In this new era, the youth have instigated a marriage between cultural traditional performance with modern performance styles from outside Samoa.
In an effort to protect our Samoan folklore and dance styles, Samoa Newshub consulted with a teacher of the Samoan Language and History for grades 10, 12, and 13 at Papauta College.
“If these new forms of Samoan entertainment continue to be adopted by some of our youth today, it could ultimately undermine the painstaking efforts our ancestors made to establish our own styles of performance and traditionals.
“Our own songs, poems, stories, dances, and sports should be cherished by the youth, for they carry profound meanings from the past, narrating them,” said Limua’a Vaa Fu’e.
Limua’a is a member of the Faiaoga dance group, who joined in 2008 and traveled to perform in American Samoa that same year.
In 2016, the dance group also traveled to Guam for the Pacific Arts Festival and is preparing for Hawaii in May this year, as confirmed by Sa’u Uila Forrest Time, the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Culture Division of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
One of the responsibilities of the Faiaoga Samoa dance group is to invigorate the nation’s culture, not only for our own people but beyond our environment.
Tusiaina i le gagana Samoa
‘E peiseai ua leiloloa nisi o tupulaga o nei aso,’ Faiaoga
I le nei talutalu fou, ua alia’e mai fa’afiafiaga ua fa’afa’aipoipo ai e tupulaga talavou tu fa’aleaganu’u, ma aga o fa’afiafiaga ua masani ai atunu’u i fafo.
I le aputiputi’ina o a tatou lava siva fa’asamoa, na fesiligia ai e le Samoa Newshub le finagalo o le susuga i le Faia’oga o le Gagana Samoa ma le mataupu o le Tala Faasolopito mo le tausaga 10, 12 ma le 13 i le kolisi o Papauta.
“Afai o foliga ia o fa’afiafiaga a Samoa o le a fa’aauau pea e nisi o fanau i le nei vaitau, o se aga ua matua’i fa’aleaogaina ai le galuega fīta na taumafai mai e nai o tatou tua’a.
“E tatau ona pele i tupulaga a tatou lava pese, solo, tala, siva ma taaloga, aua e iai manatu anoa i tua atu, oloo latou faamatalaina,” Limua’a Vaa Fu’e.
O Limua’a o se tasi o sui o le ausiva a Faiaoga, na ulufale i le ausiva i le 2008 ma malaga ai e fa’afiafia i Amerika Samoa i le tausaga lava lea.
O le tausaga 2016 na malaga ai foi le ausiva i le fa’aaliga o tu ma aga a le Pasefika i Guam, ma olo’o tapena fo’i mo Hawai’i ia Me o le tausaga nei e pei ona fa’amaonia mai e le Ofisa Sili Lagolago o le Vaega o Aganu’u a le Matāgaluega o Aoga ma Aganu’u ia Sa’u Uila Forrest Time.
O le tasi lea o matāfaioi a le ausiva a Faiaoga Samoa, o le fa’aolaola lea o aganu’u a le atunu’u, e le gata mo tatou lava tagata, ae o fafo atu o le tatou siosiomaga.
