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`Ia mana le lauga = Ti hei mauri ora = May there be life and power in the lauga

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  • Description

    "E lagona e lo'u nei tagata le agaga fa'afetai i se tasi o tamali'i o le atunu'u, na ia saunia ma lomia lenei tusi taua ua ta'ua nei ma fa'aigoaina o le "'Ia Mana Le Lauga... Tihei Mauri Ora". O lenei galuega ou te mautinoa e le o se galuega faigofie, ae o se galuega na fuafua mai 'i ni tausaga se tele.

    E le 'o se galuega na fa'apa'ole ona fai, ae o se galuega na matua faia ma le fa'aeteete, ae le gaga i lea, a'o se Tofa loloto ma se fa'autaga poto atoa ai ma se tomai o lenei tamali'i ina ia fai le ma To'omaga po'o se ta'iala aua alo ma fanau a Samoa 'i ona taimi nei ma a-taeao, 'o e o lo'o mo'omia se fesoasoani."--'O se manatu i le galuega ia mana le lauga, P.3.

  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    PL6501 MAN (Library of Congress Call Number)

    9399 (Cat ID)

    C 8320 (DBTextworks system ID)

    82480 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    `Ia mana le lauga = Ti hei mauri ora = May there be life and power in the lauga
  • Primary Maker

    Lafai-Sauoaiga Le'afa

     Malae'olevavau Togoi'u

  • Contributor/Publisher
    [Vasa I Faletea]
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Date
    1994?
  • Physical Description

    174 pages ; 21 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0908964021
  • Language
    Samoan
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Samoa--Social life and customs

    Oral tradition--Samoan Islands

    Samoa

  • Content
    Ia mana le lauga -- Introduction (Fa'atomuaga) -- Acknowledgments (Fa'afetai) -- Chapter One (Vaega Muamua): i. Lauga Samoa = Samoan welcome ; ii. Maori Whaikorero, Powhiri ; iii. Common terms in Samoan and Maori ; iv. Samoan introductory greetings -- Chapter Two (Vaega Lua): i. The Kingly Families (Aiga Tupu) ; ii. The Kingly Fine Mats ('Ie-Se-ese'e ; iii. The chants/praises of fine mats (Sula Toga) -- Chapter Three (Vaega Tolu): i. Chiefly Sharing (Fa'afaletuiga) -- Chapter Four (Vaega Fa): Glossary of terms within the Matai (chiefly/respectful language).
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Samoans--Oratory; Samoans--Rites and ceremonies; Samoans--Kings and rulers]

    Text in Samoan and English with some Maori terms. [Oratory of the Samoan people and lists of all villages and kingly families in Western Samoa.] "Ia manumanu i le 'Upega 'O le 'Upega (Kupenga), e Fagota i le Po, 'Ae fonofono i le Ao. 'O le 'Upega e fagota i le Po, 'Ae Tilofia Masae i le Ao. 'O le 'Upega 'e Tautau 'ae fagota. 'E le 'o le l'a, 'a 'ia Manumanu i le Upega 'a SAMOA!"--Back cover.

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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