text:  They have the traditional Micronesian flower crown, Ponpe State bird, and other floral patterns specific to the island. Emily Sherkiling is a Micronesian poet. She wrote her Ph.D. thesis on the history and poetic ethnography of the embroidered skirt. She says you can spot the difference with the Pakistan-made uros. For example, instead of an elastic waistband, there are shoelaces. The quality is not so good. You wash them a few times and they don't last.