Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion /
Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion /
edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Saun, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.
- xxxii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi, to the 2009 World Parliament of Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of and assumptions in modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays and poetry form a carefully woven critique, from within and outside Samoa, of aspects of Samoa's religious and cultural values"--Publisher information. Includes index.
Introduction (Tamasailau M Suaalii-Sauni et al.) -- Whispers and vanities in Samoan indigenous religious Culture / Mauli / Le Aso ma le Taeao - the day and the hour: life or demise for "Whispers and vanities"? / Whispers, whisperers, whispering... / Taxi 2016 / The culture of whispers: colonialism, secrets and shame / Notes and questions in the margin / Plea to the Spanish lady / Crossing cultures in Oceania / The prayer of a Fa'atosaga: Fa'aaloalo in Samoan indigenous religious culture / Our past / Exploring x-rated cultural practices / Buried treasure / O Kaulaiku / When the waters met: some shared histories of Christianity and ancestral Samoan spirituality / 'And the word was God': disentangling language games in Oceania / From centre to periphery: the trajectories of societies' ideas / Daddy said / "Whispers and vanities": a critical enquiry / 'Lifting the veil': the spirit of Mafutaga in Samoan dance rituals / Two nudes on a Tahitian beach, 1894 / Whispers, vanities, covert and overt fury... / A living legacy / Le Ala i le Mafa e ... The path towards enlightenment / Sa Nafanua / Sina and Nafanua: mother goddess enacting primordial spirituality in Samoa / Whispering back from Rotuma / I don't know how to whisper! / The daffodils - from a native's perspective / Mana Whakatipu / Indigenous knowledges: insight and intrigue / Saipan revisited 1997 / No need to whisper: reclaiming indigenous knowledge and education in the Pacific / To educate is to touch the soul! Authority and dignity in 'hearing' indigenous Samoan whispers and Fijian silences / Wild dogs under my skirt / Tomorrow began yesterday / The gospel and the Samoan soul / For Tasi (Dotsy) / Afterward (Maualaivao Albert Wendt). Tui Atua Tupua Tamaese Ta'isi Efi -- Maualaivao Albert Wendt -- Vitolia Mo'a -- Jenny Plane Te Paa Daniel -- Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche -- Paul Morris -- Raymond Pelly -- Serie (Cherie) Barford -- Jione Havea -- Upolu Luma Va'ai -- Ruperake Petaia -- Fonoti Lafitai I Fuata'i -- Bradd Shore -- Dan Taulapapa McMullin -- Toeolesulusulu Damon Ieremia Salesa -- Tui Rakuita -- Cluny Macpherson and La'avasa Macpherson -- Tafea Polamalu -- Anne-Marie Tupuola -- Naomi Fuamatu -- Selina Tusitala -- Pamela Stephenson Connolly -- Jennifer Freeman -- Karen Lupe -- Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard -- Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard -- Vilsoni Hereniko -- Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa -- Sia Figiel -- Reina Whaitiri -- Tracey McIntosh -- Noumea Simi -- Konai Helu Thaman -- Unaisi Nabobo-Baba -- Tusiata Avia -- Stephen L. Filipo -- Anthony Kelly -- Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
9781775501602
Efi, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese, Whispers and vanities in Samoan indigenous religious culture.
Samoans--Religion
Religion and culture--Samoa
299.92462017
"This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi, to the 2009 World Parliament of Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of and assumptions in modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays and poetry form a carefully woven critique, from within and outside Samoa, of aspects of Samoa's religious and cultural values"--Publisher information. Includes index.
Introduction (Tamasailau M Suaalii-Sauni et al.) -- Whispers and vanities in Samoan indigenous religious Culture / Mauli / Le Aso ma le Taeao - the day and the hour: life or demise for "Whispers and vanities"? / Whispers, whisperers, whispering... / Taxi 2016 / The culture of whispers: colonialism, secrets and shame / Notes and questions in the margin / Plea to the Spanish lady / Crossing cultures in Oceania / The prayer of a Fa'atosaga: Fa'aaloalo in Samoan indigenous religious culture / Our past / Exploring x-rated cultural practices / Buried treasure / O Kaulaiku / When the waters met: some shared histories of Christianity and ancestral Samoan spirituality / 'And the word was God': disentangling language games in Oceania / From centre to periphery: the trajectories of societies' ideas / Daddy said / "Whispers and vanities": a critical enquiry / 'Lifting the veil': the spirit of Mafutaga in Samoan dance rituals / Two nudes on a Tahitian beach, 1894 / Whispers, vanities, covert and overt fury... / A living legacy / Le Ala i le Mafa e ... The path towards enlightenment / Sa Nafanua / Sina and Nafanua: mother goddess enacting primordial spirituality in Samoa / Whispering back from Rotuma / I don't know how to whisper! / The daffodils - from a native's perspective / Mana Whakatipu / Indigenous knowledges: insight and intrigue / Saipan revisited 1997 / No need to whisper: reclaiming indigenous knowledge and education in the Pacific / To educate is to touch the soul! Authority and dignity in 'hearing' indigenous Samoan whispers and Fijian silences / Wild dogs under my skirt / Tomorrow began yesterday / The gospel and the Samoan soul / For Tasi (Dotsy) / Afterward (Maualaivao Albert Wendt). Tui Atua Tupua Tamaese Ta'isi Efi -- Maualaivao Albert Wendt -- Vitolia Mo'a -- Jenny Plane Te Paa Daniel -- Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche -- Paul Morris -- Raymond Pelly -- Serie (Cherie) Barford -- Jione Havea -- Upolu Luma Va'ai -- Ruperake Petaia -- Fonoti Lafitai I Fuata'i -- Bradd Shore -- Dan Taulapapa McMullin -- Toeolesulusulu Damon Ieremia Salesa -- Tui Rakuita -- Cluny Macpherson and La'avasa Macpherson -- Tafea Polamalu -- Anne-Marie Tupuola -- Naomi Fuamatu -- Selina Tusitala -- Pamela Stephenson Connolly -- Jennifer Freeman -- Karen Lupe -- Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard -- Caroline Sinavaiana Gabbard -- Vilsoni Hereniko -- Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa -- Sia Figiel -- Reina Whaitiri -- Tracey McIntosh -- Noumea Simi -- Konai Helu Thaman -- Unaisi Nabobo-Baba -- Tusiata Avia -- Stephen L. Filipo -- Anthony Kelly -- Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
9781775501602
Efi, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese, Whispers and vanities in Samoan indigenous religious culture.
Samoans--Religion
Religion and culture--Samoa
299.92462017