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