Women of Power - Samoan Queen Salamasina

Descendant from a Nafanua line, Salamasina in the 15th Century was the holder of all four Tafa'ifa titles...Find the full documentary "Women of Power" on The Coconet... www.thecoconet.tv/coco-docos/...

[@suamaliesamoa8847]

My great Grandmother is from America Samoa and my great grandfather was from Western samoa. As my great grandmother passed our culture passed with her. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about our people. I'm in AZ and I'm trying my hardest to speak Samoan. By blood, I'm the 1st great grand daughter.

[@iMatchEnergyLikeABoss]

Check out LE GaFa on FB. They have online Sāmoan classes.

[@priscillataylor522]

This is great, I'm not Tonga, Samoan and the injustice that was done by the Europeans is really sad, I just hope one day that all of you take your land back, its yours. Europeans are a nation of people who take and never give back at all. They take what is not theirs and to get it back you have to pay. All of you can point to your home land with identity and know just who you are. God Bless you all.

[@jaqenhghar2970]

with papālangis (white people) like you, there is hope for us people of color. Thank you for your words of inspiration and kindness.

[@perenisetapu2030]

Salamasina was the daughter of Tuia'ana Tamalelagi and Vaetoefaga. In the genealogy, Tuia'ana Tamalelagi was the first cousin of Levalasi later called So'oa'emalelagi when she was brought to Leulumoega to be the taupou of Tuia'ana Tamalelagi. So'oa'emalelagi adopted Salamasina. Levalasi or So'oa'emalelagi was given the four titles but instead asked to be given them to Salamasina. The connection between Salamasina and So'oa'emalelagi is not grandmother / granddaughter. It was aunty and niece.

[@uteniseli]

This is what I've been told growing up. Love this ❤

[@sela325]

Oh my life, I now know how my niece received her name of Salamasina in Tonga. Never thought the stories were true that we had Samoan roots also. Shows how integrated Polynesian countries are.

[@manuhamoa]

Samoa & Tonga are the same people, just happens we stop travelling between our islands.

[@sweekseed7735]

yes there are quite a few ties of Samoa with Tonga.

[@Outdoorcookwarereviews]

We don't eat horseys though

[@jaqenhghar2970]

@Catalina fy: It's also quite possible that your niece is named after the Salamasina in Tongan mythology. Also known as Alamāhina, she's the Tongan Goddess of Rain. But then again, she could be named after the Sāmoan Warrior Goddess.

[@umsula]

Your niece isn’t named after the Tafa’ifa Salamasina. HRH Princess Royal Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu eldest daughter is the only person in Tonga named after SALAMASINA. The reason being is in her lies the link between Samoa and the Tu’iTonga line through her great great grandmother Queen Lavinia Veiongo the grand daughter of the last Tu’iTonga Laufilitonga, then Tu’iTonga line was abolished. The current ruling line Tu’ikanokupolu is also of Samoan decent through the first Tu’ikanokupolu-Ngata his mother was Samoan-Tohu’ia. So the name was gifted by the Late Malietoa when Princess Pilolevu gave birth to Hon. Salote Lupepau’u SALAMASINA Vahine Purea Ari’i ‘Oe Hau Tuita

[@ninalijahlosi]

and these are too short...i need to know more please

[@usolefeau7865]

A lot of the high chiefs in Samoa can trace their ancestry back to Salamasina. Or more specifically her and her nine half siblings

[@killacali4610]

Yup and if you take it all the way back the original royal lines trace ancestry back to Tagaloalagi.

[@sasharowen9584]

@@killacali4610 even Malietoa?

[@lauiloa]

The origin of these royal lines originated from Manu'a. Sa Tagaloalagi to the Tui Manu'as. There offspring would marry someome in upolu,savaii,tonga,fiji, and all over the pacific...

[@jmjm1920]

Salamasina Mother Va'etoefanga second daughter of 36th Tu'itonga Kau'ulufonua 2 Last Samoan marriage Tohu'ia Limapo daughter of Ama married my family in Tongatapu their son Tuku'aho sad their son killed in Tonga! Kohai Koau mo Momo or Maui Tangaloa and Pulotu were the highest Titles but not God who served the Supreme Ruler Tu'iTonga Empire across Pacifica! Manuka chiefs from Ancient Tongan practices called Tokatufa Umutakitaki Papa'IFA Ofu Ta'u Heketa Toloa Manuka Pangai Tuifolaha Tuifalefa Pulemelei Siaheulupe Talietumu etc all from toto Tonga🙏

[@killacali4610]

@@jmjm1920 🤣 bro you are on every Samoan video spreading lies just stop bro 🤦‍♂️😅 you don’t even make sense smh

[@thecounto2100]

@@killacali4610 He's going off tupua tamasese efis paper or a excerpt of it. I'm from Fagaloa where this story originates, I don't know about it but people who referred to Tupuas paper.

[@thecounto2100]

@@jmjm1920 I know Kauulufonuas bro was Talamaivao, well that's what the paper says lol. It's his university of Victoria paper.

[@killacali4610]

@@thecounto2100 naw bro that dude JM’s stories were made up by him alone 🤣... This dude is on every Samoan video on some racist $hit smh

[@user-eb3tw4ge6n]

🇹🇴🇼🇸we are one.🤙

[@Emsyaz]

Theres a possibility that Polynesian Islands used to be one big continent thousands of years ago. That could be the reason behind the similarities between polynesian culture

[@graemehuia5964]

Such an interesting history, knowing the genealogical connections are so important in making these royal titles.

[@anavefaaui6209]

My sisters name is Salamasina and my grandma is too

[@toga_malolo]

this is called Gafa o Fafine.. My aiga is from Tilafaiga’s line aswell, who is the mother of Nafanua

[@ninalijahlosi]

whats the song??

[@salapeto9629]

ohhhhh i like it man

[@josephilagana7077]

Tongans everywhere ✌️this is cool

[@salapeto9629]

i am so proud with the samoan culture man ???? but i was born in nz

[@salapeto9629]

like to my rely people

[@NF-ks2en]

When was she born and her death date?

[@fredleota2024]

Fa ao Samoa g ee ia Salamasiga Tagaloa ,Malietoa, Tuiatua ,,Tuiaana ,mai le usuga 10 Tamalelagi ia Vaetoifaga lea g vaekama ia Makautia Faakulou m Levalasi

[@createwealthonlinetips3694]

Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islanders, Tahitians, ..all Polynesians all originate from the same people. With the separate islands we are now living in, our languages and customs have changed and we are now developing our own unique cultues and customs that tend to define each of us specifically, although many similaries can still be identified among us Polynesian islanders. In fact for Tonga and Samoa, the fact that we had still maintained contact between islands up until late 1800s that our cultues and customs and even mannerisms are almost identical. My family on Manono and many other Manono island families all had connections to Tonga because of the alliances built between Manono island and Tonga for centuries including the 1800s. It's a pity that my own family had lost its contact to its families in Tonga. The name of my ancestral land on Manono is Pagai(after Pangai in Tonga), there were Tongan graves on our land in Manono, although most had been washed away as they were located on the seaside of our land.

[@TravelingTribe685]

There is a higher and more prestige kingship line and title, higher than the paramount TUITOGA or the TUIMANU'A, its so ancient that the old people quiver at the sound of it. Its the TUILEPENTI title 😁

[@rojahcroker]

😂🤣

[@tasilua1051]

Se keste kele ioe se 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jmjm1920]

Tu'itonga The Supreme Ruler of Polynesia🙏

[@alelokaoseumu]

@@jmjm1920 Tongans and their fantasy kingdom. LARP can be fun, I guess

[@taumafakavatuitonga4285]

@@alelokaoseumu There is no site in Manua to indicate there was ever a TuiManua empire LoL The art of fairytales and fantasy was introduced by Arthur Young when he took the title

[@vailima49aston99]

My mums line is from Tonumaipe’a line tuia’ana

[@shawnboy233]

That's really cool my great grandfather is malietoa talavou or Tonumaipe'a and my grandfather is papali'i tuiletafuga lafo

[@sasharowen9584]

same tonumaipe’a

[@alexandersosoatu1249]

@@shawnboy233 hey! I don’t know if you who the Sosoatu’s are but I heard that we were also from the Royal line of King Malietoa. My grandfather is Sosoatu Etuale. I also heard he lived with the King for a while. He was also supposed to be Chief but ended up not being bc he was sick and so they went to his brother

[@salapaasilove1857]

💓

[@SHYguy701]

🙏😘😍👌☝

[@PRUNEAVENUE]

where is the rest of this please?

[@TheCoconetTV]

Find the full documentary "Women of Power" on The Coconet Website

[@PRUNEAVENUE]

Thank you so much malo ofa

[@islanddream8306]

Is there anyone who knows the history of This period may be said to commence with the most famous event in all Gilbertese history: the coming to Beru from Samoa of Tematawarebwe, one of the defeated in the series of Samoan wars known as Uruakin Kain Tiku-aba (lit. the breaking of the tree of the resting-place of lands), which occurred roughly 480 to 580 years ago, or say somewhere about the year A.D. 1400. ( 7 ) Genealogies I counted in 1930 ranged from 18-22 generations, and I have taken the usually accepted Polynesian average of 25 years per generation. This agrees with Grimble, who, working independently on Gilbertese material only, obtained an average length of 27 years to a generation for males. Still, as some genealogies contain an occasional female (who typically married and bore children earlier than men), he regarded 25 years as an acceptable average-GP (1):16-18. Dates obtained from genealogy counts for periods more significant than 150 years are often highly speculative. In his earlier studies Grimble, without quoting actual genealogies, estimated 27-30 generations to the coming from Samoa, but in his last published work, he had reduced this to 22-25-GP (1), passim; Grimble 1922:102; 1933-34: Instalment No. 3, Appendix 2:103.

[@helpmereachplzplz]

Samoans and Tongans are the same people

[@manuhamoa]

+Clorox, that's very true. There are many Samoans in Tonga and many Tongans in Samoa.

[@siumoala9533]

Tokouso 🙌🏼

[@fredhowman8940]

they are not. Tonga ruled Samoa many years ago, when Tonga,Samoa and Fiji were engaged in inter island conflict. Certain areas of Samoa were known for their Tongan influence. They have different languages. There ia much shared history,culture and mythology. I myself have shared tongan and Samoan heritage with my grandmother being half tongan/samoan.

[@fredhowman8940]

to further clarify my response. whilst both are classified as polynesian they have different languages and culture. There are strong influences and similarities in both areas mentioned

[@tumuamapuletamaaiga2847]

@@fredhowman8940 Mate the current rulers of Tonga are known as Tui Kanokupolu meaning HEART AND FLESH OF UPOLU an island in Samoa home of "TUMUA" Tui Tonga blood line comes from Manu'a islands the first king of Polynesia was Tui Manu'a empire.

[@bluulima8069]

You for got about American Samoa this lineage in Western Samoa is kind of misleading because the first royal family is from all Samoa is from American Samoa let me put it like this in Western Samoa all they had was high chief to their family name until they were married into royalty family from Tonga then the rest is history

[@yy-zb1pw]

Ahau ae kau haamoa

[@bluulima8069]

Royalty lineage in Western Samoa remember the two Samoa don’t like each other that’s American Samoa and Western Samoa there were at war with other you guys only heard one side of the story from people in Western Samoa that’s why God choose the right country to help Samoan in American Samoa we don’t hate them we only dislike what they have done

[@sasharowen9584]

bruh what

[@tasilua1051]

You must be tongan lol

[@elkearellano106]

FOR ALL OF YOU SAMOAN, LET GET ONE THING E FAASA'O. BEFOR ONLY ONE TUI , KING. TUI MANU'A MAI I LE MOTU SA. NEVER A KING FROM W-SAMOA RULING E- AND W- SAMOA. AUA TOU TE AVE FAASESEINA TALA O LE VAVAU . O LE U'A NA AFUA MAI MANU'A. MANU'A HAVE MORE THAN 20 TUI UNDER THE LINE OF TUI ( KING ). FAAFETAI TELE LAVA MO LE FAAFOA MAI SOIFUA MA IA MANUIA LE ASO FOU.

[@alelokaoseumu]

Ae o le fesili... o fea la o loo iai le tou Tui? Aua le faaseseina lou mafaufau. O Salamasina sa fai ma le Tafaifa o Samoa agamua. E le o nao Manu'a se motu o Samoa. Faamolemole taumafai e tete'e le loto leaga ma le tau faaleaga.