Culture week was a great way to showcase canoe culture in local schools.
During the week at the end of September, Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) Director Alson Kelen and Traditional Skills Trainer Binton Daniel and Public School System staff visited Rairok Elementary School to engage the students in learning about about outrigger canoes.
They used this large canoe model that was built at the WAM boatbuilding center in Delap to describe the canoe parts, the uniqueness of this thousands of years old boat design, and to discuss sustainable transportation in modern times.