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  In 1874, a Spaniard by the name of Francisco Chacón Lara was exiled to Guam for political reasons. Years later, he wrote a book about his ...

  I taotao siha, annai ma hahasso i taotaomo'na, ma popo'lo na man dångkulo yan man lokka' siha. Ya hunggan magåhet taiguennao p...

  How should we end our prayers in Chamorro? You hear "Amen" a lot of the times but sometimes you hear " Taiguennao mohon. ...

  In many families, a female member who became a godmother ( matlina , or nina ) for one baby in the family was called NINA by everybody, ev...

  In 1874, a Spanish political exile named Francisco Chacón Lara came to Guam. Years later, he wrote a book about his time on Guam and what ...

  FIESTA SCHEDULE FROM 1977 NA' TAOTAO TUMANO' is a Chamorro term used on Guam for the communal meal served to the faithful who att...

The center of the CELIS family is Saipan, but there is a small branch on Guam. It all began with a man named AGATÓN CELIS from the Philip...

  The name of Guam's cathedral-basilica is a Spanish one. Dulce Nombre de María, which means "the Sweet Name of Mary." It'...

  Todo håfa bidå-mo siempre un binisita. Everything you do will surely visit you. This is one Chamorro way of saying "what goes around ...

  In modern times, dialing a wrong number brings you to a dead end. Lucky if the other party even says goodbye before they hang up. Lucky if...

  We used to hear before that children should only be seen, not heard. But the older Chamorro custom in many families was that children shou...

  Whaling was dangerous business. Those whales can be huge. They have great power. And they do not enjoy being hunted. They can retaliate an...

  There was a time when the sound of the name HALÅGUAK sent shivers down the spine of some war survivors. Often spelled JALAGUAC in the old ...

  THE GREEN HOUSE IN BARRIGADA The battle between the Americans and the Japanese over Guam in 1944 involved many different clashes. There wa...

  This is a Chamorro hymn to Our Lady of Mount Carmel which teaches us how the early Christians associated the Blessed Mother with a cloud c...