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“I want to honor Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur. He led voyages across the Pacific and helped keep alive the traditional art of sailing without modern tools.”
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur, captain of the Alingano Maisu, a cultural teacher, steward, and guardian of ancestral wayfinding knowledge. A son of Satawal in the Federated States of Micronesia and the son of legendary master navigator Mau Piailug, Sesario began sailing with his father at just 5 years old. He went on to lead 20 voyages across the Marianas, Palau, Yap, Taiwan, and Japan, helping preserve the ancient art of navigating the Pacific without modern instruments. Sesario carried forward his father’s legacy and helped ensure traditional navigation remained a living heritage, one that connects the peoples and islands of Oceana across our vast Pacific. On behalf of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands, I extend my deepest gratitude to Captain Sesario; his wife, Florentina; his children; grandchildren; family; and friends. His teachings will endure for generations, and his spirit will live on in the stars, skies, and seas. ``A very big thank you’’; ``Un dangkulu na Si Yu’us ma’ase yan, kinisou.’’”
Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur, captain of the Alingano Maisu, a cultural teacher, steward, and guardian of ancestral wayfinding knowledge. A son of Satawal in the Federated States of Micronesia and the son of legendary master navigator Mau Piailug, Sesario began sailing with his father at just 5 years old. He went on to lead 20 voyages across the Marianas, Palau, Yap, Taiwan, and Japan, helping preserve the ancient art of navigating the Pacific without modern instruments. Sesario carried forward his father’s legacy and helped ensure traditional navigation remained a living heritage, one that connects the peoples and islands of Oceana across our vast Pacific. On behalf of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands, I extend my deepest gratitude to Captain Sesario; his wife, Florentina; his children; grandchildren; family; and friends. His teachings will endure for generations, and his spirit will live on in the stars, skies, and seas. ``A very big thank you’’; ``Un dangkulu na Si Yu’us ma’ase yan, kinisou.’’