Guam Chamorro Traditional Canoes

[@Lakbay-Camper]

Mabuhay Chamoro...I am working in the middle east and I have big fishing boats in the philippines in the island of Mindoro but definitely I am going build one of this proa when I got back home and I also want to have a tiki 24 ft catamaran. Its my ultimate dream to sail in the inter islands.

[@jumaanecabrera9563]

Biba Chamorro!!! I'm proud to see this happening for our culture. Thank you so much! My wife and I will definitely be looking out for you when we finally come to the islands!

[@wadetarzia]

A nice job doing a short documentary! Good luck with these projects!

[@Islandgirl92900]

Wow! This is great, a remake and to relive a legacy of the indigenous chamorros and to past on to your children and grandchildren. This is a great experince for all. Thank you!

[@chamoruz]

great photos...interesting info on proas and traditional canoe building and navigation

[@RonRonnard]

This is a very informative video and I hope, that you will upload more in the future. Best regards Ronnard

[@sultankorean651]

Canoe introduced by Carolinians? Looks those from Satawal and Chuuk outerislands

[@da1stbruceleroux]

Perpetuating our culture is important. Canoe building and sailing has been lost due to the cultural genocide of 377 years of Spanish occupation. Revitilizing what was lost is now found, and therefore, keep up the good work.

[@ropejeek9538]

Funny how the canoe is not even a Chammorro canoe those canoes are from the islands of pattw,polowat,polap,houk,tamatam and from the outer islands of yap satawal

[@islandguy6928]

Every canoe across Micronesia are identical to one another there’s no reason to be upset by this.

[@ropejeek9538]

@@islandguy6928 I understand what you're trying to say but each Micronesian island has there unique way of building a canoe and im not mad im just saying if the guy in the video said it the canoe was build from a chuukese guy from polowat then why did they say the canoe is from guam bro I was raised on guam and guam don't have any canoe cause the people who build those traditional canoes are my people

[@islandguy6928]

@@ropejeek9538 This uniqueness of building a canoe is found all over our region.You sure? Sounds like you are.Met countless of your countryfolk claim the same thing how Mau Piailug and his people are somewhat “chuukese”.Glossing over the fact Yapese&Chamorros are much older.The well known navigators&canoe builders in all Western Micronesia are the Yapese.Their influence spread far and wide.

[@islandguy6928]

@@ropejeek9538 In reality ancient Micronesians shared knowledges with one another.This self centered mentality is irrelevant.

[@Cuhzifrom671]

@@islandguy6928 bruh my people came from the outter islands of yap of satwal and I’m from the outter island of chuuk and the outter islands of chuuk is different from the inner lagoon or as u say the main islands.and same thing as the main islands of yap there culture and costom are way different from the outter islands of yap and the way they build their canoes and if your gonna talk to me about canoes I know about canoes I been sailing since I was young I’m from the outter island of chuuk called tamatam close to polowat and our people rely on navigation and outrigger canoe and for u to know we all know about canoes we all know that Marshallese canoes are the fastest canoe and the outter islands of yap and chuuk have the bigger canoes.

[@BADERISRAEL]

MY LAST NAME IS CHAMORRO...I JUST HAVE A DOUGHTIER HALF JAPANESE HALF MEXICAN AND SHES LAST NAME IS CHAMORRO AS ME ....IAM FROM MEXICO AND I LIVE IN NEW YORK AND MIAMI ... AND ALL MY CHAMORRO FAMILY LIVES IN HERE ....... SINCE 20 YEARS AGO CHAMORRO PRIDE....MEXICO ,JAPAN, USA

[@jimhines5823]

I have many chamorro customers at my grocery store in Odessa,Texas,U.S.A. Susie carries the traditional foods & betel nut that the people want. This is the oil fields of west Texas. There are lots of jobs here people for willing to work hard. How long to fly from LAX to Guam? I would like to sail one of these boats.

[@sultankorean651]

I see some Marshallese canoes

[@ejsannic7712]

Well we did come from the same people

[@александрзайцев-н7ж]

А по русски или субтитры))

[@fancynika5306]

Disgrace!

[@islandguy6928]

How?

[@ropejeek9538]

@@islandguy6928 those canoe ain't from guam those canoes are from the outer islands of yap and chuuk like the guy said and I don't even know why they saying it's a chamorro canoe

[@islandguy6928]

@@ropejeek9538 Micronesian canoes are identical to one another.It doesn’t make a scrap of difference.We all share the tradition of seafaring&canoe building.It doesn’t exclusively belong to one tribe.

[@devince-johricio3987]

In Spanish books there are drawings of the Chamorro canoes that look exactly like the ones in the video. Again, we did come from the same people and we are in the same region of the pacific which is a reason we may have similar almost identical traditions or in this case, canoes