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  Ma faisen si Juan gi eskuela, "Kao hihot-ña i pilan kontra Guam pat hihot-ña Manila?" (Juan was asked in school, "Is the mo...

JK SHIMIZU'S SCHOONER Mariana Maru We all know that Guam and the Northern Marianas form two separate governments. Still, both are under ...

  JOSEFINA LEÓN GUERRERO MARTÍNEZ Josefina LG Martínez, a young mother in her 20s, was peacefully frying bananas in her home in Sinajaña one...

  Jesús Villagómez Santos (1905-1968) had a very pronounced limp, and it wasn't temporary. It was such a noticeable limp that people wou...

  ROSA GUMATAOTAO TENORIO 1888 ~ 1969 Alfonso was a píkaro (naughty) man in his early 20s. He had been caught more than once sneaking into ...

  INFANT OF PRAGUE CATHOLIC NURSERY & KINDERGARTEN Tå'i, Mangilao Nurseries, pre-schools, kindergartens and day care centers abound ...

  The road up to San Ramón Hill, forty-one years apart. In 1981, the road was decorated for the arrival of Pope John Paul II on February 22,...

  This short hymn about the Holy Rosary is almost not a hymn on account of its brevity - just three strophes long with no refrain. Secondly,...

  When the biological father chooses a godfather for his child to be baptized, the two fathers become compadres , also called kompaire .   C...

  SITE OF SAMOAN VILLAGE IN SAIPAN 1909 to 1915 In 1909, both Saipan and Samoa belonged to Germany. Among the various differences between th...

  I met a man attending a funeral and, to make conversation, I asked him if he knew the deceased man. This is how the conversation went. ~ K...

  In the 1920s, María was arrested and taken to court. The crime? Adultery. She was found guilty and sentenced to serve time in Hagåtña'...

  The Sorrowful Mother is a big part of traditional Chamorro devotion. Chamorro women, especially mothers, strongly identify with the Virgin...

  THE QUEEN WITH GOVERNOR RICKY BORDALLO and First Lady Madeleine Bordallo with Prince Philip As the world mourns the passing of a Queen alm...

GRANDMA WALKING BAREFOOT FOR MILES TO THE RANCH before the war In the 1990s, an older woman shared with me this description of prewar life o...