Puluwatese people

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The Puluwatese people are an indigenous Micronesian community of skilled seafarers and navigators traditionally inhabiting Puluwat Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pulapese people 1
Puluwatese people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Micronesian people
ethnic group
continent Oceania
ethnicityOf Puluwat Atoll
ethnologueCodeForLanguage puw
hasCulturalHeritageStatus intangible navigation knowledge
hasCulturalPractice open-ocean voyaging
outrigger canoe building
star-based navigation
traditional navigation
wayfinding without instruments
hasDemographicCharacteristic small population
hasNeighboringPeople Chuukese people
linked to: Micronesians

Mortlockese people
hasSettlementType atoll community
hasTraditionalKnowledge ocean swells reading
reef and current navigation
star compass system
indigenousTo Chuuk State
Federated States of Micronesia
Puluwat Atoll
knownFor expert seafaring
non-instrument navigation
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Micronesian languages
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chuuk State
Federated States of Micronesia
navigationTraditionInfluenced modern Pacific wayfinding revivals
partOf Caroline Islands peoples
Micronesia
region Western Pacific Ocean
religion Christianity
sharesCulturalAffinityWith Carolinian people
Poluwat Atoll communities
Satawalese people
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdom
traditionalReligion Micronesian indigenous religion
traditionalSubsistence breadfruit cultivation
copra production
fishing
taro cultivation
usesLanguage Puluwatese language
usesVesselType outrigger canoe
sailing canoe

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puluwatese language spokenBy Puluwatese people
Pulapese language ethnicity Pulapese people
linked to: Puluwatese people