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A Maori Movement
You learn something new every day. Today, I learned the Maori word hikoi. Here is a definition I lifted from Maoridictionary.co.nz: hīkoi 1. (verb) (-tia) to step, stride, march, walk. 2. (noun) step, march, stepping (netball). Today, I walked to the marae for my Maori lecture only to find that there was about five of us sitting there when [...]
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Videos are fun. Especially when the videos are older and feature people you’ve lost touch with or simply lost. It’s nice to look back at the past, which is the purpose of the Palauan Video Repository. You can visit the site by clicking here, or by going to YouTube and searching for “Islanesia.” Either way, [...]
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- I looked up our podcast on iTunes this evening and noticed something fairly bizarre: (more...) Read More
- From time to time, Islanesia and Ongelungel Art Dynasty have to deal with people biting our work-- whether it's pretty Papa-art or even stupid sponsored articles. And we don't appreciate it. So we like to publically shame those who enjoy biting our work-- and we encourage our readers to call out the offenders as well. (more...) Read More
- I'll be honest: I'm not a computer gamer. The most computer play I can get through is the occasional quiz on a social networking site. But somehow, my life is full of people who are avid players of WoW-- which I have a hard time grasping. (more...) Read More
Welcome to Islanesian Experience
What happens when you take the rigorously educated, American-born daughters of Palauan immigrants and throw them out into the world? You get Sha, Yan and the Islanesian Experience. It sounds like a band, but reads more like a couple of quasi-abrasive, hardcore cultural-revolutionary sisters on an endless mission.
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