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Satawal is a solitary coral island located at 7.3579° N 147.0373° E in the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, the easternmost island in the Yap island group. Corals are Marine organisms from the class Anthozoa and exist as small Sea anemone –like Polyps typically in colonies of many An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The Caroline Islands form a large Archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea. The Federated States of Micronesia is an Island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Papua New Guinea. Yap, also known as Wa'ab for locals is an Island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is 2 km long northeast-southwest, and up to 800 m wide. The area is 1. 3 km². The native language is Satawalese, a Trukic language closely related to Woleaian, and the entire population of the island numbers approximately 500. Components Carolinian Chuukese Mapia Mortlockese Namonuito

As there are no anchorages for large boats, Satawal is seldom visited by outsiders. The Satawalese primarily subsist on fishing and some agriculture (coconuts, breadfruit, taro). The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family Breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis) is a Tree and Fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific islands Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages) more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian) and gabi in The Philippines, is a They build small thatch houses for sleeping and use the trunks of breadfruit trees for boat-building. Cultural forms primarily revolve around dance and story-telling, and an alcoholic beverage known as tuba is brewed from fermented coconut milk.

Satawal is located in the state of Yap, but the people of Satawal are more closely related, culturally and linguistically, to those of Chuuk. Yap, also known as Wa'ab for locals is an Island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Chuuk &mdash formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus &mdash is an island group in the south western

The island is best known for its preservation of traditional navigational techniques without the use of instruments, based on indigenous astronomical and maritime concepts. Despite its small population, Satawal has continued to produce ocean-going canoes and expert navigators versed in these traditions. The best-known of the Satawal master navigators (paliuw), Mau Piailug, served as mentor and teacher to the founding members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Pius Mau Piailug (born 1932) is a Micronesian Navigator, one of the best-known living practitioners of the ancient art of navigation without the aid of instruments The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i. The daily life of Satawal is documented in the Steve Thomas book The Last Navigator, which also treats Mau Piailug's traditional navigation system in some depth. Steve Thomas is an author and television personality from the United States.

On March 18, 2007, Piailug presided over the first Pwo ceremony for navigators on Satawal in 56 years. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pwo is a sacred initiation ritual in which students of traditional Navigation in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia become master navigators and are initiated At the event five native Hawaiians and eleven others were inducted into Pwo as master navigators. The Polynesian Voyaging Society presented Piailug a canoe, the Alingano Maisu, as a gift for his key role in reviving traditional wayfinding navigation in Hawaii. Alingano Maisu, also known simply as Maisu, is a double-hulled voyaging Canoe built in Kawaihae by members of Na Kalai Wa'a Moku o Hawai'i and Wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the

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