Guma’ Uritao Table of Contents Share This Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro bachelor houses Guma’ Uritao. Image courtesy of Bess Press, Inc. I mangguma’ uritao, men’s houses, were houses for young CHamoru/Chamorro men…
…but time is running out and the more I live the shorter life gets and plus, it does not take a rocket scientist to know you love someone. I think…
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…Guam, they are not adequate enough to control the brown treesnake population. Conflicts with people Even though the snake is abundant on Guam, most people rarely encounter a live brown…
Manachang Table of Contents Share This Lowest class, lowest caste In the social organization of CHamoru/Chamorro society, individuals from the lowest class were known as manachang. In her study of…
…Furthermore, a corresponding group of values and attitudes, along with behavioral and social adaptations, enabled the islands’ ruling lineages and Spanish visitors to manage the iron exchange and other aspects…
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…Mrs. Josefa Cruz Certeza, known affectionately to her family, friends, and the community of Guam as Tan Pai, by amazing grace, still alive and well at 96 years old. Tan…
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…de la Corte reported that the three cannons mounted at the fort were unusable. By 1884, Governor Francisco Olive y Garcia stated that the fort was only useful as an…
…Oláiz to head it. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Docimea (or Docimium). He arrived on Guam in 1915. While he lived mainly in the capital village of Hagåtña, Oláiz…
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Indios Table of Contents Share This A CHamoru/Chamorro or Indio tending to a house guest of European descent. Js. Arago’s lithograph from Freycinet’s Voyage Autour de Monde, Paris, 1824. Guam…
…in 2012 in the Solomon Islands, which had over 2,500 participants from 24 different islands including Palau, Fiji, Hawaii and American Samoa. The 2016 festival will be the first time…
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