Lauga: Understanding Samoan Oratory Nonfiction the North Face

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Lauga: Understanding Samoan Oratory Nonfiction the North FaceLauga or Samoan oratory is a premier cultural practice in the faasamoa (Samoan culture), a sacred ritual that embodies all that faasamoa represents, such as identity, inheritance, respect, service, gifting, reciprocity and knowledge. Delivered as either lauga faamatai (chiefly speeches) or lauga faalelotu (sermons), lauga is captivating and endowed with knowledge, praxis and skill. Lauga is enjoyed by many, but today many Samoan people, especially in