12 Years of Lukao Fuha
On February 1 st , 2014, 12 years ago, a group of activists, cultural practitioners, scholars, students and artists, through groups such as Our Islands are Sacred and Hinasso organized an event called "Lukao Fuha." It was a pilgrimage, a special walk from Humåtak Bay to Laso' Fouha or Fouha Rock, that was meant to symbolize for Chamorus, walking in the ceremonial footsteps of our ancestors in a variety of ways. Firstly, Fouha Rock is thought to symbolize an important part of the Chamoru creation story, as it represents the body of Fu'una, who with her brother (whose body is the land itself) gave up their forms and their energy to create the Chamoru people and our islands. Secondly, early Spanish accounts discuss that the largest gatherings for ancient Chamorus in the 16th and 17th centuries took place around a large rock, and part of these gatherings was the retelling of the creation stories and other legends that went back connecting centuries and generations of st...