Cultural Center Activities
The Rota Chamorro Village Cultural Center is offering free lessons to Chamorros and Carolinians to learn a Carolinian dance. The lesson will be from 1pm to 4pm at the DCCA compound this Saturday, March 24, 2012.
On Tinian, the Tinian Chamorro-Carolinian Cultural Center is offering free lessons to Chamorros and Carolinians on making a spear gun for fishing, coconut weaving, and making leis this Saturday at the Tinian Senior Citizen Center Pavilion. The lessons will start at 9am. Bring your children so they too can learn the traditional ways of the Chamorros and Carolinians.
On Saipan, the Chamorro-Carolinian Village Cultural Centers Headquargters is offering free lessons to Chamorros and Carolinians on making pounded breadfruit and coconut basket weaving this Saturday. The lessons start at 9:30am and are held at the Saipan Chamorro-Carolinian Village Cultural Centers Headquarters at 1213 Capitol Hill Road, across from the Workforce Investment Agency and next to the Board of Parole Office.
All the above activities are offered by the Association of Native Medicine and Culture, in partnership with the Community and Cultural Affairs Office (Rota and Tinian), and the Indigenous Affairs Office (Saipan), and funded in part by the Administration for Native Americans. For more information, call 532-9350 on Rota and ask for Beck Kani; 433-9220 on Tinian and ask for Raymond Sablan; 322-0278 on Saipan.