Spanish Navy tall ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano arrived Feb. 26, 2021 in Guam's waters to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Magellan's visit to the island....
Guma' Mahiga and Acho Marianas Chamorro Slinging Demonstration Umatac Bay. 500 Years Fr: Guam PDN Representatives from Guma' Mahiga and Acho Marianas have gathered to prepare for an upcoming slingstone demonstration in honor of the CHamoru people and culture that encountered Ferdinand Magellan during his arrival to Guam, at Umatac Bay, Feb. 28, 2021. The cultural groups plan to hold their demonstration for the Spanish Navy tall...
A History of Guam. By Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty The First Battle. September 11, 1671. The attack came on September 11, 1671. Thirty Spanish and Filipino soldiers stood behind the walls. They fired guns called arquebuses. They also shot crossbows. Two thousand Chamorros surrounded them. Some men rushed toward the stockade. The soldiers drove them back. They shot musket balls and arrows. Pale San Vitores went...
Shortly after a performance at the Tir de Fona Internacionale, members of Acho Marianas Guam engage in The University of Guam's HITA TALKS with Carlos Madrid of the Micronesian Area Research Center for a conversation through the past, present, and future of Guam Slinging and its role int he 500 year anniversary and commemoration of Guams first Encounter with European explorers in 1521. ...
[caption id="attachment_8910" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Chamorro Slinging[/caption] The sling and sling stone have been a part of Chamorro History between 1500 years to 3500 years depending on who you talk to. As a citizen under the only national flag of the world with a sling stone--I've been fascinated with slinging for a really long time now. But like most other locals, was happy enough putting it on...
Guelo Slinging Tutorial Capitol F (Acho Atupak) // The Fokai Shop Agana. How to use a Chamorro sling also known as Acho Atupak. [caption id="attachment_9061" align="alignnone" width="300"] How to use a sling // fokai // acho atupak[/caption] ...
Stone slinging is an indigenous martial art with the ancestors of the Mariana Islands. Long suffocated with the Spanish colonization almost 500 years ago--Sling-stone artifacts are still found or "received". Buried in the ground, underwater, or sometimes even in plain sight above surface--Sling-stone gifts have been digested as a calling for stone slinging to once again protect and defend our people. ...
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