Yap Day

Our community group drove down the street to Eagle's Field for Yap Day. Yap is a small island located southwest of Guam and is included in the Federated States of Micronesia and the general islands of Micronesia, along with Guam. Some of our students are Yapese, which made it cool to see  some of their cultural exhibits (minus the betel nut), dancing, and food.

A Yapese man husks or shreds coconuts for a demonstration.

My brother Everly and me with a Yapese stone money replica. Stone money is this size or larger, and has been used to barter for large items such as land or houses. His niece and my friend Ceci gave me the rundown on stone money over our retreat weekend. Apparently, they have to have men slide a bamboo post into the hole and pick it up and carry it. That's pretty cool. Apparently, they still use it sometimes, and it can also be found in the jungles.

 Some of our friends enjoyed sour pickled mango. In the states, we like our mangoes and papayas sweet, but out here they are eaten green and pickled...and it's pretty good.








Yap Day was a cool experience. Next up is mango day (mango festival weekend). And, sadly, I missed the banana festival. There's always next year.