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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 […]

First Presidential visit to Ejit

By Journal on December 9, 2021 Ben Reimers, David Kabua, Ejit, First Presidential visit, Ginger kabua, Gospel Day, Kessai Note, Kili-Bikini-Ejit Local Governmen, Mary Note, Petersen Jibas, Protestant Church, Tim Mea, Wilmer Joel News Archive

WILMER JOEL President David Kabua and First Lady Ginger Kabua were welcomed island-style this past Sunday in the first-ever official visit by a President of the Marshall Islands to Ejit Island. They were both joined by Minister of Justice, Immigration, and Labor Kessai Note and his wife Mary, and Nitijela Vice-Speaker Peterson Jibas who arrived […]