One night my mom and I and some relatives were discussing all the crazy ghost stories we've heard from around the Samoan way - and it's not just a few. If I didn't know any better, I'd think all Samoans were haunted from birth. Spooky paranormal things just seem to...
Ia, fa'alogo mai. That's what our elders would say to get children's attention before telling a fascinating tale, especially an old Samoan myth or legend. I missed out on that experience growing up, so I wanted to hear a few of those stories while I'm here in Samoa....
One night my cousin Pua had a dream. She was sitting in the carport of our family house in Samoa, looking out over the vai (a stone pool we'd built to collect water from a stream) into the garden. There, under a large mango tree, her older sister Teuila and their...
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