Samoan Holiday

Angelina Zamora
 Samoa Festivals
 The main festival in Samoa is the Tuila Festival
in early September, followed by the Jazz Festival,
both in Apia. The highlights of Tuila include
canoe races, tattoo demonstrations, traditional
dance, food and singing nights and the Miss
Samoa Crowning.
 Teuila Festival
 The Teuila Festival is one of Samoa’s most
celebrated annual events, promising to be as
exciting and entertaining this year as in the past.
There are many activities and shows being held
particularly in Apia, Samoa’s capital city.
 Jazz Festival
 The beautiful island nation of Samoa will be the
backdrop to world class jazz, blues and soul
music over 3 days in November in a range of
venues across Upolu Island at the Samoa 2010
International Jazz and Blues Festival.
Samoa Beach
Western Samoa
 Samoan clothing
 Men and women are known by several names.
Some of the popular Samoan clothing are
Puletasi, lava and some others. While puletasi is
exclusively a female dress in Samoa, lava can be
worn by both men and women. Lava is a kind of
sarong that the Samoan people wore by
wrapping up the body
Females wear Puletasi and men
wear lava