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The official languages of Palau are Palauan and English, except in two states (Sonsorol and Hatohobei) where the local languages, Sonsorolese and Tobian, respectively, along with Palauan, are official. Japanese is spoken by some older [citation needed] Palauans and is an official language in Angaur.
The music of Palau finds its heritage in Micronesia, but it has been supplemented with influences from the United States and Western Europe, as well as Japan.. The government department of the Republic of Palau and Director of the Bureau of Arts and Culture are in charge of developing and implementing cultural policies is the Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs.
Palauan cuisine (2 C, 9 P) R. ... Sports in Palau (13 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Culture of Palau" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Palauan language is an outlier among the Austronesian languages, and so does not shed much light on the origins of the modern population. However, there are some indications that it may derive from the Sunda Islands (modern Indonesia).
Micronesian culture is very diverse across island atolls [39] and influenced by the surrounding cultures. In the east one finds a more Polynesian culture with social classes (nobility, commoners and slaves) and in the west a more Melanesian-Indonesian influenced culture led by tribal chiefs without nobility, with the Marianas being an exception.
About 70% of the Palauan population lives in the city of Koror on Koror Island. Koror is the former capital of the nation. The present capital is Ngerulmud , in Melekeok State on the bigger but less developed island of Babeldaob —the second-largest island in Micronesia after Guam .
As of 2006, the first floor exhibition space displayed Palau's traditional culture and arts, including bead money and the house-buying ceremony known as ocheraol. [ 4 ] In the wider museum compound is a library of over 5000 books relating to the history and culture of Palau. [ 5 ]
Many of these Palauan women raised their mixed-race children singlehandedly, while others were abandoned and adopted by Palauan families. [59] Some Japanese-Palauan families migrated to Japan, but generally faced a cultural shock and petitioned to return to Palau after living in Japan for some years.