CULTURE
Paulau’s history reaches back centuries to a once highly family-orientated, matrilineal society: during the Stone Age women were in charge of finances and the men had to ask permission to spend! More recently, periods of European colonialism led to Japanese occupation during the Second World War followed by American rule. Independence was finally granted in 1994. The result is a cosmopolitan atmosphere created by the melting pot of cultures.
The biggest influence is probably Chinese but with residents coming from Japan, the Philippines, America and Europe.
