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It feels like we've heard this before but it's probably because it's true the independent state of Samoa until 1997 known as Western Samoa is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions Samoa Has a cultivating culture fascinating traditional way of life and a vibrant History Samoa s Incredible culture shows how Samoans express themselves differently with people throughout Oceania In the Samoan culture their clothing has been adapted to modern life in Western Samoa instead of pants and shorts the Samoans use the wraparound skirt they call a lavalava or ie Different from the Hawaiian Malo which exposes bare skin the Ie covers the entire bottom portion of the body The webpage The Samoan Culture suggests women do the serving of the food and are required to wear ie lavalavas throughout the duration of preparing and serving the food Regardless of what you re wearing you must wear one over your jeans shorts sweats or whatever you ve got on This is just to show respect to the guests and the elders of your family However in this day of age Hawaiians don t wear Malos everywhere like the Samoan culture still does The Samoan culture is abundant with hidden symbolic meanings That is why to preserve stories or show what family you belong to the Samoans have Tattoos In fact the Samoan culture communicated with more distinctive signs rather than words that's why they started with tattoos to show identity and personality According to the webpage Polynesian Tattoo History Meanings and Traditional Design suggests Tattoos would indicate status in a hierarchical society as well as sexual maturity genealogy and one s rank within the society Nearly everyone in ancient Polynesian society was tattooed Samoa s culture was so infectious that when captain cook ventured on his first voyage he narrated the behaviors of the Polynesian people in his voyage
