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Preserving
the Marshallese handicrafts exhibition
26 November 2006
In the Marshall
Islands, the Alele
Youth Group is taking the lead in informing communities
and especially young people about the significance
of their local handicrafts. Cooperating with the
youth council in each atoll, the group will gather
handicrafts from these different regions and display
them in the Alele museum.
One of the activities
includes organising workshops to teach other young
people about the handicrafts so that the knowledge
can be passed on to the next generation.
"Alele"
is a Marshallese traditional basket like the picture
on right, a soft-sided plaited bag made from pandanus
leaf, which use to hold one's family's most valuable
possessions in Marshallese custom. The eldest
woman of the family keeps the basket and it passes
on to the next eldest female down the line.
Alele
Museum, Library and Archives were named after
this alele basket, which is a symbol of our valuables,
knowledge in the Marshall Islands. Alele Museum,
Library and National Archives is a non-profit
corporation founded in 1981, dedicated to preserving
the history and conserving the folk arts, traditional
skills, historic accounts, oral literature and
other traditions of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands.
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