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WAM Old Canoe House
A tall A-frame workshop shelters the living craft of Marshallese canoe building.
The story behind the place
Waan Aelõñ in Majel, often called WAM, teaches and practises Marshallese canoe building and sailing in Majuro. Its own visitor information identifies an A-frame canoe house beside the centre’s other buildings. A project participant’s 2020 photograph singles out the old canoe house by its tall roof in the middle of the campus. This simple workshop connects inherited knowledge with hands-on training for new generations, rather than presenting canoe culture only as something from the past.
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Read more from the sources
- Waan Aelõñ in Majel — programme and visitor informationWaan Aelõñ in Majel
- Workshop in Majuro started — participant photograph identifies old canoe houseProas.is project participant
