events
Gadao Summer Cultural Camp at Gef Pa'go Park: June
11 to 29, Monday - Friday 9 am to 12 noon. Participants
will learn Chamorro language Through songs & skits, traditional
crafts, cooking, stories from the elders and traditional games.
Ages 6 through adults accepted. Groups may book a one-day camp
for $13 per person any day of the year. For more information
call 828-7247 or stop by the office or gift shop.
ANNUAL EVENTS:
September 16, 2007: Kosas I Tano' Yan I Tasi - Things of the
Land and Sea - Arts & Crafts Festival: Artists offer their
workshop specialties and provide all materials in a day of arts and
crafts lessons. Sign up to learn palm leaf weaving, coconut
and wood carving, Mwar (head garlands)
making, making cord from Pagu tree fiber and adding a natural art
pendant,coconut candy making, batik painting, jewelry making and
many more.
Artists who want to teach and those who want to learn sign up at
our office. We put it all together for a day of fun and cultural
learning.
October 7 through November 10: Smithsonian Museum on Mainstreet "New
Harmonies Exhibit" will be in Historic Inalahan. This
celebration of American Roots Music examines the growth of American
music, with instruments that vary from fiddles to banjos, from accordions
to drums.
The origins of the sounds from many heritages merge into new harmonies.
Learn how this ongoing cultural process has made America the birthplace
of such great music as spirituals, blues, jazz, and country music. As
you tour this exhibit in selected historic buildings in Inalahan,
you will see how our Chamorro culture has borrowed and contributed,
to make Chamorro
Country music, Kantan Chamorrita, and Belembaotuyan sounds. Each
of our southern Guam schools and communities will contribute to the
exhibit through live performances and stories.
November 10, 2007: Estorian I Taotao Tano' - Stories of the People of the Land. This storytelling festival will feature storytellers, musicians, and singers who will tell stories of growing up in rural Inalahan and Guam's culturally-rich south - the games they played, songs they sang, prayers they sang, stories and songs of courtship, hardships, sattire and social commentary will be featured throughout the afternoon from 1 to 5 pm.
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HISTORIC INALAHAN AND GEF PAGO PARK
Telephone: 671-828-1671 Fax: 828-1672 Gift
Shop: 828-1673