Weriyeng (also spelled "Warieng") is one of the last two schools of traditional

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found in the central

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, the other being Fanur. By tradition these two schools were considered to be the most high of all the schools of navigation that once dotted the islands of the central Carolines. By tradition the Weriyeng school was founded on the island of Pulap, which is today in the

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region of

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Mau Piailug Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced ; 1932 – July 12, 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging. Mau's Carolinian ...

is one of the most famous navigators of this school. He trained the well-known modern Hawaiian wayfinder Nainoa Thompson.

Palu (master navigator) in this school

* Rapwi * Hipour

Notes

External links

Polynesian Voyaging Society Honors Mau Piailug

The Micronesian Seminar

Chuuk (Truk) Visitors Center
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