culture in the Marshall Islands.

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Moving Images of the Pacific Islands  (http://www2.hawaii.edu/oceanic/film/)
Run by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, this web site provides a database of movies pertaining to the Pacific Islands, including the Federated States of Micronesia.

Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology  (http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/intro.html)
Traditional navigation by Pacific islanders involves no compasses or charts. Instead, navigators rely on the stars, on their reading of winds and waves, and on devices for memorizing vast amounts of knowledge.

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