Auala

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Auala
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Auala
Coordinates: 13°30′54″S172°39′10″W / 13.51500°S 172.65278°W / -13.51500; -172.65278 Coordinates: 13°30′54″S172°39′10″W / 13.51500°S 172.65278°W / -13.51500; -172.65278
Country Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
District Vaisigano
Population
 (2006)
 • Total563
Time zone -11
Climate Am
Auala includes a Turtle habitat conservation area

Auala is a small village on the northwest coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. The village is in the electoral constituency of Vaisigano East which forms part of the larger political district of Vaisigano. [1]

Savaii Island in the Samoan Islands chain

Savaiʻi is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoan Islands chain. The island is the fifth largest in Polynesia, behind the two main islands of New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands of Hawaii and Maui.

Samoa country in Oceania

Samoa, officially the Independent State ofSamoa and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a country consisting of two main islands, Savai'i and Upolu, and four smaller islands. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity.

Vaisigano District in Samoa

Vaisigano is a political district at the western tip of Savai'i island in Samoa. The capital of the district is Asau.

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The village has a semi-subsistence economy [2] and the people rely mainly on fishing, farming and remittances from family members working overseas or in Apia, the country's capital on the island of Upolu.

Apia Place in Tuamasaga, Samoa

Apia is the capital and the largest city of Samoa. From 1900 to 1919, it was the capital of German Samoa. The city is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second largest island. Apia is the only city in Samoa and falls within the political district (itūmālō) of Tuamasaga.

Upolu island in Samoa

Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is 75 kilometres long and 1,125 square kilometres in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands geographically. With approximately 145,000 people, it is by far the most populated of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the southeast of Savai'i, the "big island". Apia, the capital, is in the middle of the north coast, with Faleolo International Airport at the western end of the island. The island has not had any historically recorded eruptions, although three lava flows date back only a few hundred to a few thousand years.

Like most villages in Samoa, the people live in extended family groups with all land and natural resources belonging to the village as a whole under the government of the Village Council of Chiefs (fono). [2] All the families are represented in the fono as well as the Women's Committee.

There are extended families made up of five families with tulafale oratory chiefly status and one of High Chief status.

Auala's high chief title Tapu (matai ali'i).Tapu which have been passed down by many generations. The (Toalima ) five family chiefly titles that are of 2 sub families.) 1)Ta'avaomaletagaloa, 2)Moe, 3)Paiali'i are called Sa Tapu. 4)Sululoto, 5)Matamea are called Le Ati Manutai.

Auala is also known as Safune Taufa'asala the four families of Tagaloa Safune. (Fale Fa Gafua o Safune).

Auala has one malae (open area serving as the village main ceremonial commons), Falefa'aea.

The main Taupou name (Sa'oTama'ita'i) in Auala is Filiamata which is the name given to the daughter of the high chief and they perform the Samoa 'ava ceremony and Taualuga. The main Aumaga name (Sa'oAumaga) is Leota.

Samoa ava ceremony custom of the Samoa Islands

The ʻAva Ceremony is one of the most important customs of the Samoa Islands. It is a solemn ritual in which a ceremonial beverage is shared to mark important occasions in Samoan society. The Samoan word ʻava is a cognate of the Polynesian word kava associated with the kava cultures in Oceania. Both terms are understood in Samoa.

There are two churches in the village which has a fairly small coastal frontage fringed by a reef. [2]

The neighbouring villages are Vaisala and Asau.

Marine Park

Auala bay is a conservation area with a turtle habitat [3] which is being managed by the Auala Women's Committee.

Communications

The committee also run a feso'ota'i centre (telecentre/ICT centre). This makes ICT available for people to keep in touch and up-to-date with the latest technologies in the world. Fair prices and a variety of services including, internet, passport photos, family and group photos, colour printing, copying, scanning, phone, fax, webcam, projector hire and CD burning give people access to a variety of services they previously would have had to travel to the capital for.

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References

  1. ↑ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin Number 2". Secretariat of the Pacific Community. March 1998. ISSN   1028-7744 . Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Coastal Infrastructure Management Plan, Vaisigano No.1 District". Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Government of Samoa. October 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
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