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Nafanua is the name of the revered Samoan warrior goddess who according to legend, helped the Samoans win their freedom from Tonga. She was the daughter of Saveasi'uleo and Tilafaiga. Her name was originated by what happened to her in her early years. Na (shortened version of the Samoan word nana that means hidden) and fanua (Samoan word for land). Nafanua was born a bloodclot and her mother embarrassed by this, hid her under the land. She lived in Pulotu, an underground realm for Samoa's gods, goddesses, and demons (similar to Mt. Olympus/Hades of Greek mythology and Valhalla of Norse mythology). When her name was invoked by the helpless Samoans, she came to aid them in a battle against the Tongans. A gust of wind blew her top away revealing her breasts and she was immediately embarrassed leading to the naming of a field in Samoa called, Le Malae o le Ma (the field of Nafanua's mortification). The Tongans noticing this, quickly ended the war for they did not want to fight a woman.
Behold the princess on her lion-mount
Slender like a lotus-stalk her arching torso,
Like its bud her jewelled head. In the hurtling rush
And tangled confusion of battling bodies, clear
She stands, still in swiftest motion, her arms
Taking deadly aim: Partnering her
Expertly in the dizzying moves of the dance
The buffallo-masked club-bearing self-made man,
Libido scaling Goddess heights: She will
Impale intent with arrow between the eyes,
Decapitate with sword and plunge her trident
Deep in the triple folds of writhing darkness,
Lion claws tear out the demon heart.
Thus undisguised, undone, dismembered, dying
He will glimpse the flashing worlds like beads for her neck,
Bear the unthinkable grace of her extreme attraction.
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Olympic swimmer Stewart Glenister. He was American Samoa's lone male swimmer. Mark Bernas posted a photo:
The immigration office at Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa, greets visitors with this hand-made symbol of authority. Mark Bernas posted a photo:
Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa. Tropical winds and rain caused our pilot to abort our first attempt at landing, and almost blew us off the runway, which I later discovered to end in the Pacific Ocean. airdale_photography posted a photo:
The World War II Memorial, with the Washington Monument framed between the pillars honoring those from American Samoa and Guam who fought for freedom. Nikon D70 RAW, ISO 400, 8 seconds, f/16. August 16, 2008. Taiger808 posted a photo:
Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila Pat & Tam posted a photo:
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Roasting above ground with charcoal and lava rocks. Pretty good eats. Pat & Tam posted a photo:
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Governor Camacho takes time to visit with Guam's Outdoor Chef Peter Duenas during the Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa Pat & Tam posted a photo:
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