Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition and Identity in Micronesia
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English
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English
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$110,000
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Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition and Identity in Micronesia

29min

Release date: unknown

 

Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition and Identity in Micronesia

29min

Release date: unknown

 

Directed by Vicente M. Diaz

A 1997 documentary by Micronesian scholar, Vicente M. Diaz, that follows a new generation of traditional outrigger canoe builders and navigators from Polowat, Central Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, and Guam in their respective efforts to continue and resuscitate an ancient tradition of outrigger canoe carving and sailing in the late twentieth century. Like the motif of water that flows through the documentary and blurs lines between surface and depth,... see more

Directed by Vicente M. Diaz

A 1997 documentary by Micronesian scholar, Vicente M. Diaz, that follows a new generation of traditional outrigger canoe builders and navigators from Polowat, Central Carolines, Federated States of Micronesia, and Guam in their respective efforts to continue and resuscitate an ancient tradition of outrigger canoe carving and sailing in the late twentieth century. Like the motif of water that flows through the documentary and blurs lines between surface and depth,... see more
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