Chamorro Culture Symbolism Entries

Balaku
Babuen Kuresma: Lenten Boar
chaife
Chaife’s Lost Soul
Tony Palomo Proverbs
CHamoru/Chamorro Proverbs
Guinahan famagu'on and alas detail from Freycinet rare illustration. Courtesy of the Guam Public Library System.
Gadao yan Otro Pinenta Siha: Traditional Art
Hilitai's Split Tongue by Frank Perez for the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
Hilitai: Monitor Lizard
Karabao, Workers and Rice Paddy, 1935. Ekelund collection from the Guam Museum.
Karabao: Water Buffalo
Brown Treesnake. Photo by Isaac Chellman.
Kulepbla: Snake
Latte houses by David Lujan Sablan.
Latte’s Significance
Taotaomo'na still taken from Alex Munoz's Return of Hurao.
Mo’na: Circular Concept of History
Trongkon Niyok poster courtesy of Guam Department of Education.
Niyok: Coconut
Warriors Attack From Ocean by Raph Unpingco, 2011
Slingstones: Weapons
Utak (White-tailed Tropic Bird) Sa'ipan, 2018. Photo by Rlene Steffy.
Utak: Itak
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