MALOLOFFAN SI SÅNTA MARIAN KÅMALEN

Ilek-ñiha i man åmko' giya Hagåtña, na åntes de gera, kåda chatanmak, gigon ma dåndån i åtba, siempre u faloffan si Sånta Marian Kåmalen gi siudå.  Håfa na ha cho'gue este si Sånta Maria?  Sa' pot famagu'on-ña todos i man Chamorro, ya ha bendidise todo siha mientras lumålao taiguennao na tinaftaf ora gi chatanmak.  Ennao mina' mansangan na, guåha na biåhe, i taotao siha ni manhosme Misa gi chatanmak, ma repåra na fotgon yan gai inifok i imåhen Sånta Maria gi Katedrat Hagåtña.  Sa' håfa?  Sa' maloffan si Sånta Maria gi katsåda annai fofotgon ha' i cha'guan sa' trabia ti mananana si Yu'us.

Lao ti gi chatanmak ha' nai maloloffan si Sånta Maria gi halom i siudå, na kontodo gi annai esta para u homhom gi minachom i atdao, åntes de i oran orasion.  Ennao mina' ilek-ñiha i mañaina gi famagu'on-ñiha na cha'-ñiha fanbåbålli yan mungnga ma baba i payo gi halom guma', o sino ti u sugo' si Sånta Maria guato gi gima'-ñiha para u fan nina'e nu i bendision-ña.

There was a deep belief among many people of Hagåtña before the war that Our Lady of Camarin walked the streets of the city in the early morning when it was still dark to bless her people.  Some who went to the pre-dawn Mass claim they saw that her image was wet, with sticker burrs clinging to it, as evidence of her early stroll through the streets of the city.


But she was also supposed to make the same passage through the city at dusk.  You were not to open an umbrella or sweep the house at this time, or else Our Lady may not stop in front of your house to give you a blessing.