Music of the Marshall Islands Music of the Marshall Islands The music of the Marshall Islands has a long history. The Marshall Islands are an independent island chain, geographically and culturally part of the Micronesian area. It was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, governed by the United States, until independence in 1986. The "roro" is a kind of traditional chant, usually about ancient legends and performed to give guidance during navigation and strength for mothers in labour. Modern bands have blended the unique songs of each island in the country with modern music. Though drums are not generally common in Micronesian
Marshall Islands High School 1996 the dropout rate was 16%. The current president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, attended Marshall Islands High School before attending college in the United States. <http://www.rmiembassyus.org/Education.htm> Marshall Islands High School The school serves the following atolls and islands: Majuro, Arno, Enewetak, and Mili. Marshall Islands High School began as Marshall Islands Intermediate School, being established as a high school around the time at which the first class graduated in 1965, a class which numbered 13 students. An addition was built between the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, a period when several other public high schools