ETHNIC ART INSTITUTE MICRONESIA
DANCERS

DANCING IS AN ART FORM IN YAP. VISITORS OF THE ETHNIC ART INSTITUTE AND TRADERS' RIDGE RESORT ARE INVITED TO ATTEND TRADITIONAL DANCE CEREMONIES PERFORMED BY THE LOCALS AT THE ETHNIC ART AMPHITHEATER ON THE RESORT GROUNDS. THE CULTURE HAS NO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BUT USES IDEPHONIC DEVICES AND VOICE ACCOMPANIMENT TO ALL DANCES.  THOUGH TODAY THE WORLD IS CHANGING AT A RAPID PACE, YAP HAS KEPT HER TRADITIONAL ROOTS, AND THE ETHNIC ART INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING YAPESE CULTURE. NATIVE YAPESE STILL WEAR TRADITIONAL ATTIRE. WOMEN WEAR BRIGHTLY COLORED GRASS SKIRTS AND MEN WEAR THUS.  ATTENDING A YAPESE DANCE PERFORMANCE IS TRULY AN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, ONLY FOUND AT THE ETHNIC ART INSTITUTE OF MICRONESIA.