JICA folks jepta joy

JICA volunteers have been busy practicing Marshallese dances for the Christmas celebration in the Marshall Islands. Photo: Kelly Lorennij.
JICA volunteers have been busy practicing Marshallese dances for the Christmas celebration in the Marshall Islands. Photo: Kelly Lorennij.

A group of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteers, who dubbed themselves the “Apakaaj in Majel Jepta,” have been spending three nights a week since early November practicing their piit dance and singing. While nine-year-old Marshallese Tine Mook sang the story of Tobolar and gathering coconuts, the dancers showed a polished performance of their piit when the Journal dropped by to check out this jepta.

Read more about this in the December 22, 2017 edition of the Marshall Islands Journal.