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On the Gaualofa [1]. Fealofani Bruun (born 1983) is a sailor who was the first Samoan woman to qualify as a yachtmaster.She sails and captains the Gaualofa – a double-hull canoe which was built by the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea for the Samoa Voyaging Society (Aiga Folau o Samoa) to preserve the traditions of Polynesian navigation.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Samoan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Samoan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Siagatonu is a queer Samoan woman and activist. She spoke at the Obama White House and to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris, France. She stated that the most memorable moment in her career was receiving President Obama’s Champion of Change Award in 2012.
As a full-time volunteer, she established an arts council and American Samoa’s first regional museum. When Apollo 13 returned to Earth on April 17, 1970, landing in the Pacific Ocean near American Samoa, Governor Haydon and Jean welcomed the astronauts at Pago Pago International Airport. Jean Haydon gifted each astronaut a length of tapa, a ...
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 ...
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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.
The heart of Te Fiti is pounamu (Māori greenstone) which is believed to carry the spirit of the ancestors.View Entire Post ›