- In Samoa, young men are in charge of the food- including the gathering and the cooking.
- Samoans are known throughout Polynesia as the "happy people" because of their enjoyment of life and their good-spirited nature.
- In Samoa, it is acceptable for a family who has too many sons, to raise the youngest boy as a daughter. He is known as a fa’afafine and is given a girl’s name and wears feminine clothing… and is even allowed to use the ladies bathroom.
- Canned tuna is Samoa's most important manufactured export.
- Samoa is slightly smaller that Rhode Island.
- In Samoa, you still find lots of traditional healers, usually specialized in a certain illness or problem. You have bone healers, back healers, spiritual healers, skin healers and many more.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Samoa
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those were cool facts
ReplyDeletedo any of them have to do with phsical characteristics
ReplyDeletei'll show you physical characteristics (:{D)
ReplyDeletethe 3rd dot point is weird
ReplyDeleteThose were very nice facts and I especially did not know about the fa'afafine part!!! :):D
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cool FUN and INTERESTING FACTS
Deletei loveeeeee samoa my brother's samoen and me and him listen to j. boog every secong of the day! check him out!! my favorite samoen reggea is j. boog :) ~ lets do it again
ReplyDeletelol that on dot point about the guys being girls is gay
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