Freedom

A fellow blogger mentioned that freedom can not be bought, and I totally agree! it is to be earned, but in my island buying freedom with the stone money means, for example, you have done something terribly wrong like stole from others or killed somebody or something like that, and those people want to kill you or punish you, the stone money is somehow worth your life. It is up to your family to decide if they should trade with the wronged people a stone money for your life. It is rather complicated in these modern times where there's law enforcement and dollar bills. but that is how it was back in the day. There are other currencies used which are sea shells such as pearl shells called "Yaar" when translated into the English tongue it basically means knife. These sea shells are shaped to look like knives with fixed coconut husk handles and they can be used as tools, used as a currency or as a sign of peace offering with other people if there is a conflict. The picture enclosed is a mere picture of the sea shells used as currencies and you can actually buy land and other people with these too. it all depends on the value of the "knife" it must be ancient or one of a kind or in my point of view is should pretty much look ugly and old.

Yap Islands

I am from the Island of Yap, it is an island in the Western Caroline Islands in the Pacific 9 degrees North and a 138 degrees East. The picture on top is a picture of my island I found on the web. It is the smallest island of the   island nation in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is also known as the most traditionally cultured islands, whereas, we have our own currency. It is not the usual kind of dollar bill or coin you will see anywhere, hence the picture on the bottom. It is called Stone Money, although the usual currencies around the world are used to buy things, this type is used to buy freedom or buy allies or even people our getting people out of trouble. It is made out of limestone and was quarried from the neighboring
islands of the Republic of Palau. The stone currencies can rise from 1ft to 12ft tall. The largest of them all is left lying on the ground because it can not stand, due to it's heaviness. I wanted to post information about my  island so that people can know more about the Micronesian islands and the different people from there.