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
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A prewar image of a CHamoru peskådot posing with a fanihi or fruit bat.
A prewar image of a CHamoru peskådot posing with a fanihi or fruit bat.
Fanihi were a regular part of the CHamoru diet for millennia, but have become highly endangered due to overhunting, loss of habitat and the brown tree snake.
It isn’t clear how many fanihi are left in Guam, since they often fly back and forth between Guam and Rota.
They have been declared an endangered species and it is now illegal to hunt or harm in any way the fanihi in 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