Local Attire and Celebration

Although The Western cultures have influenced our culture in many ways we try to relive our traditions on March 1st every year by celebrating Yap Day where every native must wear the local attire and display local stuff for everyone to see. During the celebration a village or certain villages perform local dances to show off how much talent the village has.

This picture above is of the people of my village about to perform this year, the man leading the dance is my father, each time a dance is to march on to the dancing grounds a man of the village must escort the dance holding the young palm leave to show that the dance comes on good terms and also to chase away negative spirit. This is the every day attire for women back in the day.

This picture is of men's standing dance from another village. This is the attire for men back in the day everyday.