American Samoa

Samoans celebrate by inviting international dignataries, raising the Flag, performances - dancing, etc, etc, competitions, longboat racing, international acts are brought in to perform singing, dancing, etc, etc, using Samoans well known singers, dancers, wrestlers, sports people to perform, etc, etc.

Samoa is comprised of four different islands, Savai'i, Upolu, Manono and Apolima, with a number of scattered little islands, example, Nu'ulua, Nu'usafe'e, etc.

It is the colloquial term for money because of the 'k' otherwise it is pronounced properly with a 't' as in 'tupe'.

"Do you want your mouth slapped, eh?" The question posed "E po lo guku, ah?" is grammatically incorrect. It should be: "E po lou guku, a?" Literal translation is: "E po (Slap) lou (your) guku (mouth), a (eh)?" If you utter "Slap your mouth, eh?", it sounds more like a statement rather than a question.

There are more than just Samoans living in Samoa. Of course, predominantly, Samoans live there, but over the years alot of other nationalities are there also. For example, people of non-Samoan descent who marry a Samoan. Or someone who moved to Samoa for work (there are an increasing number of Japanese, Papalagi (caucasian) and Indo-Fijians living there). When I lived in Samoa, I went to school with a Tongan family, and Tokelauan girl and more than a few caucasians.

Although Samoans have travelled to New Zealand since the early 1900s, it was not until the 1950s that they migrated in large numbers. As New Zealand's industry and the service sector expanded over the next 30 years, the search for labour was extended to territories and former territories in the Pacific. Most of the time samoans move to new zealand is to get a good educations for their family and children.

Soifua means "well". When one says Tofa Soifua, they are bidding you farewell.

Fusi, opo, fa'auouo

Look, We don't hate you okay? Its just a matter of opinion, Theres a Tink line between us now, and pooing just don['t flow. Johnno, I hate your bitsize body. Beth, I know. Don't say anything, But I know. ♥

The first Samoan to play in the NFL was Al Lolotai, who played for the Washington Redskins. Al broke into the league in 1945, where he played on the offensive line as a guard. After the 1945 season, Al moved over to the All American Football Conference, where he played for four more years (1946-1949) for the Los Angeles Dons.

The national flower of American Samoa is the Red Ginger. The Red Ginger flower can also be called Pink Cone Ginger and Ostrich Plume.

Peace is "filemu".

Sofia is also Sofia in Samoan

The Samoan flag was adopted on February 24, 1949, while Samoa was still a trust territory of New Zealand. Samoa gained independence from New Zealand on January 1, 1962. The basic design of the Samoan flag was created in 1948. That flag was identical to the current flag except the Southern Cross star pattern had only four stars. The fifth star was added in February of 1949.

yes! the poem "to be samoan" included in the book "a deeper song" by tate simi (1992), was renamed "identity" in a 1995 reprint of the same book.

I'm not sure about proper phonetic spelling, but ownaheelee pot achookma would be the best way I could describe how to pronounce it in Chahta.

In Japanese folklore, the tale of a snake hiding WITHIN a lotus represents the poor judgment behind viewing something solely from it's outer appearance.

It shows that, despite the tranquility and beauty of the lotus, within it's petals lies something dangerous.

Well as in Hawaii there are different race. Hawaiin Men are about 5"9-6"2 on average Filipino people are around 5"2-5"9 but yah im not to sure im from Hawaii average heights are about 5"8

Tener para la cena.

In my experience (I stayed with a family in Segovia, which is north of Madrid), dinner usually consists of a soup (probably a vegetable or legume base such as garbanzo beans), followed by chicken or pork (pork is a staple). Bread also accompanied the meals, and yogurt or fresh fruit was served as dessert.

April 17,1900 the American Samoa became a territory.

The great plains people ate a food called pemmican.Pemmican is berries, buffalo fat,and buffalo meat. They also at bison and ate more bufalo. Aslo they grew crops because they had alot of farmland.they grew wheat,rice and beans. :) THis is true if you don't belive me look on www.The people of the plains!!! <3 :)

There was no US Naval Base in Hawaii during the Spanish-American War. Naval operations commenced there in 1899, with a coaling station at Honolulu. The coral reef blocking the entrance to Pearl River (Pearl Harbor) was dredged between 1901 and 1905, and the passageway deepened in 1908.