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"'''Fa'asamoa'''," an oft-repeated phrase in the islands, means the Samoan way - the way of our ancestors. | "'''Fa'asamoa'''," an oft-repeated phrase in the islands, means the Samoan way - the way of our ancestors. | ||
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Typical foods, grown or caught locally, include taro, yams, breadfruit, fish, and shellfish. Chicken and pork dishes are also eaten. Imported foodstuffs have become increasingly common, including Asian rice, frozen meats, and packaged foods and beverages from other parts of the world. ''Kava'', a traditional nonalcoholic, euphoria-producing drink, is prepared from a tropical pepper plant and consumed at social events, mainly by matai, who customarily pour a small amount on the ground before and after drinking. Related customs include sitting cross-legged in a home before addressing one's host and refraining from eating while standing indoors or walking outdoors. | Typical foods, grown or caught locally, include taro, yams, breadfruit, fish, and shellfish. Chicken and pork dishes are also eaten. Imported foodstuffs have become increasingly common, including Asian rice, frozen meats, and packaged foods and beverages from other parts of the world. ''Kava'', a traditional nonalcoholic, euphoria-producing drink, is prepared from a tropical pepper plant and consumed at social events, mainly by matai, who customarily pour a small amount on the ground before and after drinking. Related customs include sitting cross-legged in a home before addressing one's host and refraining from eating while standing indoors or walking outdoors. | ||
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|Social life and customs||||Calkins, Fay G. ''{{FSC|218535|item|disp=Samoan Chief: with drawning Mircea Vasilu''}}. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of Hawaii, 1962||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Krämer, Augustin. ''{{FSC|701996|item|disp=Samoa Islands: an outline of a monograph with particular consideration of German''}}. Samoa Auckland, New Zealand: Polynesian Press, 1994||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Krämer, Augustin Friedrich. ''{{FSC|219269|item|disp=Samoa-Inseln: Entwurf einer Monographie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Deutsch- Samoas''}}. Salt Lake City, Utah: Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Hart, John William. ''{{FSC|1028591|item|disp=culture''}}. [S.l.]: Ati's Samoan Print Shop, 1996||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Irwin, George. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/samoa/oclc/1442249&referer=brief_results Samoa'']. South Brunswick [N.J.] A.S. Barnes, 1966||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||[https://www.worldcat.org/title/samoa-population-and-housing-census-2011/oclc/840600628&referer=brief_results Samoa: population and housing census 2011'']. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics, 2011||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||[https://www.worldcat.org/title/samoa-population-and-housing-census-report-2006/oclc/652681703&referer=brief_results Samoa: population and housing census report, 2006'']. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics, 2008||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Mead, Margaret. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/coming-of-age-in-samoa-a-psychological-study-of-primitive-youth-for-western-civilisation/oclc/966430751&referer=brief_results Coming of age in Samoa: a psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation'']. London: Forgotten Books, 2016||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||[https://www.worldcat.org/title/samoa-its-customs-and-traditions/oclc/9614762&referer=brief_results Samoa, its customs and traditions'']. Tutuila, Samoan Cultural Committee, 1958||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Meleisea, Malama. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/making-of-modern-samoa-traditional-authority-and-colonial-administration-in-the-history-of-western-samoa/oclc/19102181&referer=brief_results The making of modern Samoa: traditional authority and colonial administration in the history of Western Samoa'']. [Suva, Fiji]: Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1987||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Herman, Brother. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/tu-ma-amioga-taua-faasamoa-mo-aoga-i-samoa-i-sisifo-1944-institutions-and-customs-of-the-samoans/oclc/8961606&referer=brief_results O Tu ma amioga taua faasamoa mo aoga i Samoa i Sisifo, 1944'']. Institutions and customs of the Samoans. Le'ala, 1954||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Grattan, F.J.H. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/introduction-to-samoan-custom/oclc/12600987&referer=brief_results An introduction to Samoan custom'']. Papakura, N.Z.: R. McMillan, 1985||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Mead, Margaret. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/coming-of-age-in-samoa-a-study-of-adolescence-and-sex-in-primitive-societies/oclc/10479550&referer=brief_results Coming of age in Samoa: a study of adolescence and sex in primitive societies'']. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Lay, Graeme; Murrow, Tony; Meleisea, Malama; Tamua, Evotia . ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/samoa-pacific-pride/oclc/45369728&referer=brief_results Samoa: Pacific pride'']. Newton, Auckland, Aotearoa/N.Z.: Pasifika Press, 2000||Samoa | |||
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|Social life and customs||||Lindstrom, Heather Ann. ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/aging-and-modernization-a-field-study-of-the-determinants-of-elders-social-status-in-american-and-independent-samoa/oclc/76872653&referer=brief_results Aging and modernization: a field study of the determinants of elders' social status in American and independent Samoa'']. 2004||Samoa | |||
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