Return to the Main Community Page SAMOAN PROVERBS Join Board Discussions on Your Samoan Culture and Heritage Proverbs Based on Pigeon Hunting Ua malo fai o le faiva Congratulations to the victor Nevertheless Ulumu could not help protesting against his opponent s unsportsmanlike behaviour, but the latter tried to soothe him with the words: Sau ia, ia e fa amolemole. Ua pona I vao, ae liai iina ...

Traditional Maori Proverbs: Some General Themes Paul Moon Auckland Institute of Technology Auckland PMOON@ait.ac.nz Deep South v.3 n.1 Autumn 1997 Copyright (c) 1997 by Paul Moon, all rights reserved. Introduction This paper attempts to examine the nature and purpose of traditional (that is, pre-European) Maori proverbs, and their role in greater scheme of traditional Maori culture in New ...

Olelo No'eau Proverbs of Hawai'i The following are some Hawaiian proverbs which have been preserved and handed down from generation to generation through Hawaii's oral tradition. The sayings were gathered by Mary Kawena Pukui and can be found in 'Olelo No'eau , Bishop Museum Press. E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa. Translation: Try it to end the panic. Explanation: Often we stress out just worrying ...

To Contents To Culture Rotuman Proverb of the Week The sayings in this section are from a book by Elizabeth Kafonika Makarita Inia, entitled ROTUMAN PROVERBS. The book was published in September 1998 by the Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. It contains some 473 sayings, of which we will post one per week. Notice: Rotuman Proverbs is available in ...

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