Lecture 13: Kustumbren CHamoru

Question 1

What is Culture?

Answer 1

the customs, institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or group

Question 2

What cultural values the Chamorros still have after the war?

Answer 2

• Inafa’maolek
• Centrality of family & clan (familia)
• Respect for elders (manamko’)
• Respect for women’s roles (si Nana)

Question 3

Did the Chamorro language have loan words of the Spanish vocab?

Answer 3

Yes
Up to 33-50%

Question 4

Did the Chamorro culture change, adapt, and appropriate other cultures and ways of living?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What are some food appropriation the Chamorros had used and recreated?

Answer 5

Achote (Chamorro) from Nahuatl, Aztec
Titiyas (Chamorro) from the central/south americn tortillas

Question 6

What Roman Catholic appropriation was added to the Chamorro culture?

Answer 6

Rosary
Techa (Tucha)
Fiestas (religious, social, and cultural events