20 Best Architectural Buildings in Northern Mariana Islands: A
2024年12月23日 · Modern architecture in the Northern Mariana Islands often incorporates contemporary design elements with traditional influences. Buildings now use materials like steel and concrete, focusing on durability and functionality. Tourist resorts and commercial buildings show sleek lines and open spaces, reflecting global architectural trends.
American Folklife Center Collections: Northern Mariana Islands
2022年7月25日 · The American Folklife Center holds traditional arts documentation from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in the Bess Lomax Hawes collection, described below. The Veteran's History Project holds several collections documenting military service during World War II on the islands of Saipan and Tinian; it also has the ...
CHamoru and Carolinian mwar practitioners share their culture
2023年10月13日 · The Marianas Experience also includes artifacts on display from the Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History and Culture, features on cultural leaders and traditions presented by the...
Felipe I. and Joseph K. Ruak | National Endowment for the Arts
Felipe I. and Joseph K. Ruak are the artistic directors of the Talabwog Man Stick Dancers, a traditional Carolinian dance group in Saipan, an island in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
A Marianas Mosaic: Signs and Shifts in Contemporary Island Life is the culmination of a project supported in great measure by a generous grant from the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, along with matching funds from the Northern Marianas College (NMC). The book is a collection of essays, articles, and narratives that ex-
Canoe Building - Guampedia
5 天之前 · By comparing recorded descriptions of CHamoru proas with the comprehensive knowledge of surviving traditions, a basic picture of the form and function of the CHamoru canoe can be constructed to what it might have been like prior to its disappearance.
Complexities in the origins of pottery in the Marianas: A …
2022年1月20日 · While both the early Marianas Red pottery and the northern Philippines pottery assemblages originate in a red-type pottery horizon that exists in both ISEA and the Marianas, the data to date suggests only a loose affinity between the assemblages, there being a high degree of variation in the constituent pottery characteristics between regions.
CHamoru Dance - Guampedia
5 天之前 · Native dance of the CHamoru people was only vaguely described by early visitors to the Mariana Islands. The Jesuit annual report for 1669 to 1670 provides a rare description of a women’s dance. A group of twelve or thirteen women swayed their bodies in place, moving their hands in a pleasing rhythm.
RESTORING TRADITIONAL SEAFARING AND NAVIGATION IN …
The ancient Chamorro outrigger canoe had a very sophisticated design, and the ancient Chamorros had a successful navigation system, too. Laura Thompson, an anthropologist who studied Chamorro culture, claimed the outrigger canoe best expressed the …
Latte Structures - Guampedia
5 天之前 · Latte structures are stone archaeological remains unique to the Mariana Islands. A stone pillar supports a hemispherical capstone to form a latte. The ancient CHamorus generally arranged latte in two parallel rows of four or more pairs to support their important rectangular, steep pitched roof, pole and thatch buildings.