https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo daily 0.75 2023-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595178196229-0F0IQL2LW8TAKR5OT2AB/mareko-tamaleaa-3MQK-uVIW6w-unsplash+%281%29.jpg Fāgogo - Fāgogo An oral story account told at night that Samoan children looked forward to after the day’s chores. Mostly told by older women, the accounts introduced and reinforced key moral principles, lessons, history, and song. Aue! A signal to the narrator of your appreciation, also a sign that you are awake and listening. https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/tuiga monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596004779424-4N15KK7SL8XOLQ0TK22D/216585001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Tuiga A taupou was the unmarried daughter of the village chief. Her role as ceremonial hostess included performing the taualuga and mixing the ‘ava. The taupou wore a headdress or tuiga made of bunches of yellow (dyed) human hair. The middle section consists of three pearl shells strung together with vegetable fibre cord, below this are three rows of nautilus shells. The top part of the headdress is made of three projecting spikes covered with fibre or possibly barkcloth, two nautilus shells are attached to the outer spikes and four nautilus shells (fuiono) are attached to the central spike. Red feathers decorate all three spikes. Photo: Brittish Museum Oc1936,1007.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595752265175-OAXILNZPTPKAAZGNRJYX/MA_I164488_TePapa_A-Samoan-High-Chief_full.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595752589118-7STARVBBJTRTDQY1QW46/combs.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596005144060-1ICY0IK0GQ4YDT4TIWZT/1237980001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Human Hair Strands Circa 1928 Human hair headdress of chief; made of 9" to !0" long strands of bright reddish brown wavy hair; end of each strand doubled over a tied in loop with fine fibre, & strands then strung on a thin vegetable fibre cord. Photo: British Museum Oc1928,0204.1.a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595752604696-H6JKLUZC9IPMEWY8U5DG/MA_I386056_TePapa_Selu-Tuiga-head-comb_full.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595753249949-JALAVE5MN577DQU6PW9D/xwhole-pearl-nautilus-shell.jpg.pagespeed.ic._kOzBPcGem.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Fuiono (Nautilus Shell) Photo: Artisans polish the Tiger Nautilus shell down to its iridescent inner shell or nacre; often called the "mother of pearl". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595753489542-0MGOIAZUNN4D2GGDJ73Q/MA_I157980_TePapa_Chelonia-mydas-L-1758_full.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Una (Turtle Shell) Photo: Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas L., 1758, collected No data. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (RE.002471) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595752916849-13TCKFOHIPHM922XELRD/sega.gif Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Sega (Parrot) Feathers from the rare sega (parrot) were used to adorn the tuiga. Today, chicken feathers are typically used as a substitute. (Source) Photo: Tavita Togia, National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596012680409-ZAQ4SEXUFLBJP68ERNK4/1233063001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - Pale Fuiono Head ornament made of two rows of steel blue nautilus shells, strung on a narrow band covered with cotton cloth, and with a fibre tie at each end. Source: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1233063001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595751710277-DEDHEPN5ZYL1O06488K0/MA_I357691_TePapa_Doublehulled-outrigger_full.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - ʻAlia A double-hulled outrigger canoe that tautai navigators were sailing widely throughout the western Pacific until the end of the 1800s. This is a photograph of the last functional ʻalia in all of Polynesia, in Mulinuʻu, as clipper ships and steam engines replaced indigenous watercraft throughout the South Pacific Photo: Double-hulled outrigger canoe. From the album: Samoa, circa 1918, Samoa, by Alfred James Tattersall. Te Papa (O.041898) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595752113745-B8V5BMFMPGOTV4FIOV1Q/clown+fish.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595750878078-J89YT6VJN8QWY8PLHEWO/laneta%2Btuiga.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga Tuiga and ʻofuvao (handsewn dress made of flower petals) worn by Laneta Fitisemanu-Taukeiʻaho on her wedding day. (Artisan: the talented Aimee Poutoa Endicott) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595750813604-SRBKL0V933CJTFNZ8Q3X/moana+tuiga.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga Tuiga worn by Lealaimoanalua Carvalho-Fitisemanu (artisan: Jake Fitisemanu Jr) Photo by awesome cousin Katrina Keil Youd (Keil Creations Photography) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595750813853-1SO6OMTKJ87LYR6IMAYQ/tuiga+3.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga Tuiga worn by Mamaitaloa Fiaseu Sene (artisan: amazing aunty Susan Manumā, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595750814198-DT42WEK41D5ER6SSZVP4/tuiga+personal.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga Tuiga worn by Crys Steffany (Artisan: Jake Fitisemanu Jr) Photo by James Atoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595755472488-YGFKGW4JAYXDLINF9C6J/342455001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595755468928-9LU4FVWC1GCPIEJT3IYT/504194001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595755524674-DBJN68RHYXM0KZ94PINE/tuiga.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596005786737-7PT2RNFCHFKS7XMO762T/502811001.jpg Fāgogo - The Origin Story of the Tuiga - A group of seven women outdoors to performing a dance Six of the women sit on a mat, one woman, wearing the ceremonial outfit of a taupou (village maiden or daughter of a chief) stands in the centre of the mat; she wears a tuiga (headdress) made of sticks, feathers, hair and shell; a ulalei (necklace made of small sperm whale teeth) and 'ie toga and titi (skirt and apron made of plant material); Pago Pago, Tutuila. Albumen print Photo: The British Museum Oc,B125.2 https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/landversusseaanimals monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595733933337-2032Q5O6VK05BHIQCRJM/fuga.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Fuga (Parrotfish) Photo: Bryan Harry, National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595733869033-RX35YP276U4AQAIAIOUR/gutumanu.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Gutumanu (forcepsfish) Photo: Richard C. Wass, National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595732674086-S1HZVXXEOM371U2L0EDF/manumea+save+the.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Manumea Print Artwork: Ralph Steadman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595732740732-6CI2VA9C3CUWX9PNQZJ6/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+9.05.01+PM.png Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Manumea Mural Photo: Francis Faalili as featured in the Samoa Observer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595732892126-XCXITPY7FQSP49GW4W1D/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+9.06.53+PM.png Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Manumea Mural in New Zealand An estimated 150 Manumea birds are left. Photo: Aufa’i Areta Areta as featured in the Samoa Observer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595735605504-URLCK8D7SDW8SPQ2XPRQ/toloa.jpeg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Toloa (Gray Duck) Photo: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595736137253-Q09BTR6UD2GMAVOE0APG/giant+moray+eel.gif Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Maoa’e (Large Eel) Photo: Larry Basch, Giant Moray Eel, Fishes of National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595731946911-GPW6Q4TMXZE8D969IADU/mata%27italiga.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Mata’italiga (Scalloped Hammerhead Shark) If you look closely at a mata’italiga today, you’ll notice it still has a flat face with eyes that protrude from the sides of its strangely-shaped head. Photo: Larry Basch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595663519193-1D3MRHODUGX5CEUAUGN1/2607618330_8feabacab9_e.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Sa’ulalele (Sailfish) Sa’ulalele (Sailfish) Source: Flickr simo0727 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595662302717-IKDE2Z864QIT5Z6P22RO/Chraf_u2.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Tifitifi-Pule (Latticed Butterflyfish) Source: Randall, J.E., 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595662304227-UW9ML1WUV53M7L21PC8T/IMG1780x7+%281%29.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Ti’otala (Flat-Billed Kingfisher) Source: Birds of National Park of American Samoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595734111252-PB68826VG9W3B401QQ1H/manumea+%281%29.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Manumea (Toothed-Billed Pigeon) Photo: Samoa Conservation Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595734159340-MZIBG7ZPLOLWGAFJXKFQ/tuli.gif Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Tulī (Pacific Golden Plover) Photo: Bryan Harry, Birds of the National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595730358554-7BHZ2AHUNDYEPAYTYGQQ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-25+at+8.25.32+PM.png Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Matu'u (Pacific Reef Heron) Photo: National Park Photographer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595730349850-XEVBDWO2AL61BPO030EL/IMG1628x7.gif Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Matu'u (Pacific Reef Heron) Photo: Birds of the National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595731059024-U9D9MYG3OR8MB9L7S61D/yellowfin+tuna.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Asi (Yellowfin Tuna) Photo: Jeff Muir, showcased on NOAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595731073043-DMGYIN86QFJDLKTO4EK8/frigate+bird.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - 'Atafa (Great Frigatebird) Photo: Eric VanderWerf, eBird S40314337 Macaulay Library ML 75178601 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595731069840-5ZI32LP031FJXC6YQCQZ/frigate+bird+expanded.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - 'Afata (Great Frigatebird) Photo: Jeremiah Trimple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595731146637-YQE9TKDSMT57ESIH8445/fe%27e.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Fe'e (Octopus) Photo: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595664548145-0B6MW1FN116QTYGB41RW/The-dragonfly-Diplacodes-bipunctata-male-from-American-Samoa-Photo-Dan-Polhemus.png Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Se'emu (Dragonfly) The dragonfly Diplacodes bipunctata, male, from American Samoa. Source: Dan Polhemus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595664630007-RW698Z0W1JC22QFNMX5T/10-5-m-c-Am-Samoa_web.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Mother & Calf Humpback Whales Source: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595664644005-YNUEZNP2SITYD9P9VRND/IMG_6337.jpeg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Breaching: leaping partly out of the water and landing with a big splash. Source: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595664930667-EPTU2W5WIBWUIFNTQSV7/IMG_5562.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Rough-Toothed Dolphin sightings towards 'Aunu'u Isalnd Source: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595735437431-DASFQW5A1E5WWBGISXTL/33636837204_573835b4fa_c.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Mālolo (Flying Fish) Photo: Harold Moses, Flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595735437343-I1RTTL6IPGA5VGNO2FTA/33669030443_ef2ef57f2f_c.jpg Fāgogo - The War between the Flying Animals and Animals of the Sea - Mālolo (close up view) Photo: Harold Moses, Flickr https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/sinaandthebirds monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595704964908-MYOWVT41J66Z5PIJ64BK/pacific+pigeon.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Lupe (Pacific Pigeon) Across parts of its range it will travel between islands in order to forage. Individuals may gather to form large flocks in fruiting trees and travel some distances forage. Pairs nest in high trees, constructing a concealed, unlined untidy nest of twigs. It was hunted in prehistoric times in Tonga and Samoa with elaborate traps on stone platforms, and these hunts were of considerable cultural significance. Summary taken from Wikipedia. Photo: © Eric VanderWerf eBird S40373720 Macaulay Library ML75641361 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595704445846-1Y5U2BFX15Z28IVBHIQE/Segaula5x7.gif Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Sega or Segavao (Blue-crowned Lory) Samoa’s only parrot is only 7 inches long. In historic times, the colorful feathers were used to decorate finemats. They feed on the nectar of coconut and coral tree flowers. Despite the bright colors, they are hard to see. (Source: National Park of American Samoa) Photo: By Tavita Togia. Taken from the Birds of the National Park of American Samoa website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595702934085-NA2AW2X342TKNYSCT350/4948563442_24326fdaa6_c.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Manumā (frontal view) The manumā or Multi-colored Fruit Dove is one of the rarest birds found on Tutuila. Photo: Flikr. naturgucker.de https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595703077563-PTR5OV13V8WYZJY60VT3/2583836288_cfe9988898_z.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Manumā (back view) Photo: Flickr, by Tom Tarrant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595701837796-X8V3R7E2GK3YLQB4QOCQ/Lop-Tree-Seed-Pod.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Lopa Seeds A red coral bean seed, that were used for weighing, consumption, jewelry/fashion designs and firewood. Photo: National Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595701852143-N9ADUJLDWBTF6NXJIHIK/manuali%27i.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Manuali'i (Australasian Swamphen) Manu (bird) and Ali’i (chief). Chiefs would keep these birds as pets. The manuali’i is also to be the incarnation of a mischievous, aggressive demon called Vave (Corey & Shirley Muse, "The Birds and Birdlore of Samoa, " 1982). Photo: © Oscar Thomas eBird S47512658 Macaulay Library ML 108993431 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595700845944-6U9V1F7N8F8W9NMUQMNC/MA_I028851_TePapa_Samoan-girl-on-ie-sina_full.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - ‘Ie Sina An unknown woman sits on 'ie sina (white shaggy matting) with her arms on her knees facing the viewers' right. She has her hair up and is wearing a selu tuiga (headcomb), two beaded necklaces, a satin bodice, and a dark furry skirt. Photo: Samoan girl wearing an 'Ie Sina, circa 1896 Circa 1896, Samoa, by Thomas Andrew. Gift of Alison Beckett and Robert McPherson, 1996. Te Papa (O.001187/01) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595704227484-5EH1VJ9YT7WLNPGAJB2R/long+tailed+cuckoo.jpg Fāgogo - Sina & the Birds - Aleva (Long-Tailed Cuckoo) Large cuckoo with horizontal spots and streaking and a very distinctive long tail. Gives a distinctive loud ascending screech “zzhweeet” which can be heard during the day or night as it migrates. There is potential for confusion with New Zealand Falcon; note the Koel’s straighter bill and distinctive long tail. Summary taken from ebird.org. Photo © Jesse Gibson eBird S40528359 Macaulay Library ML 75688331 https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/nonusriddle monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595574759253-RRZO59LTO4GPPQFTYZUW/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+10.38.21+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  - Samoan Riddle (Tupua) Source: Barber, V., Iosefa, A., & National Dissemination Assessment Center, Los Angeles. (1980). Tupua : Samoan riddles / compiled by Veronica Leasiolagi Barber [and] Alaisea Faalafi Iosefa ; illustrated by Joy L. Goodenow. Los Angeles, Calif.: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595574760733-84FL6S6DCBS76P0R04Q3/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+10.55.48+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  - Samoan Riddle (Tupua) Source: Barber, V., Iosefa, A., & National Dissemination Assessment Center, Los Angeles. (1980). Tupua : Samoan riddles / compiled by Veronica Leasiolagi Barber [and] Alaisea Faalafi Iosefa ; illustrated by Joy L. Goodenow. Los Angeles, Calif.: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595574778287-3JLDB29QZT7USL9FVP34/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+10.38.13+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  - Samoan Riddle (Tupua) Source: Barber, V., Iosefa, A., & National Dissemination Assessment Center, Los Angeles. (1980). Tupua : Samoan riddles / compiled by Veronica Leasiolagi Barber [and] Alaisea Faalafi Iosefa ; illustrated by Joy L. Goodenow. Los Angeles, Calif.: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595575430286-0VZI4P9SP9TEQQX7LQA9/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+10.57.07+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  - Samoan Riddle (Tupua) Source: Barber, V., Iosefa, A., & National Dissemination Assessment Center, Los Angeles. (1980). Tupua : Samoan riddles / compiled by Veronica Leasiolagi Barber [and] Alaisea Faalafi Iosefa ; illustrated by Joy L. Goodenow. Los Angeles, Calif.: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595571993906-FLAZCG9LG1QTNSGF16EE/ipu-tau-ava-41177d-700x467.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  Ipu tau ‘ava (Kava cup) Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. AM 41177. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596006253737-RA9H781K56AXW47WQFVU/image-asset.jpeg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  - Fuaga Fuaga (Juggling) Three unknown young women are sitting on siapo (decorated tapa cloth) with a backdrop of the same material behind them. The woman on the left is winding thread round a bundle of sticks, the woman on right is juggling eight spherical objects. Photo: Thomas Andrew Circa 1890-1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595571839307-26X7Z3Q2WMMSIUO9RANY/samoa_traditional_wedding_ceremony-0-850-0-0.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  Early traditional wedding ceremony, Samoa Source: CoconetTV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595573929842-3T5LP4O5U6HTK919YIIS/MuseumJournal_II_3_1911-4.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  Samoan State Clubs Source: Penn Museum, Object Numbers: P2275 / P2279 / P2278 / P2274 / P2277 / P2276 / P2273 / P2372 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596006859174-05CT3BFN9P9B53JCN388/MA_I010686_TePapa_Game-of-Lafo-Vavau_full.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  Game of Lafo Photo: Outside a fale (traditional house) sixteen men are sitting on the ground playing 'lafo' on a woven mat. Mat is possibly a 'ie toga (fine matting). Source: Thomas Andrew circa 1890-1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595573075163-6MY2Y65C5I2DSO796WXQ/war+clups.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Nonu’s Riddle  Samoan Clubs & Spear. Source: Stair, John B. Old Samoa : Or, Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean. 1897. Print. See Chapter 5: Samoan Wars & Warfare p. 242. https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/why-we-dance-aiuli monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596007230154-CYR3NZ1HXWREYH95OFAR/fale+headrest.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Women sleeping in a fale on a family style ‘ali Interior of a fale. From the album: Samoa, circa 1918, Samoa, by Alfred James Tattersall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1596008064399-WKRN1UM8QVCI75L6B3TP/MA_I357690_TePapa_Interior-of-a-fale-From_full+%281%29.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Photo: Interior of a fale. From the album: Samoa, circa 1918, Samoa, by Alfred James Tattersall. Te Papa (O.041897) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595481286596-S61W02QJOCO15V2U9TA0/%27alia+3.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Photo: ‘Die Samoa Inseln‘ (‘The Samoa Islands’), Dr Augustin Kramer, 1903 (trans. Dr Theodore Verhaaren, 1995), vol. 2, p. 289. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595147357398-QTS9ALV8M6NO0YEGT8XA/816px-Samoan_taupou_wearing_the_%27tuiga%27_ornamented_head-dress_made_of_human_hair.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Photo: Samoan taupou with a 'tuiga' ornamented headdress made of human hair. George Brown, D.D. Pioneer-missionary and explorer an Autobiography. London MCMVIII, 1908 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595136693228-H2E2YYGN86O0R15QWOFX/manono+.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Island of Manono, Photo: Samoa Tourism Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595145047203-E2FB148A5WDJGO7T2R19/%27alia+double+va%27a.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli ‘Alia- doubled hulled canoe circa 1910. A man stands in front of the va’a (canoe) with child standing on vessel behind. Photo: possibly by Louis John Daroux. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595133864298-SPWPBSJTVJT4M5HYGYSN/%2527aiuli%2B.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Samoa-53.jpg ʻAiuli -exuberant, spontaneous peripheral performers flanking the principal dancer. Photo: Bob Douglas, UH Hilo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595139735920-GF79NHIDZJGGI035QCXE/MA_I364342_TePapa_ie-toga-fine-mat_preview.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - 'Ie Tōga, Fine Mat Pandanus leaf, Museum of New Zealand, FE010344 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595143698312-6NHV92AH81FO8LGBOQT4/%27ie+toga+celebration.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - 'Ie Toga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595141084072-LHBRMZ501A0EHAF5IPWL/Screen+Shot+2020-07-19+at+12.44.12+AM.png Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - 'Ie Samoa Smaller in size and made with smaller weaves, the ‘Ie Samoa is considered the most fine of all the Samoan mats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595139954138-AGZS2TW9IGXNTUAJMYOY/Screen+Shot+2020-07-19+at+12.18.12+AM.png Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - Siapo, tapa cloth Young women in tapa dresses c. 1900’s, Apia, Western Samoa. Neich & Pendagrast, 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595141620862-PHZW37B1VGV435JX03CV/siapo.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - Siapo (1890's), Tapa Cloth 1890s; Samoa. Bark cloth. Museum of New Zealand, ref# FE003511/1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595144361623-OCD2Y2Z0L0SGCRB1F4K5/image1-1024x843.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - Lama, Candlenut Tree Blossoms In addition to using the lama nuts to make oil for lamps, the candlenuts when burned were also used to make tatoo (tatua) ink, and ink used for siapo. Samoans also used the leaves of the lama for medicinal purposes for children that had a fever or convulsions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595140368810-PVZWSR9CUZVIB2SD5SHL/lama.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - Lama, Candlenut Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595143232154-CAUD6ZUGOLHJONIVPDQY/taro+root.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - Uli, Taro Sprouts Photo: mybigSfarm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595146537554-QQAGZACD48DC694WEYMI/Screen+Shot+2020-07-19+at+2.15.12+AM.png Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Photo: Taupou wearing tuiga or headdress traditionally made with human hair taken by Thomas Andrew circa 1890’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595481112024-L6NKHDV60IWL2VLP5CV6/%27alia+2.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli ‘Alia, Photo: Hufnagel-Betham Family Collection, Museum of Samoa. Tattersall, John Alfred. c.1902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595145147660-0ZJS7BLWM9Q8CWR5JL3J/alia.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Photo appears in Kramer, A, translation T Verhaaven, “The Samoa Islands”, Auckland: Polynesian Press, 1994, p.299, with the title “The catamaran Fa’a’inaelo of Olosega on Manu’a, now fallen to ruin”. Olosega is one of the most eastern islands in the Samoan archipelago. When Kramer travelled to Manu’a, he went to Olosega and found this vessel in fragments. Some of those fragments were ladged with the Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. (excerpt written by Sean Mallon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595146864745-MXBSI401OU427VFL0Q7W/26170056_1588562551227906_3430729156039147458_o.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli This photo dates from about 1908-09 and appears to have been taken in Apia, possibly by photographer Thomas Andrew. The young woman, dressed as a taupou with an ornate tuiga (head piece), was a member of the Young family. We know this from the details pertaining to a photographic shoot in 1911 by Auckland studio photographer, Herman Schmidt. In that session Schmidt took at least seven photos of Mrs Young and, apparently, two daughters and a son. The taupou photo was a copy that Schmidt made for one of the daughters, “Miss Young,” from the Apia shoot. These photos all exist in the Auckland Libraries collection. This one has been colourised for the Museum of Samoa by Spanish colourist Joaquin To. Every effort has been made to replicate the likely colours of the accessories that Miss Young wore in the taupou photograph though there may be differing opinions about some items. Credit: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-64220, photographer H.J. Schmidt, colourised by Joaquin To. Taken from FB post by T.Brunt/Fotuo Samoa Jackson for The Museum of Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595227761886-L0P249N4VV59O5I8FLV3/PEIP%25281910%2529_Map_of_Manono_Island%252C_Samoa.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli Map of Manono & Apolima Circa 1910. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595132099387-WMZ3K9IR1C9G30HMEJF9/ali.jpg Fāgogo - Why We Dance ʻAiuli - ‘Ali, Samoan Headrest Photo: 19th century. Bamboo, wood, fiber, 6 x 25 1/2 x 5 in. (15.2 x 64.8 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mark A. Blackburn, 1991.170.1. https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/the-chicken-hidden-in-the-canoe monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595834566135-5UI0QL45DVYT0NX60BUF/339437001.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe Group of girls playing a stick game called fisi vavau circa 1890-1910. Photo: Andrew Thomas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595483985239-NAWHX6V4ALECKPIJPRHJ/upeti.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe 1939 Upeti, used for printing process on bark cloth called ‘elei, carved by Mary Pritchard. Source: American Aiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595490525736-3S7AJLXA81YQG2ZWZLX9/umu.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe Samoan Umu, Source: Samoa Tourism Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595318340458-N0Z1P8BC5WZ4V9PK3R8A/MaryP_siapo.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe 1972 Mamanu Siapo by Mary Pritchard. Source: American Aiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595492110810-K8CFNYDVTT1YIKBCJYNY/Samoa_JF_2003+smaller.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe “Natives and canoe, Savai’I”, under “Samoa” in The World of Today, Volume 4, 1907, p. 187 . Source: The Asia-Pacific Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595317967473-3NLZPFA4BDDTG4DB3N4P/587323.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe Siapo, Paper, Mulberry Circa 1920-1940 Source: Mat, siapo (bark cloth), paper, mulberry, Samoa, 1920-1940 2018, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595488945549-7OWBHWTAZHVGPAGDJ0GY/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+1.20.45+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe Source: Whistler, W. Arthur. “Annotated List of Samoan Plant Names.” Economic Botany, vol. 38, no. 4, 1984, pp. 464–489. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4254688. Accessed 23 July 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487646536-ADVAQMCII8IPOYZ8MLR0/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+12.58.44+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Harvesting the Bark U’a tree stalk being harvested (when it is 10-14 months old or 1-2 inches in diameter). Source: siapo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487330949-LGX9WPE9CTAJZ0X87JDB/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+12.54.37+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Removing the Bark Bark is removed and then rolled. Source: siapo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487326185-LXHV4F6NCVZHYFKHEP9O/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+12.54.45+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Separating the Bark and Bast Horizontal cut made to separate bark and bast. Source: Siapo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487326431-RMVP70RSEO81H5ZJ4C4T/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+12.54.56+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Scraping Process Scraping removes the remaining bits of bark and green growth from the bast as well as softens and spreads the fibers. Three different clam shells are used in the process: pipi, pae, and ‘asi. Source: siapo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487750729-ADV2B7TD2U5J5VCZYHHD/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+1.02.18+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Board Positioning Change The board is then changed in order to push and squeeze out water by pushing the bark against the board. Source: siapo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487238350-1Y0FHLKJT7X1RQ0RR139/%27ie.jpg Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - 'Ie (tapa beater) A hand tool used to beat and flatten pieces of tree bark to create pieces of cloth. Museum of New Zealand, FE002974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595487362429-X1CU9MZD10ZU23L81CJC/Screen+Shot+2020-07-23+at+12.55.35+AM.png Fāgogo - The Chicken Hidden in the Canoe - Beating the Bark The bark is beaten to wide it so that there is greater surface area. Source: siapo.com https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/how-one-became-the-first-number monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594920194587-R4NZY7CZ9MTKO6451V02/28-TAHITIZOOM-1608577.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Photo: Tahitian women participants in the javelin throw at the annual Heiva, a month long festival that features cultural and sport competitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595126947887-B93KCDTNFQ4WVY3G4X5E/6608566.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Samoan Flying Fox, eating pandanus fruit. Photo: Nat’l Park of American Samoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595120445608-VUXXSWTI6Q11U1P29FJK/pandanus-5000963_640.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Fala (Pandanus) Tree, Photo: Pixabay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595120522305-80O758DNDS4NX4U184SH/animals-1088371_1280.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Pe’a (Flying Fox Fruit Bats) , Photo: Pixabay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595122121762-Q9PBOOLCEI5XLVON76HI/black+skin+2.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Pacific Black Skink, Mt. Vaea Reserve, Photo: ZooChat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595122096828-SR056WXE3FHHLT9VWMH2/Screen+Shot+2020-07-18+at+6.44.04+PM.png Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Pacific Black Skink, Photo: P.Ryan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595120464144-P6ZCZC40IOJ71IVFHALW/fruit-1232835_640.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Pandanus Fruit, Photo: Pixabay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595122142905-E6ATDN07Z826Y3XBIJL4/black+skink.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Pacific Black Skink (Emoia Nigra), Mt. Vaea Reserve, Photo: ZooChat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594920279669-ZO3X85UNZQAGS83SEU9W/javelot-01.jpg Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Photo: Javelin throw at Heiva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595121799474-0GC2BSCRLZCM81VXV89A/Screen+Shot+2020-07-18+at+7.22.16+PM.png Fāgogo - How “One” Became the First Number Malae located in Vatia Village, American Samoa, 1998 Photo: Micah Van der Ryn https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/the-story-of-big-sister-and-little-sister monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594791510212-467869AYHZDFLMY49MUH/%27ava.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Big Sister and Little Sister Photo: Percy Smith, Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 29 1920 Supplement. Kava Drinking ceremonies among the Samoans and a boat voyage round 'Upolu Island, Samoa, p 1-21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594790662042-DRTOIKUNQPGPKCBBKKO6/umu-banner-image.jpeg Fāgogo - The Story of Big Sister and Little Sister Photo: Samoan Umu, Samoa Tourism Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594786948753-OVI186985YM5CVWFKIP9/magroves.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Big Sister and Little Sister Photo: Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson featuring togo or magrove trees in Upolu. An important part of the Samoan ecosystem, mangroves are efficient at keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and house a large variety of fish and crab species. The leaves, bark, and roots are used for a number of cultural practices. For instance, the roots are used to make the dye or paint for the motifs on traditional Samoan tapa cloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594785972460-T34D5UTWY34X03Y05J6N/Screen+Shot+2020-07-14+at+10.02.28+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Big Sister and Little Sister Photo Credit: Samoan women wearing ‘ula lei’ whale tooth necklaces supplemented by garlands of Gardenia leaves and flowers. Museum of New Zealand/Te Papa Tongarewa, Thomas Andrew Collection, ‘Two leaf-clad women,’ Regn no. O.001140/1. https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/o-le-tala-o-limaleleimaoloa-ma-lona-tamnbsp monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594609969073-7R9H4X66GG8JTFBW662G/Sogi.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  - Sogi Sisters Moana and Lonu perform a Sogi or traditional face-to-face greeting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594610752846-DVOQRY8CLUKT1999WZ0N/Cananga_flower.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  Moso’oi flowers (Ylang Ylang) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594605116515-J6AM1KNZJI73YLZ448Z4/1918%2Bflu%2Bmemorial.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  - A memorial located in Vaimoso was dedicated to the victims of the 1918 Influenza . With the lack of medical resources, the pandemic killed more than 20% of the Samoan population or around 8500 people. The influenza was brought from the New Zealand ship Talune, which was carrying sick passengers despite having been earlier quarantined in Fiji. With no time to bury the dead in the traditional manner, many were buried in mass graves in Vaimoso. Source: Samoan Observer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594613203524-MX4VAOE9C6Q790PW1GAW/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%25286%2529.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  Photos Left to Right: 1) A Va’aalo (fishing canoe) on its way out to fish, the fishing rod still lying on the fork (Krämer, Augustin The Samoan Islands: Material Culture, pg. 226) 2) Va'aalo Savaii' 5200 x 1550mm, Wood: Kava. Tufuga va'aalo: Mulitalo Malu Fautua & Ioane Ioane 3) Faofao or conch shell trumpets, Taumeasina Island Resort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594611945912-Y30VN2WTWH3W8XPDEPCZ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-12+at+9.45.23+PM.png Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  - Hogi Two unidentified Maori women, greeting each other with a hongi. They are wearing tag cloaks (korowai), and are standing on a patterned woven flax mat (whariki) in front of an unidentified meeting house. Two mere are placed on the mat between them, with a taiaha in the foreground. Image taken circa 1909 by William Archer Price https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594610728514-5CVIO2C9FZ2H0YASV0X3/Seilala%2BGarcinia%2BFlower.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  Seilala flowers (Garcinia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594606902207-THHHZQ16QKZHZ91YINPI/Ulalei.jpg Fāgogo - The Story of Why We Greet Each Other By Pressing Noses Together  Photo: Ulalei (chiefly regalia shaped from sperm whale ivory) Sean Mallon, Samoan Art & Artists O Measina a Samoa https://www.fagogo.org/fagogo/o-le-tala-o-le-isumu-ma-le-fee monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594577643715-ZS29CQ8AWPREC21JP59E/Samoa_Country_map.png Fāgogo - The Story Of The Rat & The Octopus Photo Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594583816679-PD55J38ZK36P3MJHYD1C/illustrations.png Fāgogo - The Story Of The Rat & The Octopus Illustration by Leiana, Age 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594527418531-MF7DQSZ11TXYX3XY2KGE/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%25281%2529.jpg Fāgogo - The Story Of The Rat & The Octopus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1594581875536-KC9722DD41TE6EBZWF5X/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%25282%2529.jpg Fāgogo - The Story Of The Rat & The Octopus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee630cac3a4107967402ffc/1595571569156-FXTE33RNGHUQKKE3RIAO/MA_I153518_TePapa_Octopus-Lure_preview.jpg Fāgogo - The Story Of The Rat & The Octopus - Pule Taʻi Feʻe or Maʻa Taʻi Feʻe Octopus lure made with cowrie shells, fashioned to resemble the shape of a ratʻs brown body and long tail. 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