PERPETUA TMETUCHL ONE OF THE 10 MOST FASCINATING WOMEN OF PALAU 2014 COMES IN SECOND MOST FASCINATING TIES WITH QUEEN BILUNG GLORIA GIBBONS SALII. PERPETUA TMETUCHL A considered leading woman on taro patch issues, a Palauan women sacred or staple form of daily delicacy to many homes. Mrs. Tmetuchl is a known wife of late local politician and businessman, Roman Tmetuchl whom a resolution was adopted in by the Senate of Palau in May 2006, in honoring Mr. Tmetuchl, renamed Palau International Airport as the Roman Tmetuchl International Airport. Perpetual Tmetuchl has continued several projects including voicing her activist awareness on rising sea level with Pacific Voyager, Voice Strom, Rising by Carl Safina. Her concerns are for protecting and conserving the health of very known important crops, Taro and the taro patch. In addition, Mrs. Tmetuchl has been active supporter of educational progression. A scholarship named after her late husband continues to support many Palauans in succeeding in their educational goals. For her intellectual cause for betterment of many Palauan citizens have earned her a respectful Palau Humanities recognition as one of the 10 fascinating women of Palau/Micronesia 2014. Perpetua Tmetuchl known by her nickname Tua expressed that she has been farming taro in the same place in Palau since 1980. Taro is starchy root and has been so crucial to island survival, and its a staple part of daily consume for many homes. Growing taro is part of tradition which is guided by custom and taboo. Men are not allowed into the taro patch at the time of planting. Women do not sleep with their husbands the night before, for fear that they will wake late, in the wrong frame of mind for hard work. Tua stated, Pacific Voyage site. Mrs. Tmetuchl expressed her concern on a rising sea level. She shared her experience for seeing the high tide coming up and flooded the salt water above the taro patch in 1996, during one of her walk with her late husband. From then on the water constantly came in every few months. Tua continued on as Pacific Voyage quotes Taro needs to be seasonally wet, so it’s grown near freshwater. But it also dry out. And—it can’t grow in seawater. Until the 1960s, most Palauans relied on local food for survival. Taro was the main source of calories. For older and poorer people, it still is. It’s starchy and satisfying, like potatoes, but the flavor—quite good—is different. Other ladies joined and expressed their concerns that new moon and full moon the tied gets higher. There are many lifeless plants during this time. In addition to her voice awareness on rising sea level, Mrs. Perpetua Tmetuchl has been keeping a good cause which has helped many college tenures. She has been a dedicated sponsor of annual scholarship by the family of the late Roman Tmetuchelto Palau Community College.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 01:07:48 +0000