N°15131
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Element Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making (Micronesia (Federated States of))
Inscribed in 2021 (16.COM) on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Title EN: The pwo initiation rituals for traditional navigators held in Yap, 2015. The master of ceremonies initiated a navigator while he tied a coconut-leaf bracelet and an amulet to an initiate's right wrist and intoned "bracelet for the navigator" chants.