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Samoan Culture By: Danielle Bouchard
By: Danielle Bouchard
Samoa is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of nine islands. The two largest Savai'i and Upolu, account for most of population with only two others, Manono and Apolima, being inhabited. The other five are called Fanuatapu, Namu'a, Nuutele, Nuulua, Nuusafee. The islands were settled as part of the general settlement of the Pacific by the Polynesian culture.
At the end of the last century they played a significant part in the colonization of the Pacific by the western powers The islands were originally settled about 1000 BC a date arrived at by the dating of shards of Lapidary pottery found at Mulifanua. By 200 BC Samoa was the center of a flourishing Polynesian community with trade taking place between Tonga, Fiji and Samoa. In about 1300 AD a group of settlers from Samoa colonized the Tokelau Islands, explaining the similarity between the two languages.
Samoa is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of nine islands. The two largest Savai'i and Upolu, account for most of population with only two others, Manono and Apolima, being inhabited. The other five are called Fanuatapu, Namu'a, Nuutele, Nuulua, Nuusafee. The islands were settled as part of the general settlement of the Pacific by the Polynesian culture.
At the end of the last century they played a significant part in the colonization of the Pacific by the western powers The islands were originally settled about 1000 BC a date arrived at by the dating of shards of Lapidary pottery found at Mulifanua. By 200 BC Samoa was the center of a flourishing Polynesian community with trade taking place between Tonga, Fiji and Samoa. In about 1300 AD a group of settlers from Samoa colonized the Tokelau Islands, explaining the similarity between the two languages.