Ketungo\u2019 Chamorro, a Webisode project for the promotion, practice and preservation of the Chamorro language, is offering sponsorship packages for companies or local agencies interested in being a part of the undertaking.<\/p>\n
According to producer and director Valentina Rivera, the project began two years ago while she was working for a different production company. At the time, she was tasked with producing ideas for television. Rivera realized the potential for Chamorro language show and called on the Public School System, which helped fund and produce a series called Fino\u2019 Chamorro.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was all different language lessons,\u201d she says, but it did not represent the diversity of the Chamorro culture.<\/p>\n
Two years later, Rivera decided to start her own production company called Rivers Pictures and began planning to incorporate aspects of language, history and interactive lessons for dissemination over the Internet instead of conforming to a narrow television audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like going on a field trip,\u201d she said of her desire for a program that represents the islands as accurately as possible. \u201cInitial plans are for 20 episodes a season, starting with a beginner level introduction to the culture, then intermediate and advanced,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Rivera has been working on this project since Typhoon Soudelor and welcomes interested sponsors to move forward with the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping to start shooting in January and have a website available soon. I wanted this to be online specifically to be more accessible to people around the world, no matter where they are,\u201d referring to the many people who have left the islands but remain nostalgic about island life.<\/p>\n
Rivera emphasizes the need to think globally.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping companies support this. We would like to do other languages eventually. Not just Chamorro, but also Carolinian and possibly Mandarin. These are all languages that people have an interest in learning about,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Rivera is continuing to speak with local agencies and businesses this week to confirm sponsorships. \u201cWe want the community to be more involved in this endeavor,\u201d and invites the community to take part and contribute, she adds.<\/p>\n
Corporate sponsorships and advertisement sponsorships are available with a pilot episode sponsored by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council for viewing online at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9cgJnvnLn2U&feature=youtu.be. For more information, call 285-6278 or email riverspictures07@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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