Samoan language

GROWING UP SAMOAN, IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. IDENTITY. ADAPTATION. ACCULTURATION. The purpose of this essay is to describe the Samoan culture as an indigenous culture prior to contact with western civilisation. The changes that came with the advent of Christianity. Samoan migration to Aotearoa New Zealand particularly during the influx of sought after workers, from 1950s to1980s. The impact on Samoan families when employment was threatened by decreased workload and disgruntled New Zealanders.

Samoa (Listeni/əˈmɛrɨkən səˈmoʊ.ə/; Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa, [aˈmɛɾika ˈsaːmʊa]; also Amelika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa.[2] American Samoa consists of five main islands and two coral atolls. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the

Samoa, Mead had no knowledge of the Samoan language, and began studying less than a week after her initial arrival in Tutuila (Orans 1996). Mead reports her fluency of the Samoan language after the first months, and her ability to speak with a variety of Samoans in their own language. However, Freeman would later question Mead’s claim of the language in Margaret Mead and Samoa, by stating that the period Mead gave to obtaining a fluent command of the Samoan language “was far too brief” and Mead had

The Samoan Culture The Samoan Culture is a very diverse and completely different one from the American culture. The Samoan people do and view many things in different perspectives from the American people. For one thing, they are located on completely opposite sides of the world. Both the Samoan and American cultures do things in their own unique ways. The differences in culture can be perceived through their language, religion, clothes and food. Also the music they listen to, holidays they celebrate

filled with mosquitoes, harmless geckos, friendly interns, scurrying rats, a hilarious uncle, and flying termites. I met Kiwis and Australians, Samoans and Tongans, transgendered men and alcoholics. Unlike my time in South Carolina, in the South Pacific, I was the peculiar one. My family was wealthier than most people at my church, who were mainly Samoan, yet not as wealthy as most

girls, and act as girls in everyday Samoan life. The first aspect of the video I found interesting was how it seemed that the Fa’afaine are a new trend and sect of Samoan society. What I found interesting was how the arrival of the European missioniaries correlated with the explosion of transvestism. What also fascinated me was how after the European’s came, the girls of Samoa seemed to be overshadowed and replaced. I found it intersting how the traditional Samoan female roles of

understanding on the Samoans sexual values. Stating that ‘The attitude towards virginity is a curious one. Christianity has of course introduced a moral premium on chastity. The Samoans regard this attitude with reverent but complete scepticism and the concepts of celibacy is absolutely meaningless to them” (Mead, 1928, pg. 69). Mead's translates that the Samoan people do not care for sexual morality in the same way those in a religious and western society do. Mead's understanding of the Samoans sexual morality

American Samoa would be a perfect location for an open market. The weather is warm and tropical with an average temperature of 87 degrees fahrenheit. American Samoa has a population of 54,157 people. I can set up my market anywhere that seems like a good location. My open market can sell goods grown locally on the island or import goods that most likely haven’t been owned by local people such as raw materials like sugar and salt etc. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, American Samoa’s climate

people living in this world with different culture diversity, and ways of making a living. American Samoans are one of these countries with different cultures and different ways of living. Living life in American Samoa is more unique from other countries. First of all, living life in American Samoa is easier then any other countries as far as I know. In American Samoa we get food free because the Samoans mainly live off the land. There is no house or rent payment. The people of Samoa grow their own

What were the strengths and weaknesses of European ethnography and / or science in understanding the Pacific? The Pacific as we know today was not always as it was implied. There were a variety of perspectives of The Pacific. Whether it was perceptions of the people, the culture and their way of life, these perceptions eventually changed over time. Many westerners categorised the Pacific islands as a land of paradise which caused for the heavy sexualisation of the islands. Others observed the Pacific