Lαuga : understanding Samoan oratory /

Lāuga or Samoan oratory is a premier cultural practice in the faasamoa (Samoan culture), a sacred ritual that embodies all that faasamoa represents, such as identity, inheritance, respect, service, gifting, reciprocity and knowledge. Delivered as either lāuga faamatai (chiefly speeches) and lāuga fa...

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Main Author:	Muaiava, Sadat (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Samoan
Language Notes:	Text chiefly in English with passages in Samoan ; foreword in Samoan and English.
Published:	Wellington, New Zealand : Te Papa Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Oratory > Samoa. Samoa > Social life and customs. Samoans > Rites and ceremonies.