The Marshallese version of the Olympic Games is Christmas jepta biit dancing. The amount of competition and dissing has always been apart of the jepta performances at Christmas time.Jeptas had the audience laughing throughout the Christmas Day and the next day at churches throughout Majuro.Though some jeptas were satisfied with their performance, others were surely […]
TERRY SASSER* The July 23 Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which took place a year later than planned, was described by global media outlets as “muted,” “somber,” “subdued,” “overshadowed by a pandemic, but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.” Rio Olympian swimmer Colleen Furgeson, modeling a traditional Marshallese costume provided […]
Marshall Islands weightlifter Mattie Sasser is going to the Olympic Games in Brazil next month. A letter over the weekend to the RMI National Olympic Committee and the National Weightlifting Federation confirmed that Sasser was selected to receive one of only four wild-card spots available to IOC members worldwide. Although Sasser set eight new junior […]
