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
Last month the Guam Museum was honored to welcome a delegation of judicial officials from Papua New Guinea. They were given a special tour of our permanent exhibit, “I Hinanao-ta” and had many questions about CHamoru culture and history.
Last month the Guam Museum was honored to welcome a delegation of judicial officials from Papua New Guinea.
Last month the Guam Museum was honored to welcome a delegation of judicial officials from Papua New Guinea. They were given a special tour of our permanent exhibit, “I Hinanao-ta” and had many questions about CHamoru culture and history.
Present in the photo from Left to Right:
- Mr. Kopunga Kaa (Papua New Guinea National Court),
- Judge Arthur Barcinas (Superior Court of Guam),
- Justice Hitelai Polume-Kiele (Papua New Guinea National Court),
- Justice Katherine A. Maraman (Supreme Court of Guam),
- Judge Richard Clifton (Hawaii, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit),
- Lady Salika,
- Chief Justice Sir Gibuma Gibbs Salika (Papua New Guinea National Court),
- Guam Museum Curator Dr. Michael “Miguet” Bevacqua,
- Justice George Manuhu (Papua New Guinea National Court),
- Judicial Adviser Paul Kelly (Papua New Guinea National Centre for Judicial Excellence),
- Mrs. Manahu, and
- Judicial Assistant Shelterihna T. Alokoa (Supreme Court of Guam)
“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