Ii er a Iteruchel, Airai State, Ngerusar
2005. Ii er a Iteruchel, Airai State, Ngerusar. Palau Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs
From the Brochure: "Itermruchel Cave is a prehistoric cave in Ngerusar region, entered the Palau Register of Historic Places in the year 2000, as one of the most significant prehistoric cave in Ngerusar rock islands. In the past, a traditional young men club of Ngerusar by the name of Ngaraklaseki used the cave as a gathering place to discuss fishing matters and fishing trips especially when Ngerusar village was planning a feast (mur) or klechedaol (invited guests) coming to the village. The round depression at the floor of the cave was used by the Ngaraklaseki to pound dub, a type of tree whose leaves are poison, which would then be used to catch many fish. In the past local people were mainly plying between village by rafts and the cave was frequented by those coming from trip exhaustion or escaping inclement weather. When Yapese were in Palau quarrying balang from rock islands, circa 1700s those who were on the Ngerusar rock islands lived in those caves too." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Palau Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs, administered by the Pacific West Regional Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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- Brochure
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- 2005
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- Palau Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs
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- HPF
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