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Audio Recording Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl.

Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl.
Interview of Rosita Yalorthog conducted in Ulithian.

About this Item

Title

  • Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl.

Names

  • Habele Outer Island Education Fund (Collector)
  • Tauwl, Modesta L. (Interviewer)
  • Yalorthog, Rosita (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, August 23, 2022

Headings

  • -  Textile fabrics
  • -  Women weavers
  • -  Lavalava weaving
  • -  Remathau (Micronesian people)
  • -  Warp knitting
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Sound Recordings
  • -  Caroline Islands
  • -  Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap -- Fais

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Sound Recordings

Notes

  • -  Summary: Rosita Yalorthog of Fais Island, an Outer Island of Yap, interviewed on Yap by Modesta Tauwl about backstrap weaving in the Outer Islands of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in August of 2022. The interviewee discussed differences in weaving in the past vs. today, differences in weaving patterns, and the culture of weaving. The interview is conducted in the Ulithian language.
  • -  Keywords: weaving, loom, lavalava, skirt, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Outer Islands, Yap, Ulithian, Fais Island, War in the Pacific, woven designs, local fibers, banana fibers, cultural importance of weaving, backstrap weaving, backstrap loom, weaving in the Pacific Islands, culture of weaving, history of weaving, learning through play

Medium

  • 1 sound file (MP3): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Source Collection

  • Warp and Weft of Yap's Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/011)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit line

Warp and Weft of Yap's Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Habele Outer Island Education Fund, Modesta L Tauwl, and Rosita Yalorthog. Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, 2022. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022011_015_sr001/.

APA citation style:

Habele Outer Island Education Fund, Tauwl, M. L. & Yalorthog, R. (2022) Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022011_015_sr001/.

MLA citation style:

Habele Outer Island Education Fund, Modesta L Tauwl, and Rosita Yalorthog. Rosita Yalorthog interview conducted by Modesta Tauwl. Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, 2022. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2022011_015_sr001/>.