Talofa lava! 🇼🇸 Join trainees from our Basic Common Training Course 23/1 as they gather to sing “Ua fa’afetai” in celebration of Samoan Language Week. This song is about giving thanks to the host, sung at a gathering or function. Mitamita i lau gagana, maua’a lou fa’asinomaga - be proud of your language and grounded in your identity. Manuia le aso. #NZNavy #SamoanLanguageWeek2023 // Ministry for Pacific Peoples | Royal New Zealand Navy

6.1K views · 447 reactions | Tālofa lava - It’s Samoan Language Week  This year's theme for Samoa Language Week is Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai which means ‘Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean’. #Samoa #SamoanLanguageWeek | Hurricanes | Facebook

There’s something so powerful and beautiful about how Samoan culture lives on through its people. 🙌🏽🇦🇸🐓🔰🇼🇸 This moment was captured in American Samoa during Paogo Cultural Week at the cultural fashion show runway presented by the American Samoa Visitors Bureau. The showcase celebrated the richness of Samoan tradition, bringing it to life on stage. Paogo Cultural Week stands as a time to honor heritage and share its beauty with the world. As the American Samoa Governor proclaimed: “WHEREA