Women are a Sacred Covenant
Funded under the Spotlight Initiative and implemented in collaboration with the UNESCO Office for the Pacific States, this project explores the traditional worldviews that once nurtured and protected women and girls and was recently concluded. Proverbial expressions and cultural constructs highlighting the respect accorded to women and girls in traditional Samoan society were identified and featured in a series of five short video clips to be used primarily on social media
EPISODE 1
E mū mata o le tama tane i lona tuafafine ~ a brother face burns in service for his sister
EPISODE 2
O le tama‘ita‘i o le tamasā ~ a girl child is a sacred child.
EPISODE 3
E au le ina‘ilau a tama‘ita‘i ~ women can accomplish much. Note the literal translation refers to how women completed their thatching (beating men in a competition)
EPISODE 4
O le tama‘ita‘i o le feagaiga tausi ~ women are a sacred covenant.
EPISODE 5
O tama‘ita‘i o pae ma auli e fa‘amaopoopo ma fa‘anofofilemuina aiga ma nu‘u ~ ladies are instrumental at setting affairs in order and establishing harmony in families and villages.