I-Guam igqanyiswe ku-Kashiwa Festival

Izinhlelo zabafundi zisungulwe kabusha ukuze kwakhiwe ubudlelwano baseGuam-Japan

A Ihhovisi lezivakashi laseGuam (GVB) ithimba eliholwa nguMongameli kanye ne-CEO u-Carl TC Gutierrez bahambele i-Kashiwa de International Exchange Festa eyayihlelwe yi-Kashiwa International Relations Association (KIRA) kusukela ngo-November 19-22, 2022. Ithimba lalihlanganisa Isikhulu SoMkhandlu WeziMeya u-Angel Sablan, IMeya yase-Inalåhan u-Anthony Chargualaf, IMeya yaseMongmong-Toto-Maite u-Rudy Paco, uMenzi Wezamasiko u-Vince San Nicolas, iMenenja Yezokumaketha ye-GVB Japan u-Regina Nedlic, Umqondisi Wokuthuthukiswa Kwendawo Ye-GVB u-Dee Hernandez, Umsizi Womqondisi Wokuthuthukiswa Kwendawo Ye-GVB u-Trixie Nahalowaa kanye noNobhala Omkhulu we-GVB u-Valerie Sablan.

Inhloso yalo mcimbi waminyaka yonke ukukhuthaza ukushintshana kwamazwe ngamazwe nabafundi abavela emhlabeni wonke. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi kubuye ifestivali yasemgwaqweni kusukela kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Lo nyaka futhi uphawula iminyaka engu-30 yohlelo lokushintshisana lwe-Kashiwa Guam Friendship City.

Amalungu oMkhandlu weziMeya ze Guam uvakashele i-Kashiwa City ngenyanga edlule nge-GVB futhi wamenywa yi-KIRA ukuthi bathamele ifestivali yabo ukuze basize ngokuqalisa kabusha izinhlelo zokushintshisana kwabafundi nezokuhlala ekhaya phakathi kwedolobha lase-Guam ne-Kashiwa kubo bobabili abafundi bendawo nabama-Japanese. Inhloso yabo wukuqala kabusha zombili izinhlelo eminyakeni emibili ezayo.

"Ngifuna ukubonga owayenguMbusi uCarl Gutierrez kanye nethimba le-GVB ngomsebenzi owenziwe kahle wokuqhakambisa isiqhingi sethu eJapan."

IMeya uPaco yanezela: “Ukudansa kwasendaweni namasiko nokucula kwezingane ezinhle zaseKashiwa kwakukubi. Lolu hambo olufushane kwaba isikhathi esikhumbulekayo sokubona isiko lethu lenziwa olunye uhlanga. Ukwenza kwabo kube yisibonelo esihle sokuthi ukufakazela ubuqiniso kwesithombe sethu se-CHAmoru-centric ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane kungaqinisa kanjani ezokuvakasha zethu. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu nge-GVB ngokusebenzisa ubuhle bemvelo besiqhingi sethu, amasiko, kanye nabantu ukuheha izivakashi okuyilokho engikuthanda ngempela ngesiqhingi sethu. Biba GVB kanye neqembu laseJapan!”

I-Guam Chamorro Dance Academy iyakhanya

Njengengxenye yesiphetho esihle soMkhosi we-Kashiwa, i-Guam Chamorro Dance Academy ye-GVB ifake abadansi abangaphezu kuka-20 abadala nezingane abavela e-Guma' Kinahulo Atdao na Tåno' ekhanya ngokukhazimulayo ngamaculo nokusebenza kwababekhona. I-GVB isebenzisana eduze ne-GCDA ukuze imele i-Guam e-Japan ngemicimbi efana nale.

“Ngemva kokubona i-Japan Guma' Kinahulo Atdao na Tåno' ngezitshudeni zayo zengoma nomdanso wesi-Japanese zicula izingoma ze-CHAmoru ezidlalwa u-Inalåhan's Vince San Nicolas, manje ngibabonga ngokujule nokujule ngokwengeziwe kanye nenhlonipho enkulu ngalabo bantu lapha esiqhingini sethu. baseGuam abaqhubekisela phambili futhi bakhombise isiko lethu leChamoru,” kusho iMeya uChargualaf.

“Ukudlala bekuthinta inhliziyo futhi kungimangaza, manje ngishukumiseleka ukuba ngifunde izingoma nokunyakaza kwe-bending (isibusiso) futhi ngikhuthaza bonke abantu baseGuam ukuthi nabo bakufunde. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, bamba iqhaza futhi ulandele nanoma yimaphi amaqembu e-CHAmoru noma nini lapho iculwa. Kwakunesasasa, ukwazisa, nenjabulo kulabo ababekhona njengoba iGuam yaqashelwa nakanjani ngokudlala kwayo okukhethekile emkhosini weKashiwa,” kwenezela uChargualaf.

Bangaphezu kwe-100 TikTokers abazovakashela eGuam

Njengoba kunemizamo yokululama eqhubekayo emakethe yaseJapan, i-GVB futhi iletha abagqugquzeli baseJapan abayi-109 eGuam abazobe behlanganyela ngolwazi lwabo esiqhingini sonke ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezidumile, i-TikTok ne-Instagram. Abagqugquzeli bazoba sesiqhingini kusukela ngoNovemba 25-29 ukuze baqwashise ngeminikelo yamanje yeGuam ezilalelini zabo ezihlangene zabalandeli abayizigidi ezingama-41, nokuchayeka okulindelekile kwezigidi ezingama-300 kuzo zonke izingosi zokuxhumana.