Like most adults in the kingdom of Sokehs, Augustine Kohler occasionally joins family and friends in the communal drinking of a muddy, mild narcotic known in Pohnpei as sakau. Sakau, which is ...

Unique to Pohnpei, a nahs is a simple structure with a complex set of meanings. Little more than a U-shaped platform with a rear wall and pitched roof, this carport-sized construction constantly ...

A tour of the Pacific region took a woozy turn for one Australian politician after he downed a cup of a traditional drink in one hit. Former Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was visiting the ...

Underneath the waves of Palikir Pass, one of the world's top surf breaks in the Pacific Ocean, lies a new safe zone which aims to ensure the survival of local fisheries and the species that are caught ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper I examine relationships between multiple semiotic modes used to construct hierarchy, and I show the importance of going beyond ...

An early morning fire on Tuesday morning in Pohnpei burned records in the Pohnpei Supreme Court and Office of the Attorney General, according to Federated States of Micronesia officials. Two arson ...