Emzamweni wokuxhumana kabusha nomphakathi wesifunda sase-CHAmorus nalabo abanobudlelwane neGuam eNyakatho Melika, Ihhovisi lezivakashi laseGuam (GVB) isimemezele ukuthi isiwuphothule ngempumelelo umsebenzi wayo ku-28th Pacific Islander Festival Association (PIFA) eSki Beach eSan Diego, eCalifornia.
Umcimbi omkhulu waminyaka yonke, ongakaze ubanjwe kusukela ngo-2019, uthwebule abantu base-Pacific Island abangaphezu kuka-300,000 abahlangane ukuze baqhubekisele phambili amasiko namagugu abantu bomdabu baseMelanesia, eMicronesia nasePolynesia kusukela ngoSepthemba 24-25. I-GVB ibingumxhasi osemthethweni we-PIFA kusukela yasungulwa. Lo mcimbi kulo nyaka ubunabathengisi abangu-123 sebebonke abemele Guam, i-CNMI, i-Tahiti, i-Pohnpei, i-Chuuk, i-Federated States yaseMicronesia, i-Samoa, i-Hawaii, i-Tokelau, i-Fiji, ne-Tonga.
"Senza umzamo wenkuthalo wokwakha imakethe yethu yaseNyakatho Melika ngokuhlangana kabusha nabantu baseGuamanian diaspora kanye nomndeni wethu owengeziwe, abangani kanye nemindeni yezempi exhumene nalesi siqhingi."
"Sizibuyekeze ezinhlosweni zethu zokwakha izihlalo kanye namanani angcono nabalingani bethu bezindiza ngokusebenzela amaphakheji okuhamba angabizi kakhulu ukuya e-Guam," kusho uMongameli we-GVB kanye ne-CEO uCarl TC Gutierrez. "Ukuba khona kwethu ku-PIFA nokuhlangana namaqembu ahlukene lapha eSan Diego kubaluleke kakhulu ekuvuseleleni nasekuguqukeni kwezokuvakasha."
Ukuhlangana namadodana namadodakazi aseGuam
Ngosizo oluvela ku-Amadodana namadodakazi elungu le-Guam Club u-Jojo Borja nomyeni wakhe, Umqondisi Wephrojekthi ka-Sakman Chamorro uMario Borja, i-GVB isingathe umhlangano futhi yabingelela nabantu abangaphezu kuka-200 ababekhona ekhaya leqembu e-San Diego. Le nhlangano ekudala ikhona kusukela ngo-1953 futhi okwamanje iholwa nguMongameli u-Antolin Taijeron kanye noSihlalo weBhodi uBrenda Diaz. UGutierrez wabelane ngezibuyekezo ngemizamo yokubuyisela ezokuvakasha eGuam futhi uzibophezele ekusekeleni i-GVB enhlanganweni, kanye ne-House of Chamorros, kanye ne-Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHELU) ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokulondoloza, ukukhuthaza, nokuqhubekisela phambili isiko nolimi lwe-CHAmoru e-US. izwekazi.
I-House of Chamorros evolution
Ngaphezu kokuhlangana namadodana namadodakazi aseGuam, i-GVB iphinde yahlangana namalungu ebhodi ne-House of Chamorros ukuze bavakashele ikhaya labo elisanda kuvulwa e-International Cottages e-Balboa Park. UMongameli uJeff Macaraeg, iPhini likaMongameli uJanice (Waller) Bouffiou, Amalungu eBhodi uPhilip Gogue Jr. kanye noDolores (Loling) Cepeda, kanye noLiaison Lori Waller baxoxe ngombono weqembu lomhlaba wonke weGuam kanye neMariana, kuyilapho uMongameli Gutierrez abelana ngezinhlelo zokusebenza nenkampani yezindiza ekhona. abathwali ukuze bathuthukise uhwebo lwesikhathi esizayo lokuya esiqhingini.