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#REPOST @people_of_the_marianas with @get__repost__app “I famalao’an ni gumoggue iya guåhan | the women who saved guam”
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this is an oral history from guåhan that highlights the importance of women in our culture and provides an explanation for the island’s shape.
Long ago, a group of fishermen were in Hagåtña bay and noticed that the bay had gotten larger. A group of fishermen in Pago bay noticed that it had grown in size as well. Each day, the bays kept growing and guåhan was getting more narrow. A fisherman finally spotted the culprit: a giant fish. The island’s strongest men gathered to hunt the fish. They were unsuccessful for several nights, unable to find where the fish was hiding. The women discussed this while they were washing their hair with lemon peels in Hagåtña springs. The next day, the women noticed the lemon peels they used last night were now in Pago bay. The women realized that the fish must have eaten a hole under the island from Hagåtña to Pago bay! Now that they knew where the fish was, the women wove their long black hair together into a magic net. They sang as they wove, causing the net to grow. That morning, they sang to lure the fish from his hiding spot. The fish approached them and they threw their magic net over the fish, capturing the fish and saving the island.
This story makes me so proud to be a chamoru woman and shows how our women have always protected and loved our island. I’m gonna make a part 2 of this, so stay tuned!
This was my first time trying a digital medium and it was definitely a learning experience lol. I’m excited to keep practicing!
The iconic photo of the famalao’an putting coconut oil in their air was my inspo (:
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Repost from @gilli.art #repostandroid #repostw10
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