People |
of the |
Micronesian islands |
have been under |
American administration |
since 1947. |
Only on |
remote islands |
do |
original costumes |
persist |
- grass skirts |
or lava-lavas |
for women, |
thus for men. |
High school students |
staged |
this traditional |
stick dance. |
Notes courtesy |
of the |
photographer |
from |
Images of the World |
National Geographic Society, |
Washington, |
1981. |