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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

PÅLE' TARDIO

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P å le' Tardio saying Mass right after the American arrival in the summer of 1944 (Notice the tattered sleeve of the altar boy...
Monday, July 7, 2014

KÅNTAN MAÑENGGON

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This song goes to the tune of the Marine Corps Anthem.  "From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli." The Chamorro...
Friday, July 4, 2014

WHAT COLORS DID OUR ANCESTORS SEE?

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The question may seem foolish to you. But, did you know that not all languages "see" colors the same way others do? For ex...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

MAESTRO SIHA GI 1885

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Escuela de Niñas (Girls School in Hagåtña) Who were teaching in the schools of the Marianas in the late 1800s?  Here's a list fr...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

CHAMORRO MESSAGING ACRONYMS

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SYM Si Yu’us Ma’åse’ TG Tåya’ Guaha NUR Nangga Un Råto SMJ Sus Maria Jose KMYC Katna Måmåtai Yo’ ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

ÅMKO' VERSUS BIHO

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Tan Etbin Chamorro has more than one word to express the idea "old." Å MKO' The interesting thing is that only one ...
Monday, June 30, 2014

GRACE BEFORE MEALS IN CHAMORRO

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Guam 1960s There is a wonderful freedom we enjoy when it comes to Christian prayer. As long as it is said from the heart, with due a...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

ILEK-ÑA SI PÅLE'

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Seminarians at Fr Dueñas Minor Seminary I mañaina siha debe u ha respeta i inayek-ñiha i famagu'on-ñiha na bokasion . ( Parents sh...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

PRE-WAR BARRIGADA BARRIOS

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The modern village of Barrigada which we know today was not quite the same as it was before the war. Indeed, in the late Spanish per...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

FORGOTTEN CHAMORRO : HUNTER

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KASADULES : hunter This word is so forgotten, it doesn't even make it into the latest Chamorro dictionary; a very extensive dicti...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

A CHANGING TRADITION : KOTPUS

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L Å NCHON KOTPUS IN HAG Å T Ñ A IN THE 1920s Catholics around the world celebrate an annual feast called Corpus Christi, recalling t...
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