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  Bwebwenato Jen Eto  
 Marshallese Legends 

[Please visit the national treasure known as the Story Project http://mistories.org/index.php]

 These Marshallese legends are from "Legends of Micronesia" by    Eve Grey, published by the High Commissioner, TTPI, Saipan, 1951.  Photos-Images from the Kramer Archive;  Go here:            
                    http://www.mistories.org/kramer-3.php                     
                      [The links below will open a PDF file]                      

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Liktanur and origin of outrigger sail
                           (pdf file)

Etao & Bro Jemeliwut legend
                     (pdf file)

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Go here for a link to more traditional Marshallese Folk Legends from the Marshall Islands Story Project:  http://www.mistories.org/tales.php

And go here for Marshallese life stories, also from the Marshall Islands Story Project:  http://www.mistories.org/life.php

Dennis O'Rourke-NPR-1986-"Half Life" - Unknown Artist
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Listen to this 6-minute 1986 NPR interview with filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke  
about the MANY questions surrounding the "accidental" wind shift during      the 1954 "Bravo" H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll in his 1985 film "Half Life"            

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