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Ahu: Recipe
Agricultural Practices
Ancient CHamoru Agricultural Practices
Stained teeth. Judy Flores collection.
Ancient CHamoru Body Modification
Ancient pictographs adorn a wall of Gadao’s Cave in Guaifan, Inalåhan/Inarajan. This particular symbol has become a Guam cultural icon. Nathalie Pereda/Guampedia
Ancient CHamoru Cave Art
Thomas Cavendish, English privateer visited in 1588, described some CHamorus/Chamorros wear their hair in knot or two on the crown.
Ancient CHamoru Concepts of Beauty
Men and women shared the responsibilities of daily chores.
Ancient CHamoru Food and Diet
Ancient Chamorro Hat. Guam Public Library System collection.
Ancient CHamoru Jewelry: Manmade Accessories and Body Coverings
Lime-impressed pottery found on Guam has been dated from about 3500 Before Present to 1200 Before Present and is relatively rare compared to the huge number of pre-latte shards collected.
Ancient CHamoru Pottery: Early Calcareous Ware
Hineksa' sinagan by Jessica Chan, 2009.
Ancient CHamoru Use of Rice
First Band
Band Ensembles
Barbecue-Chicken
Barbecue
Jesus M. Crisostomo plays this unique instrument, the belembaotuyan. Judy Flores
Belembaotuyan
Bistek: Recipe
Bistek: Recipe
Blacksmiths, 1945. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Blacksmithing
Boñelos Dago: Recipe
Boñelos Åga: Recipe
Boñelos Dago: Recipe
Boñelos Dago: Recipe
Shrimp Patties: Recipe
Buñelos Uhang: CHamoru Shrimp Patties
Canoes
Canoe Building
Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro quarry men chipped limestone with basalt adzes and axes, they removed the rubble by hand or wooden shovels.
Carving
Lime-impressed pottery has been dated from about 4,500 years before present to 800 years before present and is relatively rare compared to the huge number of pre-latte sherds collected.
Ceramics
Chalakiles: Recipe
Chalakiles: Recipe
CHamoru/Chamorro Comic Strip: Juan Malimanga
CHamoru Comic Strip: Juan Malimanga
Pa’a Taotaotano. CAHA collection.
CHamoru Dance
A sinahi is a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by the high class members of society as a sign of status. Photo courtesy of Dr. Judy Flores.
CHamoru Jewelry
Kantan Chamorita Masters. Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA).
CHamoru Music
CHamoru's Love of Spam
Champulado: Recipe
Champulado: Recipe
Changes in Construction Styles
Techa Magdalena Santos San Nicolas Bayani. CAHA image.
Chant
Chicken Tinaktak: Recipe
Chicken Tinaktak: Recipe
Coconut Candy: Recipe
Coconut Candy: Recipe
compadres
Compadres
Artist Paulo Madlangbayan from Tribal Images.
Contemporary Tattoo
Cucumber/Daigo Kimchee Salad
Cathedral 1817
de Silleria
Guampedia Circle Logo
Dressing for Pig, Turkey or Chicken: Recipe
Empanada
Empanada: Recipe
Guampedia Circle Logo
Ensalåda: Salad
Eskabeche: Fish with Vegetables in Vinegar
Eskabeche: Recipe
Estufao
Estufao: Recipe
0087-KC 01-Pattera
Filmmaking
Black Fina'denne'
Fina’denne’: Dipping Sauce
Black Fina'denne'
Fina’denne’: Recipe
Titiyas
Flour Tatiyas: Recipe
Fort San Jose
Fort San Jose
Illustrations of Fort San Luis from the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) 1979 publication, Spanish Forts of Guam, by Yolanda Degadillo, MMB; Thomas B. McGrath, SJ; and Felicia Plaza, MMB.
Fort San Luis
Fort Santa Agueda
Fort Santa Agueda
The plan is of the barbette, below is the soldiers' quarters, and the arsenal of Fort Santiago.
Fort Santiago
Fort Santo Angel
Fort Santo Angel
Fort Soledad, the last Spanish fortifications built in the village of Humåtak/Umatac and is located atop a steep bluff. The fort provides a superior view of the village, the bay and the rugged coastline. Burt Sardoma for the Guam Preservation Trust (GPT).
Fort Soledad
Fritada: Pork, Beef or Venison Blood Stew
Tropical Fruit Salad: Recipe
Fruit Salad
Gollai Åppan: Starchy Vegetables in Reduced Coconut Cream
Gollai Hågun Suni: Recipe
Gollai Hågon Suni: Taro Leaves in Coconut Cream
Gollai Hågun Suni: Recipe
Gollai Hågun Suni: Recipe
Governor’s Fish in Coconut Milk: Recipe
Governor’s Fish in Coconut Milk: Recipe
Graphic Arts
0132-GSS 01-C.S. Symphony
Guam Symphony Society
Elena Cruz Benavente
Guam Women in Art
Guihan: Barbecued Fish
Guihan: Barbecued Fish
Figure 1. Image from an event at the University of Guam in Mangilao, Guam. Photo credit: Remedios Perez.
Health Consequences of Modern Diets on Guam
Figure 6. A ‘sinahi’ with Spondylus sp. beads created by Gordon “Figo” Salas.
Hima: Conserving a Cultural Heritage
Hineksa’ Aga’ga’: Red Rice
Hineksa’ Aga’ga’: Red Rice
Modern Hollow Block Home, Santa Rita. Shannon Murphy collection.
Hollow Block Cement Homes
Hotnon Babui: Roasted Pig
Header Contemporary Music
Jazz
Kadon Gamson: Recipe
Kadon Gamson: Recipe
Kadon Guihan: Recipe
Kadon Guihan: Recipe
Kadon Mannok: Recipe
Kadon Mannok: Recipe
Typhoon Karen in 1962 destroyed many homes. Private developers brought in a pillbox style Kaiser Pre-Fab houses which dominated Guam's housing scene for many years.
Kaiser Pre-Fab Homes
Kantan Chamorita Masters. Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA).
Kantan Chamorita
Kek Chokulåti’: Chocolate Cake
Kek Chokulåti’: Chocolate Cake
Guampedia Circle Logo
Kelaguen Binadu: Recipe
Kelaguen Guihan: Recipe
Kelaguen Guihan: Recipe
Kelaguen Uhang: Recipe
Kelaguen Uhang: Recipe
Chicken Kelaguen (Kelaguen Månok)
Kelaguen: Meat, Chicken or Seafood with Lemon
Linechen Birenghenas: Recipe
Latiya: Recipe
Linechen Birenghenas: Recipe
Latiya: Vanilla Custard Spongecake
The latte stones are placed in two parallel rows and the wooden A-frame is constructed.
Latte Structures
Lechen Biringhenas: Barbecued Eggplant with Coconut Cream
Lechen Biringhenas: Barbecued Eggplant with Coconut Cream
Lechen Biringhenas: Barbecued Eggplant with Coconut Cream
Linechen Birenghenas: Recipe
Lujan House
Lujan House
Lumpia: Filipino Eggrolls
Lumpia: Filipino Eggrolls
Figure 1. The plaster has weathered away from the mamposteria oridinaria, stone and mortar construction, walls of Fuerte de Santa Agueda (Fort Apugan), in Agana Heights, Guam.
Mampostería
Mannok Kadon Pika: Recipe
Mannok Kadon Pika: Recipe
Depictions of CHamorus and Carolinians taken from the Guam Public Library System collection.
On The Question of Tattoo by Ancestral CHamorus
Latte houses by David Lujan Sablan.
Painting
Pan: Dinner Rolls
Pan: Dinner Rolls
Pancit: Filipino Noodle Dish
Pancit: Filipino Noodle Dish
Pång’lao: Stuffed Land Crab
Pång’lao: Stuffed Land Crab
A costumed Chamorro dancer poses among the taro leaves.
Photography
Pistachio Cake: Recipe
Pistachio Cake: Recipe
Poetry/Spoken Word
Pole and Thatch Featured Image
Pole and Thatched Homes
Potato Salad
Potato Salad
Potato Salad
Potato Salad With Chicken: Recipe
Poto (Potu): Recipe
Poto (Potu): Recipe
Poto (Potu): Recipe
Potu: Tuba Rice Cakes
Printmaking
Quonset Huts
Quonset Huts
Guampedia Circle Logo
Riyenu for Fiesta: Recipe
Guampedia Circle Logo
Rosketi: Recipe
Salmon with Coconut Milk and Pumpkin Tips: Recipe
Salmon with Coconut Milk and Pumpkin Tips: Recipe
Old San Dionisio Signage. Omaira Perry/Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC)
San Dionisio Catholic Church, Humåtak
Sashimi: Raw Fish with Wasabi
Sashimi: Raw Fish with Wasabi
Shrimp Patties: Recipe
Shrimp Patties: Recipe
Song of Hope, Song of Faith
Guampedia Circle Logo
Spam Fried Rice: Recipe
Umatac Bay
Spanish Forts of Guam Overview
Steamboat Round
Steamboat Round
Tamales Gisu: Red and White Tamales
Tamales Gisu: Recipe
Tamales Gisu: Red and White Tamales
Tamales Gisu: Red and White Tamales
Catholic School Girls, 2008. UOG Island Theater.
Theater
Tinala’ Katne: Dried Beef
Tinala’ Katne: Dried Beef
Titiyas
Titiyas: Flatbread
Tropical Fruit Salad: Recipe
Tropical Fruit Salad: Recipe
Weaving, Guampedia collection.
Weaving
Wood and tin houses located within a Guam village.
Wood and Tin Houses

e-Publications

CAHA Workshops

CAHA-Cultural-Design
Cultural Design with History in Mind
Protecting Intellectual Property
Guam’s Festival of the Pacific logo.
What is FestPac?
Photo of the 2nd Workshop: Visual Arts Committee at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica National Museum May 17, 2014. Photo by Kristin Oberiano for Guampedia.
2nd Workshop: Visual Arts Committee
Jump Start
Jump Start Your Art

Biographies

Sleepy Lagoon by Adriano Pangelinan.
Adriano Pangelinan
Guam Census 2000 Ariel Dimalanta, well known Guam graphic artist, designed this logo for the Guam Census in 2000. Ariel Dimalanta/Ariel & Company
Ariel Dimalanta
The Bautista Brothers. Mico and Steven Scott photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Bautista Brothers
Chamorro amulet made from the hima or giant clam shell.
Ben “Sinahi” del Rosario
Bill Muna center formed a band with Pete Bautista. Tina Muña Barnes/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Bill Muna
Carlos C. Laguana surrounded by musicians.
Carlos C. Laguana
A solo image of a young Carlos T. Laguana, son of bassist Carlos C. Laguana.
Carlos T. Laguana
Carmen Romualdez Dela Cruz
Clotilde Gould in Classroom courtesy of Sandy Gould-Yow.
Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould
Tan Elena
Elena Cruz Benavente
The Duendes Hunter by Evelyn Flores.
Evelyn Flores
Father Marcian Pellet
Father Marcian Pellet
Taotaomona Fishing by Filamore Palomo Alcon.
Filamore Palomo Alcon
Flora Baza Quan
Master Weaver Floren Meno Paulino. Guampedia
Floren Paulino
Pete and Nito Bautista. Forrest Harris/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Forrest Harris
Frank Franquez Band. Joey Franquez photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Francisco G. Franquez
Frank Rabon
Frank Rabon
Genevieve Perez Ploke Snow
Greg Flores Yigo Mural
Greg B. Flores
Guam: Paradise Island, produced by Herman Crisostomo in 1984, is one of the first feature productions shot by a local filmmakers.
Herman Crisostomo
James M. Stewart in front of Government House, 11 October 1954. Manuscripts Collection RFT MARC, University of Guam.
James Murray Stewart
Joaquin "Ding" playing at a birthday party. Forrest Harris photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Joaquin “Ding” Palomo
Tun Jack Lujan is the island's Master Blacksmith. Photo was taken at Pulan Festival, 2008 Ipao Point, Tamuning.
Joaquin F. Lujan
Johnny Sablan, a pioneer CHamoru/Chamorro recording artist, received the “Island Icon Award for 2011” voted by his peers of musicians and island wide audiences at the Island Music Awards.
Johnny Sablan
Jose Gumabon. Ana Laguana photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Jose Gumabon, Sr.
Lanchoku (oils- 4x7ft)
Jose J. Babauta
Joseph “JD Crutch” Duenas
Judy Flores
The pendant is made of hima, giant clam, and its shape is referred to as a gualafon or full moon. The fine dark brown strokes of the dolphins on the gualafon is an ifit dust inlay. In the center is an atcho atupat spondylus inlay. The clasp and necklace are also spondylus beads.
Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente
Kie Susuico
3rd Guam Legislature, 1955
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
Leonard Iriarte and I Fanlalai'an Chant Group
Leonard Iriarte
Pete and Nito Bautista. Forrest Harris/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Louie Gombar
Lucia Fernandez Torres
Lucia Fernandez Torres
Good Friday. Photo by Manny Crisostomo.
Manny Crisostomo
Maria Yatar McDonald
Maria Yatar McDonald
Creative Expressions
Mark Dell’Isola
Melvin Won Pat-Borja
Melvin Won Pat-Borja
Ancient CHamoru Cave Art
Moe Cotton
Monica D. Baza
Norbort Tydingco "Mr. Smooth" was lead guitarist for the 1970's band "Chamorri." Pat Gumabon Sablan/Guam Humanities Council
Norbert Tydingco
Humanities Guåhan‘s Jazz on Guam project.
Patrick Palomo
Jazz vocalist Patti Lane moved to Guam, after singing in Japan for some time. One interesting highlight in Patti's musical career is the fact that she met Duke Ellington, while singing in Europe.
Patti Lane
Peter Onedera's play, AI HAGÅ-HU was based on the real true-to-life experience of a CHamoru comfort woman during the dark days of World War II.
Peter Onedera
Abstract Orange by Richard Castro.
Richard “Ric” Castro
Latte carvings, 2011.
Robert Taitano
Roberto Fracassini photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Roberto Fracassini
Si Judene
Ron Castro
Segundo Blas Featured Image
Segundo Blas
Victor Consaga
ANC Talk Show, Philippines, 2011
Vince Reyes
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