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Guam Calendar: The Judy Flores Guam calendar will provide you all of the island (and state side) fiestas and cultural festivals
Literature: Judy Flores’ recently released bookEstorian Inalahan , tells the story of Guam’s Inarajan village from ancient times to the present.
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Guam Preservation Trust Cultural Resources: The Guam Preservation Trust (GPT) was created in 1990 as a non-profit, public corporation governed by a Board of Directors. It is dedicated to preserving Guam’s historic sites and culture as well as educating the public about those issues.
Guampedia.com: Guampedia, Guam’s Online Encyclopedia, is a community project to create a comprehensive online encyclopedic resource about the history, culture and contemporary issues of Guam.
The Guam Visitors Bureau: the official site for visitor information about our beautiful island.
Activities
Gef Pa’go Chamorro Cultural Village
Located along Inarajan Bay in the main village, the thatched huts of Gef Pa’go are a popular attraction for students, tourists and other interested visitors who want to learn about the island’s past. Some of the village elders tell stories of their childhood and give demonstrations of traditional Chamorro cooking, crafts and arts. The cultural center also has exhibits of ancient Chamorro tools, tours of historical homes in the village, and cultural dances.
(671) 828-1671
Places of Interest
Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Inarajan’s Catholic church was established by the Spanish in late 1680 and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in the late 1990s. It has been the center of the village for several hundred years. The village holds two fiestas for its patron saint: one in March in honor of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, and another in May in honor of St. Joseph, the Worker. It is also the burial site of Father Jesus Baza Duenas, a local martyr who was one of the two Chamorro priests on Guam during World War II.
Gadao’s Cave
Located in the area of Guaifan, near the entrance to Inarajan Bay, is a cave with ancient pictographs of stick figure people well known on Guam and often used as cultural icons.
Chief Gadao was a legendary chief of Inarajan.
Baptist Church Ruins
Initially constructed in the early 1900s.
Salaglula Pools
These natural pools of sea water are located toward the southern side of the main village.
Bear Rock
Sitting at the edge of Agfayan Bay is a large, natural formation of rock that from some angles looks like the shape of a bear.
Chief Gadao Statue
Located beside the Baptist Church ruins is a statue of legendary Chief Gadao, erected in the late 1980s.
Historic Homes
Some of the oldest homes in the village have been preserved using federal funds, and the Gef Pa’go Cultural Village gives a tour of the Leon Guerrero House, built in 1901.The repairs of historic homes and rebuilding of St. Joseph Church were funded by the Guam Preservation Trust – a local NGO that receives funding from Government of Guam building permit fees.
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