Nihi! KIDS TALK to a Suruhåna (Traditional Chamorro Healer) | KIDS TALK | Nihi!

[@dabu6523]

I envy these kids. I’m Chamorro but grew up in a white household so I don’t know much of the language. I hadn’t been too interested in my culture until recently, and i find these videos to learn more about my heritage.

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

na=to cause to become or to make magof=happy na'magof este (this makes us happy). we're also still learning and producing these videos teaches us so much. we're so happy that these videos are helping you to learn about your heritage, too. that means so much to us.

[@dabu6523]

Nihi Kids Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@sadlittlegirlxo]

I am right there with you!

[@yislenablack4373]

Me too! You can still learn Chamorro at the university of guam!

[@planetrhine]

i’m mixed chamoru and also grew up this way. love finding videos like this that help us learn our language :)

[@desmondsannicolas1484]

Hearing an older woman speak chamorro brings tears to my eyes. I miss my grandmother so much!

[@camarinnicole]

These kids speak CHamoru so well! I love it. I'm so glad everyone is trying to keep our culture and language alive

[@peskadotmafuti377]

Are you joking

[@peskadotmafuti377]

And you spelt it wrong

[@_nenigirl]

@@peskadotmafuti377 spelled*

[@peskadotmafuti377]

@@_nenigirl oops

[@Beachy-w7n]

The lady is so pretty and kind. I love hearing my grandma speak Chamorro even though I don’t know what she’s saying haha

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

we love her nånan biha energy! hearing our nånas speak chamoru is the most beautiful thing!

[@straightup671]

😭☺️The manamko always hold a special place in my heart. Living treasures. BIBA CHAMORRO! KEEP THE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE ALIVE!

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

We feel the same way. These conversations with elders mean so much to us.

[@rose03cruz]

OMG...these kids are so beautiful...their. Respect they show the Suruhana .....so sensitive is the girl in the blue shirt....lovely to see.Si Yu’us Ma’ase NIHI. I appreciate your work.

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

Hunggan, they are great kids and so respectful of our elders. We appreciate all of your support!

[@TheForeignersNetwork]

I'm not Chamorro and I have no connection to the island of Guam or the Marianas, but this is a beautiful video. Ancestral knowledge is completely priceless, especially in cultures where that knowledge is constantly under threat due to colonial influences. My godmother is Haitian and this video reminds me of how she teaches her children about Haitian traditional medicine and religion.

[@jakecob2624]

👍

[@yislenablack4373]

My NaNa was a suruhanu on the island, but never passed down her craft so when she died, a lot of the traditions in our family died with her. I wish grew up with her and learned some of her practice.

[@athenasn]

My grandpa and my mom say they are known as the family's healers. Man I finally found chamorro people on youtube and im all ahhh

[@desmondsannicolas1484]

Hafa adai! Same last name! Lol

[@dr.velmasablan3611]

I just LOVED this! The love-light in Mama Chai's eyes shines through to the children. My mom made sure we understood and could speak CHamoru, but we can't read or write it very well. She made me miss my mom.

[@xoxo_sis]

Watching this video and seeing how much loving and caring embrace the surahåna has towards the kids. Makes me remember my great grandma Rita Cruz. She was went through the war in guam at the age of 15 and had an very amazing career as a RN and past away at the age of 89. Everyday she would tell me stories as a child about her life back then. The way the surahåna is comforting the kids is always how my great grandma would treat us to. If your chamoru I just want to say HU GUIYA HÅO MÅS ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ BIBA GUHÅN BULA GUINAIYA PROTEHI I KUTTURÅ. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺

[@kyleighpatterson2214]

These kids are so respectful and im here for it. wish i new my native language more.

[@papamrk1343]

I AM SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG KIDS AND THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE. I am sadden that I wasnt as AWARE of our culture when I was a young boy.

[@aldas9174]

Her accent sounds filipino English... 💙💛❤️ In Every single word

[@megasocky]

This was unexpected! This makes me feel nostalgic for home 🥺

[@kiananq5878]

Biba Sumåhi! Our great-grandparents would be so proud of you. 💜

[@caissa6187]

this is a wonderful video!

[@jchavez1431]

Wow. I just found out that that hand gesture and some words are very similar to Filipino including the Spanish loanwords. Surwana/surwano is also traditional healer in some philippine languages.

[@crazygeezer3486]

i love this episode plus i used to watch this as a kid

[@lenniisa4855]

They are so adorable.

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

Hunggan!

[@Danni671]

This makes me so emotional listening to her speak Chamorro. It makes me miss my grandpa so much. I wish I could speak Chamorro as good as these kids. ❤

[@ryanletemi]

love this! what a blessing to bring these generations together.

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

Hunggan!

[@kikojavier3804]

Reminds me of my abuela in the philippines

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

Our cultures have much in common!

[@kikojavier3804]

@@NihiIndigenousMedia austranesiyan brothers

[@bazkoa5215]

You mean Lola, Abuela is spanish.

[@kikojavier3804]

@@bazkoa5215 shes not filipino she just lives there

[@bazkoa5215]

@@kikojavier3804 Oh ok

[@emilyvielka]

beatiful influence of Spanish language, I hope someday learn Chamorro, greetings from Ecuador

[@manda88711]

🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 we out here!!!

[@fatimatunga3917]

Mano po in Philippines or bless when you hold the hand of the older than you and put to your head.

[@sahuma]

Biba Akli'e'! Gof awkward hao lao mångnge hao lokkue'! Ya-hu na un keke'usa i lengguahi-ta!

[@NihiIndigenousMedia]

Hunggan! Mångnge gui!

[@sleepinggoat3220]

Im a filipino from the visayan region and we call traditional healers suruhano for male and suruhano for female us pinoys and chamorros must be related

[@rse_fr_n_ne693]

I came here bc my chamorro teacher told me to watch this video

[@emilioesquivel6883]

It is good children talk to people outside of coparate medicine

[@Noelkailol]

That’s my auntie mama chai

[@aldas9174]

The blessing thing, traditional greeting to the elders 💙💛❤️ same with our tradition 🇵🇭

[@felnettestevencaunca-herre8150]

Right! I have noticed the same thing as well!

[@straycats9934]

The girl with a red jacket can speak chamorro fluently

[@twitteringothers5059]

Right there at @0:36 is exactly like how we Malays greet our elders.

[@Weiaysaro]

Chamorro version of hiho kids

[@coppermoth6069]

Are Chamorro Pacific Islanders? are they Asian?

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

I'd like to say both, because there are lots of Japanese on the island and yet the indigenous still survives

[@thaphenom9446]

@@paikeahigurashi7575 we’re not both fuck off

[@thaphenom9446]

@@paikeahigurashi7575 he said Chamorro, not Guamanian

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

@@thaphenom9446 That's why I said the indigenous still survives. I was separating those who moved their and those who didn't. You know what indigenous means right? 'Fuck off' Nice way of making yourself the representation of all chamorros. Your mouth would embarrass and humiliate your family because you want to be a little troll on the internet. Hey, why didn't you just answer the question? Is it because it's easy to just tell people they're wrong or is it because you don't know the answer?

[@kizzyshepherd261]

@@paikeahigurashi7575 somebody had to say it. Thanks sorry about that asshole. I agree with you.

[@ДавидМеяфеКамиль]

Le entiendo bastante😯

[@mags7432]

I'm freaking 😭

[@jarexmat6228]

Can someone please HELP me translate the following sentences below to Chamorro. Thank you. We have 5 cats in total. They may cause some stress. But that doesn’t mean we love them any less. Maga' låhi Naguadog told his sons, Pon and Patte, to get a huge rock from Orote Point . But on their way back the boys saw the "Morning Star" twinkling in the sky. They got scared and dropped the rock. They hid for fear. They were fooled. And the star is called "Dinague Laolao" which means fooled by a twinkling star.

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

I wanna see Guamanian meets a Chamorro.

[@MarshyMarsh9]

They’re... Guamanians aren’t a separate race. They’re Chamorros, like how people on Tinian and Rhota are Chamorros.

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

@caleb flores69 So am I a Guamanian? My grandparents are Chamorros, but I grew up in California. I understand I didn't grow up on the island, which makes a huge difference. So am I Guamanian?

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

@caleb flores69 ❤️ Thank you

[@denaequitugua7739]

I was always confused to this, aren’t Guamanians people who live on the island of Guam but don’t have chamorro blood? I’m from the Mariana islands but I was informed by other Chamorros from Guam that if you have chamorro blood you’re chamorro but if you don’t then you just say you’re Guamanian. If I am incorrect let me know!

[@paikeahigurashi7575]

@@denaequitugua7739 I just wouldn't know where to place myself. I grew up in California, my grandparents don't give a fuck about keeping old traditions, so I had to look it up. People laugh. Never understood it. I just wanted to have pride for the island, but I didn't want to sound ignorant to the culture as I've never lived on an island before. Not growing up on the island, it's like your not pacific islander, so what are you?

[@felnettestevencaunca-herre8150]

The grand mother looks like my grabd mother. And she wears the same clothing as my grand mom too.

[@jpalacios3377]

So I guess it just the guamanians who use hafa adai when greeting someone.

[@yeetfeet731]

My mom once told me that my grand auntie was a suruhåna

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

Awesome, just bring your kids to a witch and let her do witchcraft on them. Yay!

[@luxxstarr7839]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. If it is, would you mind if you stopped being a negative Nancy? If you have nothing good to say, don't say it. If this is not sarcasm, I do apologize.