Canoe in the CNMI Museum utt. “This canoe came from the Carolinian islands,” Noel explains, “and they sailed it from the central Carolines, all the way up north to the Marianas in 1976. The Carolinians still practice their traditional navigation, including canoe-making and everything.

Sep 18, 2018 · Recently Radio New Zealand reported that CNMI’s Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has launched its own traditional canoe program but says it’s not competing with a private sector-driven program to build 500 traditional canoes by 2030.

Jun 7, 2024 · HONOLULU — Three canoes represented the CNMI in the Wa’a ceremony of the 2024 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture here in Hawaii. The Wa’a opening ceremony is a highlight of every FestPac, gathering the seagoing vessels of Oceania in a parade of boats.

Mar 16, 2022 · Watching their fathers, brothers and uncles as they carve and construct the traditional canoes, or proas, in the open-air, thatched-roof canoe house while listening to the ancient oral stories of their ancestors, the boys slowly learn the steps required to make an ocean-going vessel and how to use the sun, stars, wind, fish, birds and ocean ...

The Talaabwogh Falawel is the utt—a Carolinian canoe shed and men's house—that traditionally stands by the sea in this village. Though the utt is at this time pulled down for reconstruction, our Guides discuss the importance of the utt to the village, and Noel shows us …

Apr 28, 2018 · SAIPAN – With the completion of the traditional canoe house at the Civic Center in Susupe, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Secretary Robert Hunter said the next project is the...

Mar 13, 2018 · The CNMI's Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has launched its own traditional canoe program but says it's not competing with a private sector-driven programme to build 500 traditional canoes by 2030.

Jun 5, 2017 · As an initial step, 500 Sails Inc. opened Guma Sakman (canoe house) on Saturday, June 3. There the group will conduct canoe-building activities and other programs that include Chamorro and...

Jul 25, 2017 · The CNMI's Canoe and Navigation program aims to rekindle the long-lost art of traditional sailing. The programme will officially start next week and will showcase authentic Chamorro and Carolinian canoes that are made exactly how they used to be made, using resources provided by the island.

Mar 14, 2018 · THE CNMI’s Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has launched its own traditional canoe program but says it’s not competing with a private sector-driven programmer to build 500 traditional canoes by 2030.