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The first host of the ethnobotany class cultural ceremony back in 2002 received a new title this year, Soumaka en Pikiniap, and thus the class returned to the first place the class had gone to observe and learn about the sacred sakau ceremony of Pohnpei. Sakau (kava) on the peitehl The first term the ethnobotany class ran at the college, in the spring of 2002, the textbook in use at that time covered and I lectured on the Samoan kava ceremony. I had never been to Samoa. I was lecturing on a ceremony I had never experienced to a classroom of students some of whom from a culture with its own kava ceremony. Although to the best of my knowledge no class had ever made a field trip to observe and learn about the local kava ceremony, I decided to risk seeking permission for such a trip the next term, fall 2002. Preparing the sakau for squeezing: pounding with a moahl Between fall 2002 and fall 2006 the class had visited the nahs of Lempwei, the current Soumaka en Pikiniap. This ...

The SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany class ends the term observing the traditional ceremony at the heart of Pohnpeian culture - nohpwei. This is an out-of-the-classroom experience, out in the community, in a local nahs. Wadel Jr., Sepe Rose, Diana, Vern, Delinah, Merlynn starting the hike up the mountain This term the visit was to a nahs up the mountain to the east of campus. Due to the steep terrain and poor road condition, the class would have to walk in. Students with medical conditions were excused. Garvin Sepe Rose, Vern, Delinajh, Diana Delinah, Vern en route A car did follow the class up, but the car spun out repeatedly on gravel and bottomed out in places Already in the nahs was Nayme and Kayleen   Garvin and Darnick Faustino Jr., Wadel Jr., Vern Edson, Garvin, Darnick Edson as ouarir to Ounmwar, Lepen as the menindei Lepen, shirt off to show respect to Ounmwar, explains some of the terminology in Luelen Bernart's chapter on sakau...

This term the SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany class held their capstone experience in Poras, Sokehs. with the Soumas en kousapw Poras, Pwoud Lepen Palikir, also holding the title of Nahlaim. The class was honored by the presence of Pwoud Lepen Palikir and the Peliental for kousapw Palikir, Naus. Details on the ceremony in English are contained in the course textbook . Details in Pohnpei are contained Pohnpei culture curriculum documents intended for use in the seventh and eighth grade. A more recent document prepared by Kasio Paul covers  Sakau en Enilahp (Sakau Ro) . Just past Palikir Elementary School On the way to Poras Along the road Further along The bridge on the way Nan mal Poras Arrival Campnosperma brevipetiolata on the stump of a telephone pole Yet to be identified local plant referred to as "kerala" Pelen mwahu peitehl Pelen Koadu Soumoahl Pwoaikoar: tehn wehd 3:42: The students arrive in twelve minutes ...