The Malojloj Fiesta

Another prominent and famous Guam holiday is the Malojloj Fiesta or Coconut Festival, which takes place in May in the town of Inarajan. It's a three-day celebration in honor of St. Joseph. Food, music, dancing, drinking, and partying in the streets are all part of the celebration. The event praises the coconut for maintaining life on the island, as it provides food, shelter, trade, clothing, and medicine.

Inarajan's first Coconut Festival took place in 1948 and lasted for six years. In 2010, the Historic Inarajan Foundation reintroduced the celebration in conjunction with the village's yearly fiesta commemorating Saint Joseph or San Jose, the village's patron saint.

Neighbors and families in Inarajan's historic quarter had a huge fiesta to commemorate San Jose. As hundreds of people pack front yards and porches from St. Joseph Church to Gadao's Cave, music can be heard. Partygoers crowd the streets as they make their way from family gatherings to the Gef Pa'go Cultural Village along the beach to check out the Coconut Festival's merchants, tours, and cultural activities.

Date: May