People from the Chuuk (also known as Truk) islands. State of Chuuk (Truk) is one of the federated states of Micronesia.
Also a Polynesian language spoken by said people (also known as CHUUK, TRUK, TRUKESE or RUK).
Chuuk is the state with the largest population in the federated states of Micronesia (approx. 53,000). Chuuk consists of 11 islands 14 outlying atolls which surround the Chuuk lagoon. The main islands are Weno, Tonoas, Uman, and Fefan.
Chuuk was the site of a Japanese naval base during World War II and the lagoon is well known as a site for diving and viewing World War II era airplane and shipwrecks.
Chuukese men, as caught in photographs during the early 20th century, had a fierce visage: stern and unsmiling, almost angry-looking, with earlobes slit and hung with coconut shell rings, hair piled at the top of the head, a wooden comb emerging at a menacing angle.
Chuukese, after all, are not the only people in the world who vote on the basis of family ties rather than the merit of candidates.
Chuukese sometimes adopt a variant of the same response when they sense that their culture is about to be belittled.
Chuukese provided outstanding leaders for FSM during the first set of political status negotiations and during the early years of the new government.
Chuukese in pre-colonial times, after all, had no experience in subordinating the interests of their village to a higher polity, as did most other Micronesians.
Chuukese leaders are very reluctant to impose on the general population in any way.
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