- ʻorator'
chief known as
Tulafale. The
system is
found in
every district throughout Samoa. In some places,
there is also the
Tulafale-alii, a
chief of high...
- The
Orator (Samoan: O Le
Tulafale) is a 2011
Samoan and New
Zealand film
written and
directed by Tusi Tamasese. It is the
first ever
Samoan feature film...
-
Falefa is
headed by the
descendants of its two
founders -
Moeono Falealoga (
tulafale-alii or 'matua') and
Leutele Leutogatui (matua-alii), the sons of Tui Atua...
- asua (1983)
Wokabaut Bilong Tonten (1974), a.k.a. Tonten's
Travels O Le
Tulafale (The Orator) (2011
feature film) Va
Tapuia (Sacred Spaces) (2009 short...
- boy) is
pronounced kama;
tautala ("to speak") is
pronounced kaukala;
tulāfale ("orator", "talking chief") is
pronounced kulāfale. n is
pronounced ng...
-
chiefly system, fa'a Matai,
where titleholders are
either ali'i or
orator (
tulafale) status.
These Samoan proverbs are
taken from the
first Samoan dictionary...
-
Oceania Chieftain –
Leader of a
tribe or clan. houʻeiki, matai, aliʻi,
tūlafale, tavana,
ariki –
usually translated as 'chief' in
various Polynesian countries...
- He went on to make Samoa's
first ever
feature film, The
Orator (O Le
Tulafale),
which was
screened in 2011 and
submitted to the 84th
Academy Awards....
- Such a
matai is a
titled person,
either a
chief (aliʻi) or an
orator (
tulafale or failauga)
whose particular duty is the
leadership and care of the family...
- 'parliament'
comprises the six
tulafale of
Lufilufi and 13
other senior matai from
throughout Ātua. Of
those 13 matai, nine are
tulafale and four are ali'i. The...
