Chechemeni’s Adventure

Location:Oceania, Satawal, Yap
Subject:Sailing, navigation
Length:85 minutes
Format:DVD
Hue:color
Year Released:2006 (original film 1976)
Series:
Director:Ryotaro Monden
Producer:
Distributor:Studio UMI Inc
Library Code:UHM AV/C DVD 7698
Description:Features a 3,000 km canoe expedition from Satawal Island to Okinawa in 1975 by Chechemeni, a Carolinian tradition canoe, and six sailors, including famous navigator, Reppwanglug. Checheminei is now exhibited permanently in the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
Record No:3507
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