hola. gracias por su comentario. de verdad, los ultimos guameños que hablan español se murieron en los 1970's. por la influencia "gringa" desde 1898, el español no han hablado aqui en la isla. solamente las personas, como yo, que estudian el idioma, pueden hablar. pero no hay muchas oportunidade para practicar por aqui. gracias al idioma Chamorro, que tiene muchas palabras españolas, aprender el español no es muy dificil. espero hablar mucho mejor algun dia en el futuro. me desea suerte
Hi, I am Spanish and I visited your beautiful Island three years ago. For me it was shocking to see the influence of Spanish culture into the Guam (language, Plaza de España, etc...) but also sad because everything was so US style that I could not see what is the Chamorro culture. I visited the small museum (in a shopping mall) which I loved since it is the only place where you can learn something. General feeling: everything was deleted once US took over. Great you want to recover your roots!
thanks for the comment. it is true that the US tried to delete our culture when they arrived in 1898. and today the influence of globalization threatens what still remains. our roots are both native Chamorro and Spanish. we have indigenous roots and colonial roots too. it is refiected in this dance. some people may argue that the Spanish influence destroyed the Chamorro culture. but now the USA (culture?) is doing more to erase our tradtions.
i think if people are going to complain about the ancient dances and hawiaan dances, we might as well complain about the music. All our Chamorro pop music is from American and Reggae influence. we have the chamorro country because a lot of people lived on ranches and lived the farm life. we have the chamorro reggae because its a fun thing to listen too. whats the difference in complaining about the hawaiian dance influences and the chamorro reggae/country.? i dont see one?
to add on to my comment. look at the Hispanic culture from Latin America. many of them dont really know the ways of da anicent natives. THey do ancient dances of their people as well. It may not be accurate but they do what they have to do in order to tell stories of the ancient civilization before the spanish take over. Natives have lived in both latin america and Guam for thousands of yrs and the Spanish people were there 4 only a few hundred yrs. we cant 4get the ancient civilization.
These dances showcase our island heritage too. they are the only dances in the hispanic world that contain any element of Oceanic culture. that in itself makes them unique despite the similarities shared with dances of other former spanish colonies. most people would not know how to differentiate Samoan, Tahitian,& so called ancient Chamorro dance. They would all guess, HAWAIIAN. But our Chamorro-Hispanic dances really do set us apart. Lets use it to our advantage to create more awarness.
I love our spanish dances but i think why it may be proclaimed the "real dance" becuz it wasn't to long ago that Guam was a former Spanish nation. We look to our close island neighbors to decide what our ancient dances should be like. even though they maybe make it, its probably close enough to the ancient civilization. we cant 4get the ancient times. The hawiaan/tahiti dances r like pop-culture but it has influence our culture tremendously. Its the Post-Spanish era of dancing.
the Spanish culture was introduced to us only a few hundreds years back. Before that we had no Spanish influence. We do what we do to interpret the ancient civilization through Micronesian influences.We lost a lot of our identity and ancient culture from the Spanish. We do the ancient dances to help restore our native culture, this tells a story of ancient ways. Dont argue that we shouldnt have spanish words in the ancient chants. we cant becuz no one knows the dialect. so everyone just shut up
i think we lost most of our identity from the USA than the spanish. much more cultural confusion has taken place within the last 50 years than that of the spanish era. cultures evolve and change over time. be denying any one aspect of our heritage we deny our own identity. i totally respect efforts being made to recreate the ancient styles of dance, but at the same time i feel that they should educate their audiences that the dances are recreations and not call them authentic as some do.
actually, he is not asking where Chamorros live. he is commenting about how lively the chamorros are. like when we say Biba! its amazing how much chamorro one can learn if they study spanish.
LOL COCONUT DANCE =)
SaltedWater1 1 week ago
What's the name of this song?
dmanibusan 2 years ago
@dmanibusan I'm sure this is a medley of different songs. I recognize the first one as Escamina originally by Johnny Sablan.
DirtyProgBeats 7 months ago
Todavia quedan guanamenos que hablan español?
chono2008 3 years ago
hola. gracias por su comentario. de verdad, los ultimos guameños que hablan español se murieron en los 1970's. por la influencia "gringa" desde 1898, el español no han hablado aqui en la isla. solamente las personas, como yo, que estudian el idioma, pueden hablar. pero no hay muchas oportunidade para practicar por aqui. gracias al idioma Chamorro, que tiene muchas palabras españolas, aprender el español no es muy dificil. espero hablar mucho mejor algun dia en el futuro. me desea suerte
kuraku3 3 years ago
Hi, I am Spanish and I visited your beautiful Island three years ago. For me it was shocking to see the influence of Spanish culture into the Guam (language, Plaza de España, etc...) but also sad because everything was so US style that I could not see what is the Chamorro culture. I visited the small museum (in a shopping mall) which I loved since it is the only place where you can learn something. General feeling: everything was deleted once US took over. Great you want to recover your roots!
ragarran 3 years ago
thanks for the comment. it is true that the US tried to delete our culture when they arrived in 1898. and today the influence of globalization threatens what still remains. our roots are both native Chamorro and Spanish. we have indigenous roots and colonial roots too. it is refiected in this dance. some people may argue that the Spanish influence destroyed the Chamorro culture. but now the USA (culture?) is doing more to erase our tradtions.
kuraku3 3 years ago
@kuraku3 Amen to that! The Philippine culture is also undergoing this process.
mikhailthegrinch 1 year ago
@kuraku3 Hola.. te felicito, continua practicando el idioma. Ustedes tienen una hermosa cultura muy rica. Saludos. Javi. Desde Costa Rica.!!
Xaviereduardoful 7 months ago
i think if people are going to complain about the ancient dances and hawiaan dances, we might as well complain about the music. All our Chamorro pop music is from American and Reggae influence. we have the chamorro country because a lot of people lived on ranches and lived the farm life. we have the chamorro reggae because its a fun thing to listen too. whats the difference in complaining about the hawaiian dance influences and the chamorro reggae/country.? i dont see one?
jacrews9 3 years ago
Gracias kuraku por manener vivas las tradiciones de tu pueblo. Dios bendiga a la bella y vieja isla bonita de Guam!!!
chono2008 3 years ago
to add on to my comment. look at the Hispanic culture from Latin America. many of them dont really know the ways of da anicent natives. THey do ancient dances of their people as well. It may not be accurate but they do what they have to do in order to tell stories of the ancient civilization before the spanish take over. Natives have lived in both latin america and Guam for thousands of yrs and the Spanish people were there 4 only a few hundred yrs. we cant 4get the ancient civilization.
malafunksion10 3 years ago
These dances showcase our island heritage too. they are the only dances in the hispanic world that contain any element of Oceanic culture. that in itself makes them unique despite the similarities shared with dances of other former spanish colonies. most people would not know how to differentiate Samoan, Tahitian,& so called ancient Chamorro dance. They would all guess, HAWAIIAN. But our Chamorro-Hispanic dances really do set us apart. Lets use it to our advantage to create more awarness.
kuraku3 3 years ago
I love our spanish dances but i think why it may be proclaimed the "real dance" becuz it wasn't to long ago that Guam was a former Spanish nation. We look to our close island neighbors to decide what our ancient dances should be like. even though they maybe make it, its probably close enough to the ancient civilization. we cant 4get the ancient times. The hawiaan/tahiti dances r like pop-culture but it has influence our culture tremendously. Its the Post-Spanish era of dancing.
jacrews9 3 years ago
the Spanish culture was introduced to us only a few hundreds years back. Before that we had no Spanish influence. We do what we do to interpret the ancient civilization through Micronesian influences.We lost a lot of our identity and ancient culture from the Spanish. We do the ancient dances to help restore our native culture, this tells a story of ancient ways. Dont argue that we shouldnt have spanish words in the ancient chants. we cant becuz no one knows the dialect. so everyone just shut up
malafunksion10 3 years ago
i think we lost most of our identity from the USA than the spanish. much more cultural confusion has taken place within the last 50 years than that of the spanish era. cultures evolve and change over time. be denying any one aspect of our heritage we deny our own identity. i totally respect efforts being made to recreate the ancient styles of dance, but at the same time i feel that they should educate their audiences that the dances are recreations and not call them authentic as some do.
kuraku3 3 years ago
Nice performance. But I wish the dresses were more colorful.
cham0rro 3 years ago
so true. maybe there was a sale on this drab color of fabric. typically, hispanic dances are more colorful than this one.
kuraku3 3 years ago
Oh man... This is so nostalgic... Thanks..
squitano 4 years ago
QUE VIVAN LOS CHAMORROS!!!
psaluda 4 years ago
Los Chamorros vivan en la isla Guam. En el South Pacifco
malafunksion10 3 years ago
actually, he is not asking where Chamorros live. he is commenting about how lively the chamorros are. like when we say Biba! its amazing how much chamorro one can learn if they study spanish.
guamborn 3 years ago