Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Fa'a Samoa in the Samoan language means literally The Samoan Way and describes the socio-political and cultural way of life of the people of the Samoan Islands.In Samoa, it prescribes an all-encompassing traditional system of behavior and responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding positions of authority.Central to the organisation of Samoan society is the culture's Fa'amatai traditional system of social organisation.In addition to prescribed familial relationships, which extend to one's entire extended family (the aiga) with its familial chief (the Matai), Samoans also owe respect to other persons in positions of authority, and to customs of long standing which have rather more force than mere etiquette.For example, its most Samoan villages enforce a period of prayer in the early evening, signified by ringing a bell or by blowing a conch shell. "@en }
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- Faa_Samoa comment "Fa'a Samoa in the Samoan language means literally The Samoan Way and describes the socio-political and cultural way of life of the people of the Samoan Islands.In Samoa, it prescribes an all-encompassing traditional system of behavior and responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding positions of authority.Central to the organisation of Samoan society is the culture's Fa'amatai traditional system of social organisation.In addition to prescribed familial relationships, which extend to one's entire extended family (the aiga) with its familial chief (the Matai), Samoans also owe respect to other persons in positions of authority, and to customs of long standing which have rather more force than mere etiquette.For example, its most Samoan villages enforce a period of prayer in the early evening, signified by ringing a bell or by blowing a conch shell. ".
- Q5427520 comment "Fa'a Samoa in the Samoan language means literally The Samoan Way and describes the socio-political and cultural way of life of the people of the Samoan Islands.In Samoa, it prescribes an all-encompassing traditional system of behavior and responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding positions of authority.Central to the organisation of Samoan society is the culture's Fa'amatai traditional system of social organisation.In addition to prescribed familial relationships, which extend to one's entire extended family (the aiga) with its familial chief (the Matai), Samoans also owe respect to other persons in positions of authority, and to customs of long standing which have rather more force than mere etiquette.For example, its most Samoan villages enforce a period of prayer in the early evening, signified by ringing a bell or by blowing a conch shell. ".