tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post115793455457774059..comments2024-02-13T18:29:24.630+10:00Comments on NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO: Life in the Colonies, and the Lies of Facts and the Truths of FictionMichael Lujan Bevacquahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075510205190074738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875725.post-1158479975424992602006-09-17T17:59:00.000+10:002006-09-17T17:59:00.000+10:00"You were Chamorro long before your birth, ......L..."You were Chamorro long before your birth, ......Love your family, love your island, love your history, love your culture. Shout this from the islands highest mountains, from cliffs like mine of last defiance… I am rising… I am boiling… I am here… AND I AM CHAMORRO… "<BR/><BR/>"Western civilization, because of their greed, will destroy the chamorro culture. They long for what we have, but they cannot understand it." Seems the elder was right. How I long for the days of my youth when the most important decision I had to make was whether I wanted the papya on my left, the mango on my right or, did I feel energetic enough to fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com