What's on the Fiesta Table?
Hints of the various cultures of peoples who have made Guam their home can be seen in every aspect of life on Guam. The influences of ethnic diversity are seen in architecture, language, religion and are also evident in the cuisine found in restaurants, homes, and on the fiesta table of today.
While some originated here in the Marianas, many can be traced back to various places from throughout the world - the Pacific, Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Guam's native people, however, have a great knack for “Chamorroizing” things, including food, making the introduced foods uniquely their own.
Eventually, through the decades, all these dishes were incorporated onto fiesta tables as "local" dishes. Click to know more>>
Puntan and Fu’una
Puntan and Fu’una, brother and sister, are the Chamorro creation gods. The account of their creation of the world constitutes one of the most important oral histories of the Chamorro people. According to the Chamorro people, a very long time ago, Puntan and Fu’una devised a plan in which their supernatural forces would be put to extremely powerful use.
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