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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Samoan |
| Language Notes: | Text chiefly in English with passages in Samoan ; foreword in Samoan and English. |
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Wellington, New Zealand :
Te Papa Press,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Fofola sα
- Pa'ia 'o le aso: Fa'alupega (honorifics) in lαuga
- 'Ava: 'o lau 'ava lea, le Atua! = This 'ava is for you, Lord!
- Fa'afetai: Tali 'i lagi se ao 'o lou mαlM = Your share of the government will come from the heavens
- Taeao: shades of dark and light
- 'Autk o le lαuga (Aso): contextualising lαuga
- Fa'amαtafi: clearing of skies for good health
- Nona: concluding each section of a lαuga.