Entries Tagged as ‘Samoa’

August 2, 2007

A Student Sharpens his Cultural Skills for the Fireknife Competition

Byron ‘Pailogi’ Tenney, a hospitality and tourism management major at BYU-Hawaii, is one of the young students working with Kap in the Samoan village. He’s also going to compete for the first time in this year’s World Fire Knife Dance [...]

August 2, 2007

A Way to Preserve Samoan Culture

Kapeneta ‘Kap’ Te’o-Tafiti, the PCC’s “ambassador” in the Samoan village, thinks this link to culture is very important.
“Knife dancing is a powerful way for Samoans, [...]