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dude same lol

Actually they did... They combine micronesia and Polynesia into their dances

Chamorro cultural dances (not the native 15th century ones though), were very alive, till they decided to ignlre them and artificially "reconstruct" what some think it 15th cnetury dances may have looked like, neglecting the dances they had dance for the past 400 cenruries whoch were truly theirs and no one elses.

Actually they did look to other islands in Micronesia and did research. Chamorro cultural dances were almost lost due to hundreds of years of colonization from the Spaniards, Americans, and the Japanese. There were very little historical records about the Chamorro Cultural Dances. Native dance of the CHamoru people was only vaguely described by early visitors to the Mariana Islands. The Jesuit annual report for 1669 to 1670 provides a rare description of a women’s dance. A group of twelve or thirteen women swayed their bodies in place, moving their hands in a pleasing rhythm. In their right hands they flourished some half-moons and in their left hands they held little boxes of shells and bells to keep rhythm. They accompanied their dance with singing in three-part harmony, including falsetto, led by a man in tenor voice. Their songs told of their history and “antiquities” (perhaps geneologies). Slapping rhythms and the combination of movements was described as very pleasing. The mention of half-moons and bells is not explained; and therefore it is not known if these were of recent importation since western contact or were locally produced. The description of dance costume and ornamentation is equally vague. The women wore fragrant flowers on their foreheads (perhaps garlands) and sometimes strings of red shells (possibly Spondylus) on which turtle shell or other trinkets were hung. They also girded their waists with these same highly-valued shells, and hung from them “small, well-formed coconuts” on strings made from tree roots. These skirts were more like a birdcage that revealed the body rather than covering it. The next historical description of native dance was made by French explorer Louis Claude de Freycinet in 1819, specifically because he requested to see native dance. He was told that the dance was performed on great feast days, where men and women alternated in a circle. The person being honored stood in the center while they sang praises about him or her. By the time of Freycinet’s visit it is apparent that indigenous dance was being overshadowed by Spanish influences. He described a celebration organized by the Spanish governor based on the “dances of Montezuma” imported from Mexico. The dancers wore colorful, richly trimmed silk and satin costumes that were brought out only for this type of performance. He also described how the people of Hagåtña informally entertained them by having their children dance around a sombrero, the boy chasing the girl who coquettishly allowed him to kiss her cheek at the end.

@@goodaimshield1115 no we lost a lot of our dances during colonization we didn’t just reconstruct them

@@uts4448are you implying Kiribati were influenced to shake their hips from Polynesians? There is Samoan admixture due to one clan from Samoa migrating there during ancient times. Tahitians and Hawaiians weren’t even born yet so not sure how Kiribati could’ve learned how to move their hips from them 😂.

right? people will overlook this and turn a blind eye to it tho 🙄 edit: they all need someone to hate on and apparently it's us

Dont disrespect my caulture

Marvin Martinez shut up ur people don’t have a culture anymore.

@@kavaniola479 They’re trying to revive Chamorro culture. You don’t tell him to shut up. His culture was almost lost due to colonization. What gives you that right to tell him to shut up and that he has no culture. They still have their language, that’s still culture.

Unai Apaka ahahaha! i knw my history! tell me where els in the Pacific did Chamorros ever visited? nowhere! yesssss because they had no need to go other places thats why they lost it a thousand years ago!! then check out the Micronesians who were & are still riding the wind like they were!!

Lol I’ve seen Fancy Nika on other videos about Guam. Him and Kona Bois Bang. They’re just haters. 😂 Nothing better to do but stay commenting on videos that have to do with Guam. Fancy Nika doesn’t even know what he’s talking about. Making claims without providing any factual information. He hasn’t even done his own research yet. If he did, he would know that his people came from the same place as us. Lol.

Faanēngaaw Narruhn Nika Why are you going out of your way to be such a hater towards Chamorros? Who hurt you? A Chamorro?

TheJollyjonathan no one! its just funny how yall be stealing others culture to make it urs!! its real funny !! as a Pacific islander myself its pathetic!!! we all have our own culture!!! idk bout yall!! lmfao😂😂😂😂

Faanēngaaw Narruhn Nika And as a Pacific Islander myself, a CHAMORRO, I can tell you that we definitely have our own culture and dances in Guam 😂 People are just trying to revive a culture from their own interpretation. Let them be. We have the Bailan Espanot, etc. Those dances represent Guam and the Mariana Islands well already. People are just looking for inspiration, not copying. That’s the difference. They aren’t authentic ancient Chamorro dances, but it’s a way for people to interpret history. Mind your own business and keep it moving. They’re not worried about you, so you shouldn’t be worried about them. Don’t hate. Just mind your own business.

Ai adai. Well educated people, like yourself, who apparently has done research about the time when the Spanish priests documented how MY people would dance and sing for example, are amazingly inspirational. I truly am ignorant for taking pride in something I love to do. I apologize and will promptly delete this video as a result of your kind, helpful, and beneficial criticism. Such thought went into your comment that I honestly must go in the corner and cut myself..........a piece of cake. But I don't want to argue with you. You are dangeruss with you're words and that blue Chief hat

Kam _ Chamorro dnt use grass skirts

So just like these "dances", you made up this fake story to fit in.

dnt lie! i read a chamorro history book & took chamorro history & do recall any of that! fyi i passed the class both semesters.

pacificrules lmao this is online and is A HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION. why are yall so pressed ? as if you guys are actually doing anything to perpetuate or help further our culture. if you have problems why not get involved instead of sitting your lazy asses down and whining and harassing people behind computer screens. Bula Guinaiya, Bula Ma’asi Lai

Faanēngaaw Narruhn Nika Lmao my teacher taught us these FACTS. and its indeed real for it was documented by European whalers back in the 15-1600s before colonialism.

what*

ignorant much, and very disrespectful.

Native dance of the Chamorro people was only vaguely described by early visitors to the Mariana Islands. The Jesuit annual report for 1669 to 1670 provides a rare description of a women’s dance. A group of twelve or thirteen women swayed their bodies in place, moving their hands in a pleasing rhythm. In their right hands they flourished some half-moons and in their left hands they held little boxes of shells and bells to keep rhythm. They accompanied their dance with singing in three-part harmony, including falsetto, led by a man in tenor voice. Their songs told of their history and “antiquities” (perhaps geneologies). Slapping rhythms and the combination of movements was described as very pleasing. The mention of half-moons and bells is not explained; and therefore it is not known if these were of recent importation since western contact or were locally produced. The description of dance costume and ornamentation is equally vague. The women wore fragrant flowers on their foreheads (perhaps garlands) and sometimes strings of red shells (possibly Spondylus) on which turtle shell or other trinkets were hung. They also girded their waists with these same highly-valued shells, and hung from them “small, well-formed coconuts” on strings made from tree roots. These skirts were more like a birdcage that revealed the body rather than covering it

Same as chuuk they have that dance called it Somas and now they not doing it beacause it was stolen and we show it wen the chamorros use it mixing it whit palauan and Polynesian chant and becomes one dance thats why we all confused cant tell what is the waving wit stick and kicking in the air means cus they mix up everything Everytime we se them doing it we recognize that is not there culture thats ours and they mix it whit Polynesian and palauan culture

@Suze Waathag....And your ugly and stupid...If you don't like the dance then don't watch it.

God bless you, davejcamacho1957, despite your bitterness and disdain. :)

Fuck u nerd

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Ignorance

All these people pressed because @davejcamacho1957 is telling the truth 😂

So beautifully expressed ❤

Stealing polynesian culture

As a student who graduated with Pacific Studies from University of Hawaii, I don't think Chamoru and Polynesians have similarities. The only common thing is that we are all pacific islanders. I'm not trying to critisize this traditional performance, but your closesr relatives are the Carolinians and Chuukese.

+FormEEh Ohyeah I'm Filipino

+RandomGirls Productions well, i was just responding to your comment. And thanks for standing up for the Chamoru.

+FormEEh Ohyeah duh becuz I respect them

+RandomGirls Productions that's great....i respect every human beings.

Kona Bois Bang I will not respond to your comment in anger or frustration, but to educate you and hopefully you would reconsider your comment. Guam, along with the other Northern Maraianas Islands are a part Micronesia....Guam is also one of the first islands to be discovered after the great migration of Austronesia...next to New Zealand, Philippines, and after the Inuits of Alaska. bones have been found on this island that carbon dates back 4,250 years....nearly 2000 years before the Hawaiians settled in Hawaii...and over 500years before the Egyptians built the sphinx we dance in costumes (with exclusion of the woven fabric) made from the different resources on the island, for example the leaves of the coconut tree, stripped bark from the trunks of a tree called "pågo". In ancient times we were naked and of course we can't perform naked in public. You feel we "copied" Polynesian dances because Polynesia is heavily advertized around the world. All because Elvis made a movie there to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jason Mamoa. Our dances may have similarities with Polynesia, but we don't AUNTHENTICATE our dances, but SUBSTANTIATE what was lost 500 years ago when the Spanish occupied our island. Our language was affected also due to Spanish, Japanese, and Western Influence. We do have unique dances that no other island has done. Reminder, we are nearly 2000 years older than Hawaii and some other Pacific Island nations. The Chamoru people built great monoliths called Acho Latte (stone pillars) that were used to support grand huts that housed 75 people or more. I'm pretty sure we danced and celebrated like everyone else. Another thing. We are not fake. We are a unique race with rich heritage and traditions. There are people who decide to enjoy the "American Dream" just like any other islander nation, but we never forget who we are. Tell me, What is the difference between Cook Islands and Tahiti, or Sa'moa with Tonga? I know the diffence because I made sure to educate myself before making such comments. I hope this clears some things up, please feel free to message me if you have any questions.

***** Guam just copied polynesian dances, specially hawaiian and tahitian. The costumes, instruments, music... are the same wtf. And there is no big differences between the Cook islands and tahitian dance, because at the origin it's one ensemble, the islands were separated because of the colonisation. So it's why you find approximately the same cultures in Tahiti and cook islands, even in the language.... It's same for samoa and tonga. It's surprising you to see the similarities between polynesian islands cultures? We are polynesians, so I think it's "normal"

Tahiri Sommer Thank you for your opinion. This is a free space where one can truly express their views on things. But obviously you didn't watch the whole video....and read my full reply. "Our dances may have similarities with Polynesia, but we don't AUNTHENTICATE our dances, but SUBSTANTIATE what was lost 500 years ago when the Spanish occupied our island. Our language was affected also due to Spanish, Japanese, and Western Influence. We do have unique dances that no other island has done. Reminder, we are nearly 2000 years older than Hawaii and some other Pacific Island nations." Also, don't say we copied Polynesia in their dances and costumes. There is only so much movements the human body can do. Costumes, I talked about that also..."we dance in costumes (with exclusion of the woven fabric) made from the different resources on the island, for example the leaves of the coconut tree, stripped bark from the trunks of a tree called "pågo". In ancient times we were naked and of course we can't perform naked in public." Our music and Instruments of course is a drum and guitar....really? Like percussion and stringed instruments were all polynesian? Songs....really? They are the same? I was at the previous Festival of Pacific Arts in Solomon Islands. The whole two weeks I immersed myself with the different island delegates. Our camp, we were housed with Tahiti. Guam actually got close to them to the point of tears as we departed. They told me the SUBTLE differences between Tahiti and Cook Islands....I repeat....SUBTLE!!!! Even the Sa'moans and how they say they are same but different with Tonga. I've done my research. 1st hand with the people themselves and talking to them. I know I can back my comments up. please watch the video in its entirety. You'll see some videos out there where you see Chamorro men do a similar chant like the Haka, or women gyrating their hips like Tahitians. Those are dancers taught from someone who doesn't know Micronesian but only Polynesian. Instead of looking for similarities....look at the performance itself. Men, Women, and Children worked hard for that presentation. This was their time to shine and showoff Chamorro culture and dance. I do the same when I watch any Pacific Island dance video.

Okay I forgot to precise that my comment is not about this video precisely, but about what I see in general on youtube. A lot a lot a lot of videos show traditional chamorro dance but clearly is Tahitian or Hawaiian. I went to Guam as a Tourist, I have a good surprise to see that there was some Tahitian dance show, but I was shocked when I heard people say that is traditional chamorro dance. How it can be traditionnal chamorro dance, when you use tahitian song with tahitian lyrics (or hawaiian whatever. I'm Tahitian so i'm focus in it), some traditional percutions, or the tahitian ukulele, with exactly the same costume for the dancers but also for the musicians. You I know I think your video show something more traditional from Guam, but I m really shocked when I saw a lot of videos on youtube showing tahitian dance and titled "traditional Chamorro Dance" Sorry for my english, I speak french (From Tahiti - French Polynesia )

Tahiri Sommer Whoever you spoke to must have not known the difference. A lot of dances performed in Guam or the CNMI are tahtian because we perform our dances as well as other Pacific Islander dances for the tourists. We start with ours and then dance others. For you to assume that the whole Chamorro people copied Polynesian dances and culture was very ignorant. Please, when you feel the need to criticize a whole people, do some research first. How would you feel if said Tahitians are just Hawaiians? That your culture is just copying the Hawaiians? The Ancient Chamorro, or as Guam says "Chamoru," migrated into the Pacific Ocean thousands of years before your Polynesian Ancestors did. We were the first to sail the oceans and make the islands our home. If you wish to know real tradition and want to learn more, then I encourage you to visit the CNMI. Don't go to the tourists shows, go and share a meal with the Natives.

Thank you!!! Thanks for sharing too!

***** You're welcome! Also, sharing is caring, so.. hahaha.