Pohnpei Culture

Religions and culture of expression - Pohnpei

Religions. There was a sophisticated system of religion before the advent of overseas missions. Under an order of superior gods were smaller ghosts named iniwohs, which controlled the motions of the country, the heavens and the ocean. Ghosts of the dead, especially chief, should interfere in the lives of the people.

Different convictions in different areas contributed to the complexities of the Pohnpei religion system. Today the isle is split in equal parts between Roman Catholicism and a number of Evangelical confessions, the biggest of which is the Congregation itself. Whereas Christianity has suppressed much of this system of tribal belief, most Pohnpeians today still acknowledge the presence of ghosts and the effectiveness of witchcraft.

Areligious Practitioners. Today, American Jesuit misionaries are leading the business of the Roman Catholics with the help of the help of diacons. The majority of Lutheran congregations are led by Pohn-Peian clergy. Today the Poohnpeians are following the Christian-religious calender. In the past there were devotional rites in holy places on the islands to venerate the indigenous gods, to reward the country and the ocean and to guarantee a multitude of people' s efforts.

A lot of Pohnpei's singular art expressions have been destroyed by the West. Pohnpeiane dancing. Panpohnpeians depend on a mixture of West medicines and herbs. Although they acknowledge many occidental medicinal practice and convictions, the people of Pohnpei still see many diseases as due to magic or the breaking of culturally taboo.

the afterlife. The Pohnpeians have a stoical, tolerant stance towards their deaths. This is the biggest and most important festival on the isle. Intermittent usually occurs within 24 hrs after their deaths. It'?s a four-day burial. The commemoration of the one-year commemoration mark the end of all grief.

Christendom has transformed the Poohnpeian faith in the character of the afterlife and the homes of the deceased people.