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Chamorro chants and Kantan Chamorrita (Chamorrita singing), a kind of Chamorro poetry, are also important elements of Guamanian music. Kantan Chamorrita is a kind of improvised poetry with a call and response format that is documented back to 1602 and remains a vital part of Chamorro culture. In Kantan Chamorrita, individuals and groups trade ...
The national anthem of the Northern Mariana Islands is "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" (in Chamorro, "Satil Matawal Pacifico" in Carolinian), which was adopted in October 1996. The song's melody comes from a German tune, "Im Schoensten Wiesengrunde". [1] Music festivals in the Northern Mariana Islands include the Fiestan Luta, an annual celebration.
The culture of Guam reflects traditional Chamorro customs in a combination of indigenous pre-Hispanic forms, as well as American and Spanish traditions. [1] Post-European-contact CHamoru Guamanian culture is a combination of American, Spanish, Filipino and other Micronesian Islander traditions.
Stand Ye Guamanians (CHamoru: Fanohge CHamoru), officially known as the Guam Hymn (CHamoru: Kantikun Guahan), is the regional anthem of Guam.The original English lyrics and music were written and composed in 1919 by Ramon Manilisay Sablan.
" Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" (Chamorro pronunciation: [gi tæloʔ gi hɑlum tɑsi]; English: "In the Middle of the Sea"), also known as "Satil matawal Pacifico" (Carolinian pronunciation: [sætil mɐtɐwɐl pɐsifiku]), is the regional anthem of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States.
The Chamorro people (/ tʃ ɑː ˈ m ɔːr oʊ, tʃ ə-/; [4] [5] also CHamoru [6]) are the Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia, a commonwealth of the US.
The eleaotua is a musical bow played in Guam, also spelled eluaotuas, eleaotuchan, and elimau-tuyan.This gourd-resonating musical bow likely has common roots with the Brazilian berimbau, due to constant trade between Asia and South America in the nineteenth century, during which the instrument may have been introduced to the Chamorro people. [1]
He pioneered Chamorro music on CNMI. Felicidad Taman Ogumoro (1949-2024) was a member of the First Commonwealth Legislature and cofounder of Western Pacific Associates. She was one of the first two women in the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature.