Samoan Festival Week

Last Saturday I blogged about the Samoan Devotional and the Samoan Festival. They had activities at the island PCC all week and it ended with two big festivals. The World FireKnife Championship and the local high school festival on Sat morning.

























These are the drummers at the Fireknife Championship on Thursday night. We watched nine of the performers and had to leave. Our eardrums couldn't handle much more and we had to get up and go to work the next morning. Yes! I do work 5 days a week but I can't write about that everyday. I do help Misi order thousands of dollars of food everyday. Oh , yes, drummers. They made lots and lots of noise. It was too dark to take pictures of the competition. Go to Facebook and look up PCC.

The following pictures are of the High School Samoan Festival on Saturday. Many of the high entertained us with traditional Samoan festivities and dances. It was truly remarkable and yes in some of the pictures that is money. Lots and lots and lots of money and people on stage throwing the money. Each school was able to keep the money that was thrown at them. The Taupa is usually the chief's daughter and is held in great respect. You are not allowed to walk in front of her or you will pay dearly. Many did not listen until the third or fourth time they were told. They were also not suppose to go on the stage and throw the money. They had baskets to hold the money. As with all good Samoans they did not listen. It was much more fun to watch them throw the money.
 

The costumes or native dress was very elaborate.





  

After the festival I took tickets at Island Buffet. We had over 732 people eat at the buffet that night. I met Lis Hardy who I taught at Wellsville. She was one of the hostesses. She just received her mission call. I am the short one. She used to be the short one. What time does to some people.