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Chamorro, indigenous people of Guam. The ancestors of the Chamorro are thought to have come to the Mariana Islands from insular Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines) about 1600 BCE. The disease and violence wrought by the Spanish reduced the Chamorro population to about 1,000 by 1820.
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Chamorro culture has over the years acquired noticeable influences from Spanish, Mexican, American, Japanese, and Filipino cultures, as well as the presence of fellow Oceanic (mostly Micronesian) groups. Influence from the German era in the Northern Marianas is most visible in the form of certain given names and family surnames.
- 63,035 (2020 census)
- 12,902 (2010 census)
AT THE SMITHSONIAN. A Brief, 500-Year History of Guam. The Chamorro people of this Pacific island have long been buffeted by the crosswinds of foreign nations. Doug Herman. August 15, 2017....
The Ancient Chamorro Period 1500 BC – 1521 AD. Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam were first settled roughly 3,500 years ago by the seafaring ancestors of the modern Chamorro people who departed from points in Island Southeast Asia, making the Marianas the first island group in the Remote Pacific to be inhabited.
Today, Guam has a diverse population that enjoys a rich, multicultural, modern and urban lifestyle, yet continues to carry the indigenous spirit, language and culture of its people. For a small country, Guam is jam-packed with history. Learn all about the Chamorro history, here.
2 de may. de 2022 · Through a historical and archeological study that collaborates with contemporary Indigenous peoples, we argue that Chamorro maritime cultural identity, while it changed in response to the social environment, has persisted into the present.
The culture of Guam reflects traditional Chamorro customs in a combination of indigenous pre-Hispanic forms, as well as American, Spanish and Mexican traditions. [1] Post-European-contact CHamoru Guamanian culture is a combination of American, Spanish, Filipino, other Micronesian Islander and Mexican traditions.
