Kapingamarangi Taro Celebration Day, March 15, 2015

The Taro Cerebration Day is held on Kapingamarangi Atoll and Pohnrakied, its colony in Pohnpei, Micronesia on March 15 to commemorate communal efforts to expand taro patches on the island. Kapingamarangi is one of two Polynesian Islands with Nukuoro Atoll in Micronesia. This project, which began around 1944 during WWII, was very hard work during the hardship in wartime, only relying on manpower with simple tools such as shovels made from a drum. Their success was begun to be cerebrated from 1947. Two kinds of food, sea eels and giant swamp taro, are the main dishes in the communal feast. The eels were caught in traps and were roasted on fire fueled by firewood of hard mangrove wood for several hours. This video was film by Pasifika Renaissance Executive Director Takuya Nagaoka. Please subscribe, share, and "like" the video!

[@benkatpicky3143]

Hakaaloongo kitahil moo tii kotouu ngaaluaa niaa mekaii manaatuu taatau maatuaa muualoo.

[@jeanneandrew5123]

Food for da kapingamarangi atoll best day in every year

[@keropindavid9240]

Awesome!

[@waihale]

Thank you for sharing this video, we appreciate you.

[@PasiRena]

waihale kapinga Humalia goe! Very welcome! Thanks for subscribing!

[@waihale]

NGO Pasifika Renaissance パシフィカ・ルネサンス malia koe and dime bologoe.

[@kimiyashippey9531]

this is wonderful to see. awesome! thanks for posting.

[@PasiRena]

Kimiya Shippey Very welcome! Our pleasure!

[@elenahallens7917]

omg!!

[@twest508]

Thanks for Sharing this Video, NGO PR! um so hungry now :)

[@PasiRena]

tRiS jORge You are very welcome and sorry that we cannot share the food with you here, hahaha

[@twest508]

NGO Pasifika Renaissance Hahah!! Hopefully next March 15 we'll have eels again :) Thanks!

[@PasiRena]

tRiS jORge We hope so too! Humalia goe!

[@nantereeko8414]

morays tasty.

[@berrytaro5582]

are those fresh water eels or salt water

[@PasiRena]

They are saltwater eels.

[@daldleo4296]

Au e gai

[@shenglongisback4688]

Humalia e kotou kua teai nei he te tama no mai manihiki, e lekaleka e maeva nei e onoono mai Tou kolua video..hano la haele la..humalia is my language means beautiful..shout outs from the cook islands Are there any videos of traditional dances from kapingamairangi and nukuoro?? Cant find any??on the net.

[@PasiRena]

William Tutai Humalia goe! According to recent linguistic studies, Kapingamarangi language was originated from Tuvaluan language. There seems to be a very few traditional dances practiced on those islands. One of the videos you can download from the following links include a short footage of women's sitting dance of Kapinga: archive.org/details/upenn-f16-2028_kapingamari archive.org/details/upenn-f16-2027_kapingamari

[@waihale]

William Tutai traditional ways of life were erased by the balagi man or the white man (religion) . You are correct on the part of our people tracing back to Tuvalu and even as far as to Tokelau . our people of kapingamarangi are of Polynesian descend .

[@shenglongisback4688]

waihale kapinga so sad we called palagi the same name ive notice cos of location spelling of words are different to we are located but it the same word like b balagi us p palagi or d for t sound du /tu etc.. sad to hear that has happen does nobody want to relieve them..?? I use to teach cultural dancing then i research to find our polynesian fanau has roots in micronesian and melasian it opend my minds..to how we travel so much..im very interested in learning more about your culture..have a good day kia orana kia manuia

[@shenglongisback4688]

NGO Pasifika Renaissance パシフィカ・ルネサンス thank you so much for showing me the video hope someone can trace back ancestry to create new dances for future generations

[@PasiRena]

+William Tutai Thanks, William, for your comment! We agree with you...