Tatau

Tatau PDF Author: Jean Tekura Mason
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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"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

Tatau PDF Author: Jean Tekura Mason
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203181
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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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

The Samoa Islands: Material Culture PDF Author: Augustin Krämer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824816346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598

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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

Anoafale O Le Gagana Ma Le Aganuu PDF Author: Pemerika L. Tauiliili
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449035116
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : sm
Pages : 70

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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

Whispers and Vanities PDF Author: Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 1775501833
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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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

Tatau PDF Author: Mark Adams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958216791
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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O si Manu a Alii

O si Manu a Alii PDF Author: Manumaua Luafata Simanu-Klutz
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824825959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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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

Navigating the Future PDF Author: Eni Faʻauaa Hunkin Faleomavaega
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780964442610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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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

A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language PDF Author: George Pratt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Siapo

Siapo PDF Author: Mary J. Pritchard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Polynesian
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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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

The Journal of the Polynesian Society PDF Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.