Marshallese people enjoy making canoes. In addition it is the part of our culture. They often make these traditional canoes so that the younger generation can appreciate their skills and maintain their culture. Marshallese people, especially people who live on the outer islands, also build canoes to meet their daily needs; for example, for fishing, transportation and for racing. During holidays Marshallese race canoes to find out who on the outer islands has the best skills in making and sailing canoes. Mostly outer islands people make canoes because they don’t want to use motor boats. The problem is the oil from the boat destroys their resources and food from the sea, which is happening in the capital of Majuro today.
(Stevenson)
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