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  KORASON FÅHA Soft Hearted The fåha is the soft, juicy kernel of a brown, fallen coconut that is considered to be a treat by many people. ...

  It used to be a very common practice. But, today, even many devout Catholics in the Marianas don't do it. And that is to make the sign...

  A song for all our mothers, living and deceased, sung by the late Frank "Bokonggo" Pangelinan. MAGOF HA'ÅNEN MAN NÅNA! HAPPY...

  One hundred years ago, this is what the road going down San Ramón Hill into Hagåtña looked like, in the photo to the left. Just kaskåho (...

  Guam was so devoutly Catholic in the 1800s that a political prisoner may have been liberated from captivity partly on account of it. In 18...

  One of the noble traits of the traditional culture of the past, still practiced by many, is the great care we had for each other, especial...

Manuel, age 16, was at the kitchen sink when he casually asked his grandmother : Manuel : Nåna, håfa "sponge" gi fino' Chamorr...

We all know it as Camel Rock. It only looks (vaguely) like a camel if you look at it from a certain angle. Otherwise, it just looks like a f...

  Guam has been ruled mainly by two foreign powers, Spain and the United States. Both nations have used Guam as a place of exile. Just as th...

  Here is a slice of old village life that mental health professionals and others may reprove, but it happened and may even happen today. I ...

  YANGGEN NAPPA' UN TÅNME, SIEMPRE NAPPA' DOKKO' If you plant nappa', nappa' will sprout. The other day I was sharing wi...

  MAKING ÅGUAYENTE OR AGI Early 1800s Guam As someone once told me, "Almost anything can be made booze, if it has sugar." So our a...