tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post113356154109860517..comments2024-02-13T18:29:24.630+10:00Comments on NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO: If the house of your culture and history was burning down, what would you take?Michael Lujan Bevacquahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075510205190074738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post-1159771154189667762006-10-02T16:39:00.000+10:002006-10-02T16:39:00.000+10:00Buenas Miguet,I really enjoyed this article.If the...Buenas Miguet,<BR/>I really enjoyed this article.If the house of my culture was burning down, I would throw myself into the ocean and put the fire out. Are we not the houses of our culture? Also, Does not survival also mean compromise/negotiation? Our history gives many accounts of our foremothers, in an effort to maintain our core values, adapting to a certain extent to imposed value systems to save what is uncompromisable. This is evident with the role Chamorru women have played in the Catholic church(emphasis of devotion to mother mary and the devotion to Santa Marian Camalen) Through a process of compromise Chamorru women maintained there roles as enculturers- a vital core value-when forced into the dominant colonial religion. Ofcourse, they where put in a position where they had no choice.They saved what they could the best way they could. However,with this example it is evident that Culture is dynamic and We are not passive participants in the preservation or perpetuation of our culture- no matter what dominant value systems are in place.What is important for me,is what was important for our foremothers and fathers-that I maintain my indeginous core values amidst the many outside influences that surround me and let it (this core) be the standard in which I judge, adopt or deflect other value systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post-1133692048368537092005-12-04T20:27:00.000+10:002005-12-04T20:27:00.000+10:00Gotta give a biba for this one chelu. "Survival me...Gotta give a biba for this one chelu. "Survival means spilling" thats priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com