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Wansolwara: One Salt Water

Vanessa Low

The vastness of the Pacific can be hard to comprehend: the largest and deepest waters on our planet, home to tens of thousands of islands stretched across millions of square kilometres. The diverse traditions that belong to the people of this region go beyond just the geographic groupings of Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia; identities traverse locations through migration, evolve through conflict and healing, and augment as histories are passed on through legend and song. Yet, amongst this diversity, the

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