Fa'alupega o Samoa 'Atoa, by Tofaeono Tanuvasa Tavale

Fa'alupega o Samoa 'Atoa, by Tofaeono Tanuvasa Tavale

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This book is written in the Samoan language.

Fa'alupega o Samoa Atoa presents the traditional honorifics of villages in Upolu, Savaii, Tutuila, Manu'a, Apolima and Manono. The book also features names of the meeting grounds of each village, traditional salutations to paramount chiefs within the village, taupou names and also demonstrates the connection between the villages through connections of kinship.

O lenei tusi fa’alupega o su’esu’ega na ‘āmata mai le 1973 o le taumafai lea e fa’amaumau fa’alupega o nu’u ta’itasi. E lua itū autū na taumafai ina ia ‘ausia. Muamua ia fa’apu’upu’u upu o afio’aga ina ia faigōfie ia i latou e a’oa’oina fa’alupega o nu’u ona maua ‘aemaise pe’ā fa’afuase’ia. O lea taumafaiga sa lē faigōfie ‘auā e tatau ona maua uma i latou e fa’auluulu i ai afio’aga ma mea tāua. O le māfua’aga lea na tusia ai le tusi, “O le Fa’afaigōfieina o Fa’alupega o Samoa i le 1999.” O lea tusi e fiafia tele i ai le to’atele ma ua fa’atolu ona lolomiina ona o le mana’omia. O lona lua o le taumafai lea ina ia au’ili’ili upu o nu’u e aofia ai fa’alupega, maota, laoa, lagi, toga, igoaipu, mānaia ma sa’otama’ita’i e pei o le lomiga lenei ua fa’aigoaina o Fa’alupega o Samoa  ‘Ātoa