Umayanggan

Written by Angela Carrier | January 2020

Back to the Beginning | photo by ifit

Pulan : Umayanggan - unsettled or weepy

“We were fisher folk with our own distinct calendar, which we rendered by phases of the new moon. Our word for moon is pulan. Interestingly, this also means: to watch protectively over, like mother to child. This hints to a verity of our old ways: we organized our lives along deeply matrilineal lines. Clans, genealogies, and land tenure were all things held in the protective forearms of our women.”

Just Left of the Setting Sun by Julian Aguon

And sometimes we let others prepare the meal for us.

Minagof Tinilaikan i Såkkan!!  

Menu

CHamoru new year celebratory meal at Prubechu

• tininun katne’

• chamorro sweet rolls with tuba butter

• empanada with mushroom and parm

• kelaguen gamson, kelaguen uhang

• lichen birenghenas

• shrimp pancake

• bbq pork ribs

• roasted kampachi collar with shitake fina’denne’

• bone-in short rib and red rice

• golai hagon suni with crispy sweet potato

• tinaktak with beef, mushroom and handmade noodles

• titiyas niyok with tuba butter

• buñelos aga and coconut candy ice cream