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Women and Religion in CHamoru/Chamorro Society

This video was presented at Guampedia’s CHamoru Heritage Series, 5 December 2012, Latte of Freedom Hall of Governors, Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex, Adelup.

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Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Indigenous Lenses, Interpretive Essays, Our Heritage, People, People and Places, Women in Guam History, Women's Roles

Women in Guam History: A Critical Reflection

This speech was presented at Guampedia’s CHamoru Heritage Series, 24 October 2012, Latte of Freedom Hall of Governors, Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex, Adelup.

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Chamorro Culture, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Gender Roles, Guamanian Era: Politics, Interpretive Essays, Our Heritage, People, People and Places, Politics and Government, Women in Guam History, Women's Roles

Women in Politics

This speech was presented at Guampedia’s Chamorro Heritage Series, 7 November 2012, Latte of Freedom Hall of Governors, Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex, Adelup.

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Guam Women in Art

This speech was presented at Guampedia’s Chamorro Heritage Series, 5 December 2012, Latte of Freedom Hall of Governors, Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor’s Complex, Adelup.

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Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Indigenous Lenses, Matrilineal Systems, Our Heritage, People, People and Places, Women in Guam History, Women's Roles

Mother of the Chamorro people. Fo’na is the female protagonist of the Chamorro/CHamoru creation myth. In the story, Fo’na (also spelled Fu’una) along with her brother Puntan (also spelled Pontan) devise a plan to use their bodies and spirit to create and bring life to earth and mankind.

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Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Our Heritage, Women's Roles

Mythological Depictions of Women

Source of life. Ancient Chamorros/Chamorus believed that women held the power of life and controlled the environment.

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Ancient Guam Era, Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Historic Eras of Guam, Men's Roles, Our Heritage

Fino’ Gualåfon: Moonlight Talk

Fino’ gualåfon was a style of language developed and used by young bachelors in ancient CHamoru society. The term fino’ gualåfon translates as follows: “fino’” is language and “gualåfon” is the full phase of the moon, or specifically, full moon language or language of the full moon.

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Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Men's Roles, Our Heritage

Mother’s Brothers

Ancient Chamorros were a matrilineal society, where family connections were traced through the mother’s clan. Land ownership was through women, and was distributed through these close family clans. The eldest of these women was the maga’håga.

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Chamorro Culture, Gender Roles, Men's Roles, Our Heritage

Mythological Depictions of Men

In ancient Chamorro/CHamoru society men were depicted as creators and as having superhuman strength. People used these concepts to attempt to make sense of the complex mysteries of creation and nature.

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Folktale: Chaife’s Lost Soul

God of the underworld. Chaife was the god of the underworld, according to one Guam legend.

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