HIS HIGHNESS MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II (SAMOAN FUNERAL CUSTOMS)

SAMOAN FUNERAL (SI'I)

(MANUIA LOU MALAGA MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II).

This video is showing other islands such as our cuzzins from Tonga & Fiji and then some local villages of Samoa taking their Si'i for his HIGHNESS MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II who died Friday 11 May 2007.

FAMOUS QUOTE OF MALIETOA: IN SAMOA EVERYONE IS A KING!

The quote above was Malietoa's answer when asked by palagi people why he didnt want a Palace or Crown and why he didnt want to be called a KING.

Some Ancient Chiefly Titles of Samoa: Tui Manu'a, Tui Aana, Tui Atua, Malietoa, Gatoaitele, Vaetamasoali'i

APIA, Samoa -- King Malietoa Tanumafili II, one of the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died, the prime minister's office said Saturday. He was 94.

King Malietoa died Friday night at Tupua Tamasese National Hospital in the Samoan capital of Apia, where he had been staying for about a week. The cause of death was not immediately available.

The king succeeded the Malietoa title in 1940, when his father passed away. He was made Samoa's joint head of state with Tupua Tamasese Meaole when the country gained independence from New Zealand in 1962, and he became sole head of state a year later when Tupua Tamasese passed away.

He was the world's third longest-serving sovereign after Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has reigned since 1946, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended to the throne in 1952.

King Malietoa's successor will be elected by the legislature to a five-year term as stipulated in the Samoan constitution (THIS HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE THE NEW RULER IS his highness (Tui Atua) Tupua Tamasese Efi.

King Malietoa made numerous state visits, including a trip to China in 1976. He also attended the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and was among the foreign dignitaries who attended the funeral service of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in 1989.

In 1977, Queen Elizabeth II visited Samoa for a day and presented King Malietoa with the Collar Badge and Star of the G.C.M.G., the Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.

In American Samoa, Gov. Togiola T.A. Tulafono offered his condolences to the people of neighboring Samoa on Malietoa's death. Many American Samoans considered him to be the father of the two Samoas and he was a frequent visitor to the U.S. territory's annual Flag Day festivities.


HEART OF POLYNESIA




SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, SAC TOWN, LONG BEACH, OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, COMPTON, CARSON, OAKLAND, EAST PALO ALTO, VALLEJO, FRESNO, STOCKTON, UTAH, WASHINGTON, HAWAII, TACOMA, SEATTLE, NEW ZEALAND, ALASKA, LAS VEGAS, TEXAS, OREGON, ARIZONA, FLORIDA.
FIJI FIJIAN FIJIANS TONGA TONGAN TONGANS
SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, SAC TOWN, LONG BEACH, OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, COMPTON, CARSON, OAKLAND, EAST PALO ALTO, VALLEJO, FRESNO, STOCKTON, UTAH, WASHINGTON, HAWAII, TACOMA, SEATTLE, NEW ZEALAND, ALASKA, LAS VEGAS, TEXAS, OREGON, ARIZONA, FLORIDA.
FIJI FIJIAN FIJIANS TONGA TONGAN TONGANS
SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, SAC TOWN, LONG BEACH, OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, COMPTON, CARSON, OAKLAND, EAST PALO ALTO, VALLEJO, FRESNO, STOCKTON, UTAH, WASHINGTON, HAWAII, TACOMA, SEATTLE, NEW ZEALAND, ALASKA, LAS VEGAS, TEXAS, OREGON, ARIZONA, FLORIDA.

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[peacebuntou]

I hear that the Tongan Royal dialect is similar to Samoan??

[lavalavaz]

Tui Kanokupolu, heart./flesh of upoly, in samoan, A'ano o Upolu. Love the linguistic similarities between our languages.

[iloveNT]

Solosolo!!!

[wayne127]

Does anyone know the name of this man that's talking @ the beginning, during the Tongan's royals si'i to the Malietoa family?

[SacTownUso]

@killahoe62 Samoa & Tonga despite some tension share ROOTS whether people like it or not even our ROYAL FAMILIES are connected.

Soifua

[killahoe62]

@vaniakopo many tongans speak samoan. my grandfather worked many years at the starkist factory and speaks samoan fluently even to this day. My father also speaks samoan fluently. Ive heard some samoans speak tongan better than me.We have a strong link between us.

[Jenlove26]

@kurasouf really. i would of so looove to see the maori's present there gifts n customs as well..i bet it was beautiful

[enomluv]

HIS HIGHNESS MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II TONGA PAYING RESPECT. I CANT BELIEVE I FOUNG THIS =)

[reereesan]

wow that's respect

[ufakomo88]

RIP Malietoa Tanumafili le 2, manaia tele lauga ole aso ile faalogologo. Who is doing da lauga on behalf of Malietoas family pls?