San Diego’s Chamorro community promotes traditions from Guam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2022
- The Chamorros bring a rich 4,000-year tradition from Guam to San Diego.
Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, with the majority of them living on Guam. “It's a beautiful culture,” said Danny Blas, a local leader in the Chamorro community. “It's a beautiful language and it's a beautiful way of living.”
Danny grew up on Guam, but then his family moved to Illinois. “Coming to Illinois, the only people I knew that were Chamorro were my brothers and sisters and mom and dad and my cousins that would come to visit,” he said. “So, I kind of lost my way.”
It's a common story with Chamorros. Through colonization and moves, the traditions started getting lost. But when Danny moved to San Diego for a job in 2002, he realized Southern California had the largest Chamorro population away from Guam, with nearly 20,000 Chamorros currently residing in San Diego County. “I landed in the right place to learn more about my culture.”
And while traditions started to fade, there was one thing Chamorro people never lost - their warm and inviting way of life. “The most friendly, most welcoming people that you will ever, ever meet,” Danny said with a big smile.
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Biba Chamorro, proud to be born a Chamorro, love our history our culture ❤ Thank you Danny!
Blessed to be Chamorro 🇬🇺🇺🇸Biba Guam
Yes, beautiful people beautiful culture
Hafa Adai San Diego🤙🏾🤙🏾Hoping to attend the festival next year👍🏾
Can’t wait!!! Let’s gooo!!!🤙🏾🇬🇺
Blas chamorro 🇬🇺 loveee it
Wow my home sweet home Guam Island good job to keep in culture i miss Guam alot
Bibaa!!! I love my chomorro people ! I am half chomorro myself my grandma is from barrigada I also knew little about my culture until I got older.
Thank you 💕💕💙💙 Untalan 🇬🇺
I love my culture❤
Chamorro-mainlander brotherhood forever (Carolinians, Samoans, and mainland Chamorros, too!). Never forget that the Chamorros of CNMI are Americans by choice. They could have pursued independence, like the rest of the former Trust Territory, but such was their love for our country, that they elected to merge their destiny with ours. Like our other Pacific brethren, we should be forever grateful for their incredible patriotism.
Biba, CHamoru! 🇬🇺
Chanting and dancing was a very important activity during pre-contact time. Shamans would use chants to help warriors into skirmishes, and dancing was use as a way to enforce and improve your status in your clan. Our original dances were erased by the Spaniards, but dancing is apart of our culture no matter how many taotaolagu say it isn't
Taotaolagu?
Heck yeah! Hafa adai my che'lu🤙🏽 protehi i Kotura Chamoru
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Biba Chamorro yan i kuttura-ta. Inorabuena para todos hamyu!
Biba Chamoru!!!
Violeta Chamorro
VIVA GUAM USA!!!.
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Hada Adai. Im a head custodian at an elem in north county. reppin Guam.
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Jarai ancestors
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Biba 🇬🇺
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Same in Phillipines etnic gruop
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they all look like Filipinos
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