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Chamorro Culture

Women’s Roles

Women today continue to maintain positions of authority in Chamorro/CHamoru society, both at home, in Chamorro families, and in professional careers whether they are Chamorro

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The men of the village were responsible for hunting and teaching the young men hunting skills.
Chamorro Culture

Men’s Roles

Mens’ role in societies have always been that of protector and provider. In the Mariana Islands, a change in the level of male authority was

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A young unmarried women, sottera, was often restricted to the house in Pre-WWII Guam. Photo from the National Geographic courtesy of Don Farrell.
Chamorro Culture

Sottera/Sotteru: Teenagers

Derived from the Spanish term “soltera” for an unmarried female and “soltero” for an unmarried male, the Chamorized terms “sottera” and “sotteru” are used to

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Matriarch by David Castro and Guahan Magazine.
Chamorro Culture

Ninana: Motherhood

A precise understanding of Chamorro/CHamoru concepts or designations requires a fundamental understanding of the Chamorro worldview, inafa’maolek, which is a social practice of interdependence and

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Kantan Chamorita

Kantan Chamorita is the contemporary name given to traditional call-and-response, impromptu verse-making. Practitioners refer to the genre as ayotte’, meaning to throw (verses) back and

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Nina. Leevin Camacho
Chamorro Culture

Nina/Ninu

Nina (patlina) and Ninu (patlino) , meaning godmother and godfather in the Mariana Islands, respectively, are borrowed terms from the Spanish padrina and padrino. These

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Royce Surigao is baptized. He is held by his parents, Joelyn Sanchez and Roy Surigao, and his four godparents. Godparents are chosen from family or close friends. 0038-F19 01-baptism5
Chamorro Culture

Kumpaire/Pari’

Kumpaire or pari’ is a religious and social term used to describe the relationship between parents and their child’s godfather. The word kumparie was borrowed

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