MONSTER WEDDING
BIG FEAST HELD IN SAMOA OVER £4000 COLLECTED 4 One of the largest Samoan wed- a ding feasts of recent years was held in November at Aleipata, when a high chief of Fastioouta, Aione, married, a taupou (village maid) ol * Aleipata. A large crowd of Samoans gathered from all of the islands to celebrate the event, in true Samoan style. An amount of over £4000 was collected by the families and villages | of the parties concerned, evidence of the .present period of prosperity and affluence amongst the natives ; of Western Samoa.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19430119.2.15
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 40, 19 January 1943, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
93MONSTER WEDDING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 40, 19 January 1943, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in