Author: Jean Tekura Mason
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Jean Tekura Mason's poetry reflects her life as a person living in two worlds - Polynesian and European. Some of her poems are reflective. Others are glib (and deliberately so). There is humour and there is passion - of love and hate, pagan faiths and Christian beliefs, ancestors and dancers, customs and politics, migrants and immigrants, and Pacific flora and fauna - all have stimulated Ms Mason to put pen to paper. At times incisive and descriptive, and at others deeply moging, this book is a collection of poems which is both retrospective perceptive"--Back cover
Tatau
Author: Jean Tekura Mason
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Jean Tekura Mason's poetry reflects her life as a person living in two worlds - Polynesian and European. Some of her poems are reflective. Others are glib (and deliberately so). There is humour and there is passion - of love and hate, pagan faiths and Christian beliefs, ancestors and dancers, customs and politics, migrants and immigrants, and Pacific flora and fauna - all have stimulated Ms Mason to put pen to paper. At times incisive and descriptive, and at others deeply moging, this book is a collection of poems which is both retrospective perceptive"--Back cover
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Jean Tekura Mason's poetry reflects her life as a person living in two worlds - Polynesian and European. Some of her poems are reflective. Others are glib (and deliberately so). There is humour and there is passion - of love and hate, pagan faiths and Christian beliefs, ancestors and dancers, customs and politics, migrants and immigrants, and Pacific flora and fauna - all have stimulated Ms Mason to put pen to paper. At times incisive and descriptive, and at others deeply moging, this book is a collection of poems which is both retrospective perceptive"--Back cover
The Samoa Islands: Material Culture
Author: Augustin Krämer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824816346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Volume II includes chapters on anthropology and sociology, medicine, plants and cooking, fishery, men's work, ornamentation and dress, recreation and war, and flora and fauna.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824816346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Volume II includes chapters on anthropology and sociology, medicine, plants and cooking, fishery, men's work, ornamentation and dress, recreation and war, and flora and fauna.
Anoafale O Le Gagana Ma Le Aganuu
Author: Pemerika L. Tauiliili
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449035116
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : sm
Pages : 70
Book Description
"Language and culture can be easily forgotten especially in today's society where it is not spoken and practiced all the time. Compounding the problem is the lack of written litterature, competition with other languages, especially the English language, the advent of modern technological advances promoting other languages, and the migration of Samoans to foreign lands. In the "Anoafale" the author tries to script Samoan cultural practices and language used during cultural ceremonies. Much of this appropriate language is foreign to many Samoans, even adults. These practices and ceremonial words were observed and learned by the author during his life time. The Kava ceremony, the presentaion of foods and gifts, the duties of the talking chief to his high chief are some of the etiquettes that soon will be forgotten if not written, spoken and practiced.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449035116
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : sm
Pages : 70
Book Description
"Language and culture can be easily forgotten especially in today's society where it is not spoken and practiced all the time. Compounding the problem is the lack of written litterature, competition with other languages, especially the English language, the advent of modern technological advances promoting other languages, and the migration of Samoans to foreign lands. In the "Anoafale" the author tries to script Samoan cultural practices and language used during cultural ceremonies. Much of this appropriate language is foreign to many Samoans, even adults. These practices and ceremonial words were observed and learned by the author during his life time. The Kava ceremony, the presentaion of foods and gifts, the duties of the talking chief to his high chief are some of the etiquettes that soon will be forgotten if not written, spoken and practiced.
Whispers and Vanities
Author: Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 1775501833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of and assumptions in modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays and poetry form a carefully woven critique, from within and outside Samoa, of aspects of Samoa’s religious and cultural values.
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 1775501833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of and assumptions in modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays and poetry form a carefully woven critique, from within and outside Samoa, of aspects of Samoa’s religious and cultural values.
Tatau
Author: Mark Adams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958216791
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958216791
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
O si Manu a Alii
Author: Manumaua Luafata Simanu-Klutz
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824825959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
'O si Manu a Ali'i is the first comprehensive guide for teachers of Samoan oratory and the Samoan language of respect. It is also an authoritative resource book for students of the language. The author's insightful descriptions of Samoan culture provide the necessary social contexts for learning these important speech registers. Text in Samoan
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824825959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
'O si Manu a Ali'i is the first comprehensive guide for teachers of Samoan oratory and the Samoan language of respect. It is also an authoritative resource book for students of the language. The author's insightful descriptions of Samoan culture provide the necessary social contexts for learning these important speech registers. Text in Samoan
Navigating the Future
Author: Eni Faʻauaa Hunkin Faleomavaega
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780964442610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Congressman Eni Faleomavaega sets the intellectual and legislative agenda on Pacific issues for the next decade including Asian security and trade concerns.
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780964442610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Congressman Eni Faleomavaega sets the intellectual and legislative agenda on Pacific issues for the next decade including Asian security and trade concerns.
A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language
Author: George Pratt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Siapo
Author: Mary J. Pritchard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Polynesian
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
"The artistic, cultural and economic functions of siapo in Samoan life prevail today... My little book is a modest contribution to understanding this important aspect of Samoan culture..."--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Polynesian
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
"The artistic, cultural and economic functions of siapo in Samoan life prevail today... My little book is a modest contribution to understanding this important aspect of Samoan culture..."--Preface.
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.