Charmorro Music of Guam

The traditional Chamorro instruments such as the belembaotuyan, a hollow gourd stringed instrument, and the nose flute, Kantan singing is ...

The traditional Chamorro instruments such as the belembaotuyan, a hollow gourd stringed instrument, and the nose flute, Kantan singing is also famous. This is a type of work song, started by one person teasing another in verse form, and then continuing through a group one individual in turn.
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The Chamorro chants and Kantan chamorrita (camorrita singing) is a type of Chamorro poetry, it is also an important elements of Guamanian music. kantan chamorrita is a type of improvised poetry with a call and response pattern that is documented back to 1602 and still remains a vital part of Chamorro culture. In Kantan chamorrita, individuals and groups trade humorous remarks at each other as part of a debate. These songs are olden folk songs, arranged in quatrains of two octosyllabic couplets, which according to some writers are composed on a single melody, the variations depending on the individual pattern of performance. The different features are spontaneous invention and a dialogue performance between two or more people, depending on the occasion and function.

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