Ancient Chamorro Society

I have been trying to find a word that can best describe my ancestors, and I have just realized that their isn't any. I don't know anyone else who can manage to survive through thick and thin, on an island, like the way my ancestors have. My general purpose is to inform the world about the people that God created with the toughest and most expensive material, they go by the name of Ancient Chamorros. The ancient Chamorro culture is that they must compromise their beliefs and social forms, the Chamorro language, their customs, and all the things made & used by the Chamorros. The Ancient Chamorros were described as tall, large, and handsome people. They were said to be very strong compared to the Spaniards. They were said to live long lives. They wore little/no clothing. Both men & women wore various items of jewelry.

The Chamorros developed a unique language. They spoke an old Austronesian language. When they arrived in the Marianas they began to create new words. The Chamorro language continued to develop, and today is much different from the old Austronesian language. Tools used for preparing food included mortars, pestles, scrapers, pounders, and pottery jars. They used human bones for spears. They performed every task they needed, with the required tools they invented. They made fishing hooks from shells and human bones. The Chamorros build their homes from mainly wood and thatch. At a later period some Chamorros built latte-stones to make houses. For construction and other tasks they made adzes, axes, awls and rope.Their social structure consists of three distinct caste of people. The upper caste were called Matua. The middle caste was called Atcha’ot. The lowest caste was called Manachang. Chamorro clans were matrilineal. Women had a very high rank in the community. Woman ran the household and controlled all the property in the family. If a women separated from her husband she took with her the children and all the household belongings. Chamorros didn't have a specific religion, though they believed that a person’s spirit lived on after death they’re called mananiti.

Chamorros would keep the skull or the bones of a dead relative in their house and care for it. Their diet was made up of foods that they gathered or grew. The ocean provided much of their food. There were also wild fruits and vegetables in the jungle. They also planted crops. For transportation the Chamorros created fast sailing canoes called proas. A large canoe was used for traveling between islands. A medium sized canoe was used for fishing outside the reef. A small sized canoe was used for inside the reef.