With English fast becoming the language of the street, the CNMI is on the brink of losing one if its treasures: the Chamorro language. Fewer and fewer people speak Chamorro and even fewer numbers know how to read and write it.<\/p>\n
A small group on Saipan is, however, taking action to ensure that the language does not go the way of the dodo. On Dec. 23, 201, a TV series titled Finu\u2019 Chamorro premiered at the state-of-the-art American Memorial Park Museum Theater, signaling the start of efforts to fight back against the language\u2019s extinction. <\/p>\n
Lumi Bermudes, PSS Chamorro Language & Heritage Studies program manager, said that the crowd at the premiere \u201cwas happy that we started such a project, it being a project [that] advocates the importance of preserv[ing] the Chamorro language.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bermudes did wish for more people to have attended the event but conceded that it was the middle of the holiday season where schedules were at their busiest. \u201cI wished there were more; however, I guess the timing was a big factor.\u201d <\/p>\n
With some minor tweaking here and there, the premier was a huge success, with the audience writing down notes on how to further improve the show. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor the most part, however, I need to find more time [for] the editing of the script and the final cut,” Bermudes said, adding that some parts \u201cneed to have more cultural pictures\/artifacts as the background.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are always rooms for ideas. I think the most important is that I am present when shooting and that I edit the script before the shooting,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
There are many people to thank, Bermudes said, but most of all “to my family; my parents for instilling the language, my sons for driving me to preserve the language for future generations, and my partner for being my biggest critic and of course, Digital Motion for partnering up with me to realize the dream.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cFinu\u2019Chamorro is going full ahead,\u201d Bermudes said. \u201cSi yu’us ma’asi’ to those who showed for the premiere and those silent sponsors who have yet to step up!\u201d <\/p>\n
Finu\u2019 Chamorro is currently airing every Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, Channel 7 ABC 7, from 7pm to 7:30pm. [I](PR)[\/I]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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