Siva Afternoon

“Siva Afternoon”

By Solomone
The Te Wairua Pakiki children were preparing for Siva afternoon on the 29th of May 2020.
Everyone was sitting in their positions. The Takarita children walked in beautifully and sat down
waiting patiently. There were special guests Father Felise, (Father of the Church) The Matai, (Mr Tai)
and Mr Coakley.

They started off with a lotu (Prayer) Father Felise did, followed by a speech from the Matai.
His speech was great. Then the performance started with the girls dance which is called a Mauluulu. 

The girls did a great job doing the Mauluulu. The girls dance was awesome.
They even learnt the dance off by heart. Faakaupaki  was up and there were little kids
performing in that group. The little children in that group were awesome, they kept up
with the rhythm and the dance moves.

Then the Sasa group came up with grace. They sat down on the floor and they
were ready with confident looks. They had no music but they still did a great job.
The Sasa group had to do their dance 3 times which was tiring for them.

Last but not least, was the Aiuli. Tupua came up with his group and everybody was
clapping to the beat. Tupua was the Manaia and he did the Taulanga. The Matai stood up and
started dancing as well as other people, such as parents. What a great celebration to end
Samoan language week.