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Samoan police band, wearing lava-lavas A Samoan woman wearing a lavalava in Apia. A lavalava, sometimes written as lava-lava, also known as an ' ie, short for 'ie lavalava, is an article of daily clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples. It consists of a single rectangular cloth worn similarly to a wraparound skirt ...
Faʻafafine (Samoan pronunciation: [faʔafafine]; lit. ' in the manner of a woman ') are natal males who align with a third gender or gender role in Samoa. [1] Fa'afafine are not assigned the role at birth, nor raised as girls due to a lack of daughters, as is often claimed in western media.
Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva'a [1] (born 8 June 1993) is a Samoan-New Zealand beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first woman to hold four Pacific regional titles by winning Miss Samoa New Zealand 2014, Miss Samoa 2014, Miss Pacific Islands 2014 and Miss World Samoa 2015.
Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa , an unincorporated territory of the United States ...
A Samoan woman with malu. Malu is a word in the Samoan language for a female-specific tattoo of cultural significance. [1] The malu covers the legs from just below the knee to the upper thighs just below the buttocks, and is typically finer and delicate in design compared to the Pe'a, the equivalent tattoo for males.
Mark Wahlberg is taking the term “beach body” to the next level.. In photos shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the actor, 53, was spotted showing off an ultra-muscular physique while vacationing ...
The actress, 52, is spending the holiday on the beach alongside her loved ones Sofía Vergara Shares Glamorous Swimsuit Snap During Family Vacation for 'Island Thanksgiving' Skip to main content
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