Christmas Dance Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Biit is Marshallese Olympics

By Journal on December 31, 2021 Christmas biit, Christmas Dance, IoonMaaj, Olympic Games, Protestant Church, Uliga, Wilmer Joel Feature Articles

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 […]

Holiday spirit flowed in Majuro

By Journal on January 1, 2021 Berak Jepta, Christmas Dance, Wilmer Joel Feature Articles

Churches from Rita to Laura were bursting with excitement as dozens of jeptas converged to celebrate Christmas Day in style. Who had more fun, the dancers or the audience members? Sometimes it was hard to tell, with the holiday spirit overflowing throughout the day and into the night.Journal photographer Wilmer Joel snapped this photo of […]