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Tautua Samoa Party Politicians
Tautua is a word in Samoan that expresses the cultural tradition of service to the family or ''aiga'' and specifically to the ''ali'i'' or titles of the family; it can also mean any service of an individual to a greater cause. Tautua is reflected in the Samoan proverb—''o le ala i le pule o le tautua''—the road to leadership is through service.G.B. Milner (1966). ''Samoan Dictionary''. Pg. 145. Polynesian Press, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Tautua can mean monetary and material contributions to ''fa'alavelave'', which mean important extended family events such as weddings or funerals, but more often it means labor, such as cleaning and preparing family functions, cooking, taking care of the elderly and children of the extended family, farming in family plantations, etc. References Further reading * Malama Meleisea (1987)The Making of Modern Samoa: Traditional Authority and Colonial Administration in the History of Western Samoa.University of the South Pacific Press. * Vaai, Saleim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoan Language
Samoan ( or ; ) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands are split between the sovereign country of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa. It is an official language, alongside English, in both jurisdictions. It is widely spoken across the Pacific region, heavily so in New Zealand and also in Australia and the United States. Among the Polynesian languages, Samoan is the most widely spoken by number of native speakers. Samoan is spoken by approximately 260,000 people in the archipelago and with many Samoans living in diaspora in a number of countries, the total number of speakers worldwide was estimated at 510,000 in 2015. It is the third-most widely spoken language in New Zealand, where 2.2% of the population, 101,900 people, were able to speak it as of 2018. The language is notable for the phonological differences between formal and informal speech as well as a ceremonial form used in Samoan oratory. Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
