The colors of the Guam seal are as follows: the sky is light blue, the ocean is medium blue, the palm tree is green and brown, the beach is yellow, the cliff is green, the canoe is brown with a white sail and the lettering is red. “Guam” is printed across the middle of the seal in bold red letters. These specific aspects of Chamorro culture symbolize the courage, perseverance and prowess of the Chamorro people. The distant cliff along the horizon references Two Lover’s Point, or Puntan Dos Amantes, named for the legend of a forbidden romance between two lovers who rather than be separated, tied their hair together and leapt off this point into the sea. Included in the seal are the Hagåtña River which empties into the sea the sandy mouth of the river and surrounding beach graced by a lone coconut palm, an important means of sustenance to the Chamorro people and a flying proa, the chief means of transportation for early Chamorros. This shape is in reference to the ancient Chamorro slingstone, a weapon skillfully wielded by the ancient Chamorros. The Guam seal is an oval outlined in red that tapers and comes to two pointed ends.
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