VIDEO: B-Roll: Cultural ritual honors burials at Sabånan Fadang area of Camp Blaz

Video by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan
Video by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan

VIDEO: B-Roll: Cultural ritual honors burials at Sabånan Fadang area of Camp Blaz

by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan
Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz

B-Roll of a CHamoru burial ritual at a Sabånan Fadang burial site on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, July 27, 2023. The Government of Guam hosted the ritual, Ramirez blessed the grounds, and Para I Probechu’n I Taotao-ta, Inc. performed a traditional CHamoru chant. Following the ritual, the guests were invited to pay respects to those buried at the site and visit the other burial sites located in the area. During the construction of the Blaz main cantonment, five sites each with at least one burial dating to the Latte Period, were discovered. In 2021 a similar ceremony was held at a different Sabånan Fadang site where a monument would later be constructed in 2022.

 

 

 

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