#chamorro

Okay SO.

@boredzum-671 and I recently linked and agreed that there’s no way it’s just us in this brainrot- where are our cuzzies?!

If you know someone who is Pacifika/Islander- pls link us 😌💅🏽

If you don’t know anyone, signal boost and share this post - HELP US FIND OUR CUZZIES!!

If you are a cuzzie:

Welcome to the Whāndom

this is probably the first name reveal i've made out of all the islanders for this blog, and the opportunity was there since guam's human name, "inina", means a glimmer/intermittent light. "glimmer of guahan" my ass girl you became a whole fucking flashlight atp LMFAOOO

Hima carvings of Alahas necklaces

During the 1600s, colonial technologies began to be integrated into Chamorro craft. Objects originally made from shell or stone, for instance, started being made with metal, including the kamyu, a tool with carved teeth used to grate coconut.

Colonizers also restricted the types of jewelry and body adornments worn by the Indigenous population. Spondylus beads, which were precious to Chamorro women prior to colonization, for instance, became less prevalent.

By the late 1700s and early 1800s, the only unprohibited form of expression, religious devotion, and body adornment was the crucifix.

Tried a cortado for the first time 💛

Mental rambles: the urge I have to get back i to mandarin by working on translations for my own fun and games!!! But also? I wanna learn CHamorro, my people's native language that's been having an uptick with people tryna revive it from being a dead language.