EARLY SETTLERS IN sAMOA

hISTORY

• Evidence suggests that Samoa, Fiji and Tonga may be the original homelands of the Polynesians.
• Archaeologists place the earliest human settlement of the Samoan archipelago at around 1500 B.C.
• Two maidens from Fiji who brought the art of tatau, or tattoo
• According to legend, Samoa shares the common Polynesian ancestor of Tagaloa
• According to many legends, Samoa was Tagaloa's first creation. 

architecture

• The traditional Samoan living quarters are called Fale
• The fale tele (big house), is the most important house
• The fale is lashed and tied together with a plaited sennit rope called ʻafa
• Coconut husk of nut used to make afa rope
• Traditionally, the afolau served as the dwelling house or guest house

Food

• Traditional Samoan Food is cooked in an Umu
• Coconut appears in many Samoan dishes,
• a parcel of coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves baked in the umu.
• The umu contains an abundance and variety of dishes
• the older members of the family will sit and eat first then the young

Weapons

• 1) Povai - A long slender war club with a domed end.
• 2) Fa'aau*fala - A short mace like war club covered in numerous spikes.
• 3) Uatogi - A war club made in the shape of a coconut stalk or midrib.
• 4) Talavalu - A war club with 8 spikes 4 on both sides.
• 5) Fa'alau*fa'i - A tooth war club made in the shape of a banana leaf.

entertainment

• Samoans ofteh use dance as a source of entertainment
• The sasa is a group dance performed sitting to a drum rhythm.
• The traditional Samoan dance is the siva.
• It is often performed at weddings, birthdays and other Samoan celebrations.
• a traditional Samoan War Dance was preformed with sticks and spears

Clothing

• The traditional ladies clothing is the puletasi
• The lava-lava is a sarong which may be worn by men or women.
• They are of different patterns and colors
• Plain for men who may wear it as part of an official uniform. 
• Men are usually are tattooed onto their lower body and upper legs.

refrences

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Samoa
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Samoa
• http://village.1samoana.com/profiles/blogs/samoan-history-the-ways-of-our-a...