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Changing Morphology of Graves and Burials in Samoa.

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dc.contributor.author Lilomaiava-Doktor, Saili
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-21T00:50:20Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-21T00:50:20Z
dc.date.issued 2016-06
dc.identifier.citation DOI: http//dx.doi. org/10.15286/jps.125.2.171-186. en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/104
dc.description article, 15 p. en_US
dc.description.abstract Of the most important ritual events among Samoans, referred to as fa‘alavelave, funerals are often the most elaborate. In this article, I examine the factors that influence decisions about graves and the location of grave sites, and the most recent option of cremation, rather than burial, in the context of migration and social change. I also argue that place as identity is intimately bound up with conceptions of kinship that define where the ‘äiga (extended family, kindred) are buried, fa‘asinomaga (identity, belonging) and fanua (land). en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher The Polynesian Society. University of Auckland, N.Z. en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Polynesian Society;vol. 125 (2)
dc.relation.ispartofseries Special Issue: Grave Matters in Oceania;p 171-186
dc.subject Samoan Customs and beliefs en_US
dc.subject Burial practices Funerals (maliu), reinterred (liutofaga) and cremation (faaliulefulefu) en_US
dc.subject Graves, tombs ( fanuaoti) and graveyards (fanuatanu) en_US
dc.subject Heritage and Place of Identity ( o le tagata ma lona faasinomaga) en_US
dc.subject Aiga (family) and Diaspora (Aiga potopoto) - Samoa en_US
dc.subject Polynesian social anthropology (ethnology) en_US
dc.subject burial practices, cremation, diaspora, place, Samoa en_US
dc.title Changing Morphology of Graves and Burials in Samoa. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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