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    Film, Video
    Carmen Camacho Rojas interview conducted by Lola Quan Bautista Carmen talks about how she learned to love nobena songs, her late aunt who was her mentor, the Nobena Ladies online prayer group, and her favorite nobenas songs.
    • Contributor: Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Bautista, Lola Quan
    • Date: 2023-08-15
  • Audio Recording
    Carmen Camacho Rojas singing traditional songs Carmen sings 8 traditional CHamoru nobena songs: 1. Tatuna Si San Antonio, 2. Santosmame San Antonio, 3. Si Yuus Numae Yo, 4. Umageftuna, 5. Tafañaonao, 6. O Sagrada Na Familia, 7. Si Yuus Unginegue Raina, 8. Si Yuus Unginege. The recording session took place on two days, May 22 , 2023 and August 15, 2023.
    • Contributor: Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Quan, Philip Taitano
    • Date: 2023-05-22
  • Film, Video
    Rita Pangelinan Nauta interview conducted by Lola Quan Bautista Rita talks about the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) traditions, the promesa ("promise"), the techa ("prayer leader"), and Hinahan i Ante ("Aspirations of the Soul").
    • Contributor: Bautista, Lola Quan - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan
    • Date: 2023-07-03
  • Film, Video
    Pangelinan siblings interview conducted by Rita Pangelinan Nauta Rita Pangelinan interviews her 5 siblings about their fondest memories of the celebration of the Nobenan Sagrada Familia, the importance of the tradition, and whether or not it should be recited in Chamoru/Chamorro.
    • Contributor: Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Atalig, Lina Pangelinan - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Pangelinan, Lourdes - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Pangelinan, Maria Diaz
    • Date: 2022-01-16
  • Film, Video
    Malia Toni Ramirez interview conducted by Lola Quan Bautista Malia speaks about Rosario Baza Leon Guerrero Eustaquio (born 1898), her connection to the San Antonio Barrio, and her descendants who currently watch over the San Antonio Chapel in Yoña Village. She also describes key elements of the nobena practice and her family promesa to the Nobenan Niñu Jesus.
    • Contributor: Bautista, Lola Quan - Ramirez, Malia Toni
    • Date: 2023-08-06
  • Film, Video
    Frank Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan Leon Guerrero, and Marie Perez interview conducted by Lola Quan Bautista The three descendants of Rosario Baza Leon Guerrero Eustaquio speak about their devotion to San Antonio and the San Antonio Chapel.
    • Contributor: Bautista, Lola Quan - Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan - Perez, Marie (Cecilia Marie) - Leon Guerrero, Frank, Jr
    • Date: 2023-07-25
  • Film, Video
    Teresita Concepcion Flores interview conducted by Lola Quan Bautista Siñora Teresita Concepcion Flores describes her family devotion to the Nobenan San Antonio, her love for the Nobenan Dolorosa (Sorrowful Mother) and the importance of reciting the nobena in Chamoru/Chamorro. The interview was conducted in the Chamoru language and the transcript is written in the Chamoru and English languages.
    • Contributor: Bautista, Lola Quan - Flores, Teresita Concepcion
    • Date: 2023-07-19
  • Book/Printed Material
    Novena to Saint Anthony of Padua translated by Father Eric Forbes Original translation of Nobenan San Antonion Padua by Capuchin Father Roman Maria de Vera (1941).
  • Book/Printed Material
    Novena to the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, Joseph translated by Father Eric Forbes An original translation of Nobenan San Antonion Padua by Capuchin Father Roman Maria de Vera (1941).
  • Film, Video
    Novena to Saint Anthony of Padua led by Prayer Leader Nobenan San Antonio led by Techa Albert Fejeran Celebrated by Leon Guerrero Family 2023.
  • Film, Video
    Novena to the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, Joseph led by Prayer Leader Nobenan Sagrada Familia led by Techa Zita Pangelinan and celebrated by Pangelinan Family.
  • Collection
    Celebrating CHamoru Nobenas This collection documents devotional prayer rituals based in Roman Catholicism but uniquely adapted and embraced by the Indigenous CHamoru/Chamorro people of the Mariana Islands and among diasporic CHamoru/Chamorro communities throughout the United States. With the support of a 2023 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant (CCG), as part of the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path initiative, a team-made up of all CHamoru…
    • Contributor: Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Flores, Teresita Concepcion - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan - Quan, Philip Taitano - Forbes, Eric ... Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Flores, Teresita Concepcion - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan - Quan, Philip Taitano - Forbes, Eric - Atalig, Lina Pangelinan - Pangelinan, Lourdes - Vera, Román María De - Ramirez, Malia Toni - Leon Guerrero, Frank - Songsong, Brant M. - Bautista, Lola Quan - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan - American Folklife Center - Fejeran, Albert - Perez, Marie (Cecilia Marie) - Pangelinan, Maria Diaz
    • Date: 2023

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    Rights and Access The American Folklife Center and community fieldworkers who carried out these Mellon-Foundation-funded Community Collection Grant projects (2022-2024) feel a strong ethical responsibility to the people who have consented to have their lives documented for the historical record. Researchers are asked to approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented…