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In Samoa, the village of Falealupo on the western side of Savaiʻi is the home of Nafanua. [4] Falealupo is also the site of the entryway into the spirit world Pulotu . [ 5 ] : 123 Often chiefs from distant villages and islands would come to Falealupo to seek Nafanua's blessings before beginning any military adventure.
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 of America.
The proverbs were collected and authored by Rev George Pratt, an English missionary from the London Missionary Society who lived in Samoa for 40 years, mostly in Matautu on the central north coast of Savai'i Island. [2] Following is a list of proverbs in the Samoan language and their meanings in the English language. Ia lafoia i le fogavaʻa tele.
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Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships, and culture, that constitute the traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle on Samoa and in the Samoan diaspora. It embraces an all-encompassing system of behavior and of responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding ...
Samoan culture tells stories of many different deities. There were deities of the forest, the seas, rain, harvest, villages, and war. [1] There were two types of deities, atua, who had non-human origins, and aitu, who were of human origin. Tagaloa was a supreme god who made the islands and the people. Mafuiʻe was the god of earthquakes. [2]
also: Countries: Samoa: People This category is for individuals from the independent nation of Samoa . For individuals from American Samoa , see Category:People from American Samoa .
There are 365 Samoan-origin people in Prince William County, Virginia, and a Samoan church in Alexandria. [30] There is a community of Samoans in Liberty County, Georgia. In Texas, there is a Samoan community prominent in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Euless (0.5%), and a Samoan church in the city of Killeen (0.3%).