The Pohnpeins don't celebrate many of the holidays celebrated in America, but they sure celebrate Christmas. They celebrate all month long. On Dec.1 there was a parade to kick off the month. We had just gotten out of a lesson when we heard the police sirens and all the children came running out to the street with bags in had to catch candy. The Pohnpien Christmas bells (suakau pounding) are also filling the air with their melodious tunes (when they pound the saukau roots they put them on a large flat stone and then pound it with smaller stones). It seems like every fourth man we talk to is drunk.
We've done a lot of contacting this week. Pohnpien directions are really
funny sometimes. The best was when a man pointed out a tree (in an area
covered in trees) and said "See that tree there, the family lives under
it." I'm starting to get accustomed to my new area. The people from
Kaping Marami have some especially strong members. There are a few
people that refuse to talk to me because I am white and then there are
always the drunks that come up to us on the streets and tell me how
beautiful I am because my skin is white.
Why did the couple that was renting the house move out? I thought they were staying 'til May. Is the last chicken still alive?
Momma,
you still have never replied to me about when it would be a good time
to skype the family on Christmas. Will all my brothers and sisters be
together Christmas Eve? What is the time difference between Guayana and
Pohnpei? I love you all so very very much.
Sister Beutler
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