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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.
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.
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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: American: American Samoan This category exists only as a container for other categories of American 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.
Among the characters Fepulea'i and Ete perform in the Laughing Samoans are two women, Aunty Tala and her niece, Fai. [3] Scholar Sarina Pearson says of these characters, "Whether Fepulea‘i and Ete are enacting a relatively straightforward parody of women or performing yet another layer of gender inversion by parodying fa‘afafine is ambiguous."
The tau'olunga is a dance for single young women, especially for them to show off on their wedding day. It is rare--but not impossible--for a married couple or an older woman to do a tau'olunga. It is also rare to see a man perform the dance, but he can mimic the dancing girl's movements in an exaggerated manner to make her beauty more striking ...
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