Finding it difficult to learn the indigenous languages? Try music. <\/p>\n
Northern Marianas Humanities Council executive director Leo Pangelinan, who also serves as a board member of the Music of the Marianas Association, believes music could be used as a tool to teach the language.<\/p>\n
Created in early 2017, the MMA was organized by local musicians to inspire young musicians and help strengthen the indigenous languages: Chamorro and Carolinian.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to promote the culture and language through music,\u201d Pangelinan said. \u201cWe do music clinics for the youth in schools. We show them how to play the ukulele, the guitar, the keyboards, popular instruments in Chamorro music\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The goal is to teach Chamorro for people who find it hard to do so in the traditional way. <\/p>\n
\u201cMusic is, I think, the most pervasive experience. Anyone in our community has [access] to Chamorro music,\u201d Pangelinan adds. \u201cSometimes, you\u2019re driving and the radio is on, mostly KKMP, and there\u2019s Chamorro music playing. So, even though you\u2019re not going to open a book and try to read Chamorro, you\u2019re being exposed to that in the privacy of your car.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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