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
Summary
Tan Floren Meno Paulino was born in 1925 in the village of Inalåhan. As a young girl she learned to weave first from her father. By the age of 12 she was proficient at weaving guagua nengkånno' (food baskets) and tuhong siha (hats). As she grew older, she learned how to weave more and more items from family and friends and eventually became skilled at making akgak (woven pandanus items).
Tan Floren Meno Paulino was born in 1925 in the village of Inalåhan.
As a young girl she learned to weave first from her father. By the age of 12 she was proficient at weaving guagua nengkånno’ (food baskets) and tuhong siha (hats). As she grew older, she learned how to weave more and more items from family and friends and eventually became skilled at making akgak (woven pandanus items).
Over her life Tan Floren demonstrated her weaving skills and displayed her work for countless school children and at numerous public events. Through her work at Gef Pa’go Cultural Village in Inalåhan, she shared her love of weaving with many island residents and island visitors. In 1997 she was recognized by Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA) as a Master of CHamoru Culture for Weaving.
Tan Floren passed away in February 2022. The Guam Museum offers its condolences to her family and expresses gratitude for her decades of commitment to sharing the culture of the CHamoru people.
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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