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Chamorro Culture

Indios

ndios were defined as the native indigenous peoples in all the Spanish American and Asian possessions. During the Spanish colonial period in the Mariana Islands

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Spanish Era Social Classes
Chamorro Culture

Insulares

Insulares was the specific term given to criollos (full-blooded Spaniards born in the colonies) born in the Philippines or the Marianas. Insulares were part of

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Governor's Garden. Guam Public Library System collection.
Chamorro Culture

Mulatos and Negros

During the Spanish colonial period (1668-1898), persons of mixed African and Spanish ancestry were known to the Spaniards as mulatos. They were mostly hired for

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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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Santa Marian Kamalen. Courtesy of Department of Chamorro Affairs (DCA).
Catholic

Santa Marian Kamalen

Santa Marian Kamalen, also known as Our Lady of Camarin, is the patron saint of Guam. The 300-year-old Santa Marian Kamalen statue is a revered

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