Chenchule’: A System of Receiving
Gifting, in its many forms, is part of many cultural traditions across the Pacific. It can mean the sharing of food or song, home or heart.
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Value Systems
Chamorro Culture, Chamorro Folktales, Featured, Guampedia Resources, Indigenous Lenses, Island Life, Multimedia, Our Heritage, People and Places, Value Systems, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life
Voices of Our Elders Media Files
Project Contributors. Toni “Malia” Ramirez, Antonia Degracia Castro, and Pale’ Eric Forbes, OFM Cap..
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Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
Matå’pang: Evolution of the Term
Evolution of the term. Matå’pang is a Chamorro/CHamoru word currently used to describe a person who is acting careless, rude or stupid. It is a highly-charged word, which can almost be considered to be a casual slang in some instances and a very insulting appellation in others.
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Ancient Guam: Religion, Chamorro Culture, Civic Society, Concepts and Beliefs, Our Heritage, Religion, Value Systems
Animism
Ancient religious philosophy. Animism is the belief that everything in nature – living and non-living – contains a spirit or soul. In ancient CHamoru society, the CHamorus held animism as a religious philosophy that supported the concept of the interconnectedness between people and nature.
Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
CHåmpada: Social Competition for Status
Competition for rank and status. As in any culture, Chamorros/CHamorus compete against themselves in various ways, whether at the level of individuals, families, neighborhoods, villages or regions.
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Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
Ma’goddai: Strong Urge
The Chamorro term ma’goddai can be described as a strong feeling one gets when they admire someone because of their appearance such as being poki (pleasantly chubby), cute, and having unique traits that distinguishes him or her from others.
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Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
Mamåhlao: Shame
The phrase Chamorro/CHamoru parents say to their children that best illustrates the core CHamoru value of respetu (respect) is “Mungga na un ma’ mamåhlao.” (Don’t bring shame to our family.)
Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
Discipline
Codes of conduct. From what is written in historical texts about Guam and the Mariana Islands, Chamorro ancestors disciplined children though not by corporal punishment.
Chamorro Culture, Our Heritage, Practices, Value Systems
Geftao: Unselfishness
In CHamoru culture many values are exhibited in daily life. Geftao (generous, giving in the CHamoru language) is an example of a principle that conveys cultural mores through practice and lifestyle.
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Ancient Guam Era, Chamorro Culture, Concepts and Beliefs, Historic Eras of Guam, Our Heritage, Value Systems
Aniti: Spirit
Aniti is the ancient CHamoru word which meant spirit. In its contemporary use, it has evolved to mean evil spirit or demon though some people are using it again to mean spirit.