People who are not from here are interested in who we are and what we have. But the Chamorus, they are the ones who complain. I have judged speeches, and the ones winning are the non-Chamoru kids. Because I figured it was the best way to reach the younger generation, to alert them to the fact that they could still speak Chamoru. Plays are not a Chamoru pastime.
People can come to watch themselves on stage.
That one was an offshoot of my work talking to the manamko at the community center. I latched on to this manamko who told me stories about the war. Even to this day, people do not want to talk about it. My informant refused to see it. There is so much that is left unsaid, so much that is left undone, from the Chamoru standpoint.