While Samoan Americans and Americans share a lot in common‚ they also have many differences. Samoa is situated about 2‚500 miles southwest of Hawai’i and about 1‚800 miles northeast of New Zealand. Modern Samoa is divided into two parts: the much larger‚ independent nation of Samoa — formerly known as Western Samoa; and the relatively small American Samoa‚ the only U.S. territory south of the equator‚ Hawaii. The subculture in Hawaii is Samoan. Samoan Americans share a lot in common with the American
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The Welcome Ceremony is performed when visitors entering a village where they are expected usually find the ali ’i and faipule waiting for them either outside or within a house. If the occasion is a very formal one‚ the whole village may have assembled in its various groups‚ matai‚ Pastors of different denominations‚ Women ’s Committee in distinctive uniforms‚ schools and young men and women. In this case‚ a arch of welcome will probably also have been constructed. The meeting house (fale fono)
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in order to even start a study on a specific culture. In the films "Shock of the Other" and "Margaret Mead and Samoa" we‚ as the viewer get to see how these fieldworks are done from a perspective myself‚ as a student‚ have never gotten to see before. In both of these films quite "famous" anthropologists the first‚ Margaret Mead‚ an American journeyed to the South Pacific territory of Samoa in 1925 to do her fieldwork. The other anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis who was born in Hyderabad‚ Pakistan
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Tattooing was a major part of the Samoan culture. If a chief’s son is ready to be tattooed‚ then the father will come to the tattoo expert and offer a fine mat. If the mat is accepted‚ then the expert "visits the village and takes a large pig as a present to the family of the patient." (Buck‚ 1930. p. 641) The pig is divided between the chiefs and the talking chiefs of the village. A talking chief is a noble or title-holder who speaks or acts for a high chief. A ceremonial drinking of the kava takes
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8‚ 2013 Margaret Mead’s quest to understand adolescent girls in Samoa seems to have turned up some inaccurate data‚ I do not believe Margaret lied‚ but rather got it wrong by collecting inaccurate data from unreliable sources. Margaret found a society of free love‚ where casual sex took place without jealousy. A society where young girls did not experience the turmoil and stress faced by American girls (Margaret Mead and Samoa). While I do not believe that Mead fabricated her findings‚ I do believe
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In American Samoa‚ digging a pit is no simple task to undertake‚ particularly for a group of students with nothing but a shovel. The soil here is hard and compact‚ full of pebbles and lava rocks. Attempting to dig a pit would have been toilsome and ultimately fruitless. Fortunately‚ while on a fieldtrip‚ my classmates and I came upon an archaeological dig site. It was basically a big pit‚ about five feet deep‚ that was perfect for our observations. There were obvious changes in the soil through the
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identify and discuss the causes and the effects of protest in the Pacific‚ using the Mau movement in Samoa and the Maasina Ruru in the Solomon Island as an example. Also several sources will be utilised to broaden and justify the validity of the arguments and facts given. This is because‚ of the complex issue of acquiring reliable information about the two movements. Firstly‚ the Mau Movement in Samoa was an example of a prolonged and lengthy process of Nationalism in the Pacific. This is because
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types‚ forms‚ designs and methods used in different cultures and islands. Two of the most popular and well known forms of tattoos and islands from Polynesia are Samoan and Maori‚ from Samoa and New Zealand. The English word ’tattoo’ comes from the Polynesian word ’Tatau’. The traditional tattoo artists from Samoa that preformed the art on local Polynesian and indigenous tribes were predominately males‚ as it was a father-son practice‚ passed down through generations and generations. The father
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Lies in the Central South Pacific near the equator a small island formed by a volcano eruption years ago an island called American Samoa. An island filled with high green mountains‚ with a shining blue sky‚ and a clear blue ocean that beautify its surroundings and it is valued by its people. What a joyful place to live‚ to interact with beautiful people‚ a simple life that is slowly evolving into an advanced lifestyle. I have wondered of how I would react with problems of my educational life if
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The Most Significant Experience which Made Me Who I am today. Life is an opportunity. It is a cycle of most valuable and treasured memories that even a ninety year old and a crippled person will not be able to erase and forget. It is an endless road that is full of laughter‚ sweat‚ tearful and most of all loneliness. The land was extremely barren for my eyes. The blue angry waves of the sea made me feel so anxious to paddle my daddy’s canoe to collect sea urchins and sea cucumbers‚ that I
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