A Marshallese Wedding and Stick Dance
A Marshallese Wedding and Stick Dance
Originally published in the Spring of 2004
Last week some of my Marshallese friends dropped by my apartment to talk story and happened to mention that the residents of Roi-Namur had been invited to a wedding on Enniburr (3rd Island, Santos). The bride to be was the daughter of my friend Larry who had passed away about a month ago (Larry not the bride). Larry was a friend to everyone he met here. I had not been to a wedding here yet and wished to honor Larry’s memory so I decided to make the trip over. … Read more »