The Yapese people are a Micronesian ethnic group native to the main island of Yap. Yapese culture is built on the maxim: Respect and Responsibility. Aspects of traditional Yapese culture …

David Dean O'Keefe, a tall, burly Irishman with a temper to match his flaming hair, was a successful 19th century copra merchant based in Yap with a trade circle that encompassed …

Jul 29, 2011 · According to traditional accounts, O’Keefe came to Yap more or less by chance—washed ashore in a typhoon and found and nursed to health by a Yapese man …

Not many people have heard of Yap, but it is one of the most unique islands in Micronesia. Yap is best known, especially among the scuba divers, for manta rays. The island leads the world in …

This is the history of how native Yapese learned to use indigenous betel nuts (areca nuts). Native Yapese added pepper leaf and coral lime powder to betel nut and called it langad.

Jun 18, 2013 · Yapese men transport stone money in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. This is a shortened version of a talk I gave at Yap Homecoming Day on June 15. The theme of the …

The Yapese Empire was an ancient maritime empire located in the western Caroline Islands in the north Pacific region of Micronesia since around the 9th century, AD. [1]

Many Yapese men and women today are graduates of colleges and universities in the United States and hold positions of leadership in the economic, educational, and political life of the …

Yapese and Outer Islanders decorated their bodies with intricate tattoo patterns of three distinct types - Yol, Gachow and Salbachag – which designated high status, martial skills and …

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