The Wedding of Manuel and Julie Flores in Guam, 1964.
SummaryImage is of the wedding of Manuel and Julie Flores in Guam, 1964. The Guam Museum is planning an exhibit in January 2025 that will
On August 21, 1969 Greg Duenas Perez set the world record for Pacific Blue Marlin, for catching this fish off the coast of Litekyan (Ritidian).
The fish was more than 1,150 pounds and 15 feet long. Siñot Perez’s record stood for 12 years, before being broken in 1982. This catch remains the record for Guam fishing til this day.
This past weekend the Greg D. Perez Sport-Fishing Foundation held a derby in honor of Siñot Perez’s fishing accomplishment. The goal of the foundation is to keep alive Guam’s proud fishing traditions, which date back millennia and continue to be maintained and adapted up until today.
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“Ta fa’nå’gue un henerasion asta i otro nu i tiningo’ i taotao-ta.”
“Ta fa’nå’gue un henerasion asta i otro nu i tiningo’ i taotao-ta.” A family mends a talåya’ fishing net near the shoreline in Malesso’, Guam.
Spondylus shells
SummarySpondylus shells carved to make beads were a very important form of body adornment during the Latte period of CHamoru history (800 AD – 1700