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Waa'gey: Reviving Traditional Canoe Navigation Across Yap's Outer Islands

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🇫🇲 Micronesia

Master carvers on Yap's remote outer islands are teaching the next generation to hand-build ocean-going canoes and navigate by the stars, keeping millennia-old wayfinding knowledge alive.

4canoesHand-built canoes that voyaged Yap to Guam
5daysOpen-ocean voyage duration
2,012yearProgram founded
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