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	Culture of Samoa - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Culture of Samoa - Samoans are typically friendly and welcoming people.
		Samoans have a communal way of life with little privacy: they do all their activities together and even traditional fales (houses) have no walls, and just use blinds made of coconut leaves during the night or bad weather.
		Samoa is a deeply religious country despite ancient Samoan culture being contrary to the Church's beliefs, for example, belief in aitu (spirits).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Culture_of_Samoa (604 words)

	Performing Selves: Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century.
		American Samoa is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific Ocean.
		Originally inhabited as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was reached by European explorers in the 18th century.
	www.wsu.edu /~ice_age/samoa.html (353 words)

	Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samoa's two high chiefs at the time of independence were given lifetime appointments to jointly hold the office of head of state.
		Samoa is located east of the international dateline and south of the equator, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand in the Polynesian region of the South Pacific.
		The Samoas are of volcanic origin and the total land area is 2934 sq km, consisting of the two large islands of Upolu and Savai'i which account for 96% of the total land area, and seven small islets: Manono, Apolima, Nuutele, Nuulua, Namua, Fanuatapu, Nuusafee and Nuulopa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samoa (1025 words)

	Samoa Travel & Accommodation - Pacific Travel Guides
		This compact collection of islands makes Samoa an excellent destination for those who love to get out and explore and is one of the few South Pacific destinations where you can see the majority of sights in one short visit.
		Neighbouring American Samoa, just 100km to the south east, shares an identical culture and language but was taken over by America in 1899 and remains a US territory.
		Although its traditional culture and lifestyle has been eroded on the outside, the people are still very much Polynesians at heart.
	www.pacific-travel-guides.com /samoa-islands (547 words)

	Samoa Hosts People's Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Samoa is a strong supporter of disarmament, the prohibition of nuclear and chemical weapons and land mines and the International Criminal
		Samoa is a Signatory of the International Convention of Human Rights and supports gender equality and the rights of children.
		Samoa has also promised Secretary-General Kofi Annan to increase their contribution to the United Nations by 50% next year.
	www.pathwaystopeace.org /culture/samoa_hosts_inaugural_global_peo.htm (1161 words)

	Culture of Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Culture of Samoa - Samoans are typically friendly and welcoming people.
		They have a distinct culture in which they have great pride.
		Samoans have a communal way of life with little privacy: they do all their activities together and even traditional fales (houses) have no walls, and just use blinds made of coconut leaves during the night or bad weather.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Samoa (783 words)

	Travel in Samoa - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		This unquestioning demand for respect is taking its toll in modern Samoa as the younger generation, which is invariably better educated than its predecessors, constantly finds itself trying to balance the demands of a conservative Samoan society with its knowledge of the world, increasingly gathered from overseas education and experience.
		Fa'a Samoa is also evident in the legal system which is actually two separate systems, a western style system administered by a police force and justice department, and a traditional system administered at a village level.
		Because of the absence of a written script, Samoa had a very strong oral tradition with songs, poems and family histories being passed by word of mouth from generation to generation.
	www.australiatravelling.net /samoa/samoa_culture.htm (1073 words)

	Samoa Travel Guide: Travel with PATA - Your One-Stop Guide To Travel In Asia Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Samoan culture is based on fa'amatai, a system of government that has a chief, or matai, governing an entire 'aiga (extended family).
		Although Samoan culture dates back thousands of years and is still passed on through poems, genealogies and stories of the old gods, most Samoans these days are devout Christians.
		Tattooing is a significant rite in independent Samoa and involves more than a visit to the local Tatt Parlour on a Friday night, full of Dutch courage and bravado, to get a Betty Boop figure stenciled on a bicep.
	samoa.travelwithpata.com /culture.html (581 words)

	Salani Surf Resort Samoa Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Samoa’s 1133 square miles are made up of 7 tropical islands, 4 of which are inhabited.
		Samoa is considered the heart of Polynesia and many believe that the island of Savai’i is the ancient Hawai’iki, or birthplace of Polynesian culture.
		The chance to experience this living culture and the pride Samoans take in their traditions is not to be missed.
	www.surfsamoa.com /culture.html (482 words)

	Samoa - South Pacific Internet Travel Specialists, (PacificNavigator.com) Fiji Islands, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		The Samoan way of life, Fa'a Samoa, is unique in the Pacific and a tradition that is proudly upheld by the people.
		Thanks to Fa'a Samoa, Samoans live in open houses, yet the crime rate is one of the lowest in the world.
		While traditional singing is accompanied with the beat of sticks on wood or bamboo or the beating of mats, modern songs are accompanied by modern instruments, particularly the guitar.
	pacificnavigator.com /samoa/aboutsamoa/culture.html (523 words)

	The Infography about Travel in Samoa
		Samoa's national carrier brings visitors to the heart of Polynesia from Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
		Samoa's community website with loads of links and a family of message boards wildly popular among Samoans around the world.
		Virgin Cove is one of Samoa's hidden jewels, a low-budget eco-resort on a splendid white sand beach.
	www.infography.com /content/555283391641.html (733 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Independent Samoa: Its Culture and Atmosphere
		Arrivals and departures tend to be during the night and the runway lights being switched on are the sign that an incoming flight is imminent.
		Samoa is a volcanic landscape and the inland mountains are specatacularly sharp, sheer and jagged, although wherever soil is secure, there is a coating of lush rainforest or plantation trees.
		Whilst he lived in Samoa, he became an activist for Samoan rights, at a time when the great (and distant) powers of Britain, Germany and the USA were fighting to rule the islands.
	212.58.224.125 /dna/ww2/A1936361 (2465 words)

	ipedia.com: Samoa Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Samoa is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
		Samoa National motto : Xxxxx Official languages Samoan, English Capital Apia Capital's coordinates 13° 35' S, 172° 20' W Ch...
		International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago (see American Samoa).
	www.ipedia.com /samoa.html (281 words)

	Global Village Program - Habitat for Humanity Int'l
		The poet Rupert Brooke, describing Samoa, said, "It is sheer beauty, so pure that it’s difficult to breathe." Robert Louis Stevenson lived here and James A. Michener visited and fell in love with these islands.
		Samoa is a group of seven islands marked by steep volcanic crests and lush vegetation.
		Samoa's economy has traditionally been dependent on development aid from Australia and New Zealand, agricultural exports and private family remittances from overseas.
	www.habitat.org /cd/gv/trip_desc.aspx?type=1&code=gv7319&print=true (523 words)

	The Seattle Times: Travel: Sailing voyage reveals Pacific islands' beauty, diversity of rich culture
		We also went from the Polynesian culture of Samoa, part of the same racial grouping as Tahiti and Hawaii, to the Melanesian culture of Fiji, where people have darker skin and curlier hair.
		Moreover, the New Zealand and British colonialism of Samoa and Fiji, where English is the official language, contrasted to the French colonies of Wallis and Futuna, which we also visited.
		Samoa, not to be confused with American Samoa just to the east, is a cluster of four inhabited islands that combined are just slightly bigger than Rhode Island.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/travel/2002149923_sailing16.html (2109 words)

	Encyclopedia: Culture of Samoa
		Other handicrafts are fine mats, ornaments or jewellery and hair accessories using naturally occurring materials such as sea shells, coconut and coir.
		Jump to: navigation, search Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga and Samoa, but as far afield as Java and Hawaii.
		The word Tapa can refer to many different things: Tapa is a town in Estonia Tapa is a place in Afghanistan Tapa is a traditional cloth from Polynesia Tapa is a game similar to backgammon Tapa is a Hindu meditation technique.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Culture-of-Samoa (1267 words)

	Culture of Samoa
		Independent Samoan culture is based on fa'amatai, a system of government that has a chief, or matai, governing an entire aiga or extended family.
		Although Samoan culture dates back thousands of years and is still passed on through poems, genealogies and stories of the old gods, most Samoans these days are devout Christians.
		Tattooing is a significant rite in Independent Samoa and involves more than a visit to the local Tatt Parlour on a Friday night full of Dutch courage and bravado to get a Betty Boop figure stenciled on a bicep.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /samoa/about_destin/culture.asp (663 words)

	Spirits in Culture: Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Finding it both a logical and gracious opening, she tells us how she came to Samoa.
		That was where my committee chair, Jeannette Mageo, had done her field work, and she was pleased that I was willing to follow in her footsteps and continue a line of research she has touched on but has not addressed as exclusively and intensively as a dissertation would: expressions of selfhood in Samoan dance.
		I haven't been to Samoa yet; that happens this fall (9/02).
	www.wsu.edu /~ice_age/samoa.htm (304 words)

	SCDC:Culture:Fa'a Samoa
		The family in Samoa extends to common ancestors and the ties are a complex and interwoven structure.
		The family could then be tried by the village counsel and if the offense was severe enough, the family could be disinherited from their land.
		Upon their return to Samoa one of the girls sang a song with the words: When a male grows up, tattoo him.
	www.samoancenter.org /pages/cu_faasamoa.html (909 words)

	Travel in American Samoa - Australia - Culture-WorldTravelGate.net®- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Samoan culture is steeped in a complex set of social hierarchies, courtesies and customs that regulate all aspects of public and private life.
		Samoan culture is based on the fa'amatai system of government, with a chief, ormatai, responsible for an entire aiga or extended family.
		The Jean P Haydon Museum houses numerous artefacts of early Samoa, and a fascinating native pharmacopoeia.
	www.australiatravelling.net /american_samoa/american_samoa_culture.htm (1260 words)

	Preservation of Culture: The American Samoa Experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		American Samoans are Polynesians who have tenaciously held on to their culture and traditions despite more than 100 years of contact with the western world.
		But their culture is being put to the supreme test because of the huge volume of change and the incredible rate with which these changes are occurring in the islands.
		This paper will cover some of the critical factors innate in Samoan culture that have enabled the Samoans to maintain their indigenous identity while attempting to benefit from the accelerating changes due to globalization.
	www2.ewc.hawaii.edu /alumni/malaysia2002/Abstracts/TUIASOPO.HTM (155 words)

	Samoa Travel Guide Accommodation Planner
		Samoa Islands lies in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean and is made up of 15 islands within two separate nations sharing a common history and culture.
		Independent Samoa (Western) is the main tourist destination with two large islands, Upolu and Savaii, and offers gorgeous beaches tropical mountain scenery, plenty of waterfalls and a rich culture and village system.
		American Samoa lies just 30 miles to the east but is vastly different with little tourist infrastructure, few beaches and an Americanized way of life.
	www.samoa.islands-travel.com (418 words)

	1Up Travel : Samoa - History and Culture of Samoa.
		The first European to discover Samoa was Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman, who sighted the islands in 1722 whilst searching for the great unknown southern continent.
		Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, Britain persuaded New Zealand to seize Samoa, which at the time had been under German regime since the Berlin Treaty was established in 1889.
		Samoa is a traditional society with a distinctive Polynesian cultural heritage.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/oceaniapacific/samoa/history-culture.html (302 words)

	National Park of American Samoa (U.S. National Park Service)
		Samoa, a chain of mountainous islands clothed in tropical rainforest, is ringed with rugged cliffs, glistening beaches, and biologically rich coral reefs.
		Samoa is warm, humid and rainy year-round with a long, wet summer (October - May) and a slightly cooler and drier season (June - September).
		Some twenty percent of American Samoa’s nearshore waters lie within the park, and most of the 900 fish species recorded at American Samoa likely occur within the park.
	www.nps.gov /npsa (363 words)

	Culture Of Samoa Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		This is eaten in its entirety including the leaves, and is rich in taste due to its coconut content.
		Samoa is a deeply religious country despite ancient Samoan culture being contrary to the Church's beliefs, for example, belief in aitu (spirits).
		Christianity is the main religion and there are many churches to be found around the islands, and are often full on Sundays.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Culture_of_Samoa (795 words)

	Western Samoa History & Western Samoa Culture \| iExplore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		Measures towards local autonomy were introduced in the 1950s, before Samoa acquired independence in 1962 (as Western Samoa, under which name it was known until 1997) – the first Pacific island state to do so.
		Samoa has a 49-member legislative assembly (the Fono) which is elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term.
		Samoa is a member of both the South Pacific Forum and the South Pacific Commission.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Western%2BSamoa/History (660 words)

	Western Samoa - page 1
		Late in 1968 I went to Western Samoa to spend a year there photographing the people and their culture and doing anthropological research.
		One wag has suggested that American Samoa's chief export is Samoans, and there may be some truth to this.
		One result of living in a culture affording little or no privacy is that control over behavior is exercised to an enormous degree by public exposure and public shaming rather than by internalized norms.
	www.merriewood.com /pacific/wsamoa1.html (1412 words)

	Samoan Culture Pictures
		Samoa culture is one of the most traditional in the South Pacific Islands with a rich lifestyle, tightly knit village communites and strong family networks.
		Samoans are devout Christians and the church is the dominant icon in Samoan culture.
		Altough practised by most of its Polynesian neighbours, Samoa is one of the few islands where this tradition is still commonly practised.
	www.samoa.pictures-pacific.com /culture (787 words)

	Culture : Samoa Tourism Authority
		Samoa is a traditional society with a distinctive Polynesian cultural heritage.
		There are over 362 villages in Samoa with a total of 18,000 matai (chiefs).
		The central structure in each village is the church as well as the Fale Fono, where the matais meet to discuss village matters.
	www.visitsamoa.ws /samoa/export/sites/STA/about/culture.html (315 words)

	Cultural Network Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
		It is made from the inner bark of the mulberry tree and is used for ceremonial clothing and for traditional gift-giving at weddings, funerals, for visiting dignitaries or village delegations.
		The methods, motifs and cultural meaning that have prevailed for hundreds of years are still common throughout all islands of the archipelago.
		He is able to express the importance of the Faa Samoa (the Samoan way) and add a creative and humorous flavour to it, still with respect.
	www.spc.org.nc /culture/activities_american_samoa.htm (1202 words)

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