Helen Anderson discovers a Pacific paradise where island culture is the main attraction. THE PAGES of the hymn book are limp and the church smells of damp shoes and rain, with a hint of chook and ...

Discover Samoa, an island country halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii with a rich culture and vibrant traditions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I was in elementary school, I would dance around our living room, somewhat bragging to my sister to the tune of The Lion King ...

No matter that the temperatures are in the 80s; with 98 percent of American Samoa’s population being Christian, Christmas is a spectacular time of year. In two weeks of programming, everyone in ...

John Poynton was a well-known British and mostly liked painter in Samoa. I knew him from my time in Peace Corps. He laughed when he told me this. His home, a hovel at the foot of mountain on which ...

Samoa is located in the heart of Polynesia and is often referred to as 'The Treasured Islands of the South Pacific'. The Samoan islands offer lush green rugged landscapes, deserted beaches, pristine ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Alex Rose has a story to tell, and you can see it on the growing tapestry that adorns his powerful body. Rose, a discus thrower from Grand Rapids, represented Samoa in the ...

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Pull up to the Samoan Christian Fellowship in Des Moines on certain Saturdays and you’ll smell the aroma of grilled chicken and pork ribs rubbed with a “super secret” sauce and spun over an open flame ...

When asked if she thought she was going to win the title of Miss Samoa USA over 5 months ago—when she first decided to run—Josephine Lealaitafea immediately laughed. “I did not think that I was going ...