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Name: Filipo Lona

Culture:
 * Samoans, there are 3 main parts. Faith, Family, and Music.

Language:
 * Mainly Samoan and English, this is good because even though they're from Samoa they also know English so they wont need a translator.

Beliefs:
 * Most are Christians but there are also studies that show they practice Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jewish in the capital.
 * These religious practices help support the fact that a person from this culture is someone that can be a Goodwill Ambassador because many of these beliefs aren't shunned by the society.
 * Samoans will have a very opened mind when it comes to respecting other people's religious views.

Values: The Ava' Ceremony is done for any special occasions.

Behaviors:
 * The elders are most respected in their culture and they are also have the most power. This is a good characteristic to have for a Goodwill Ambassador because many people here in the US do not respect the Elderly.
 * I see kids all the time running into elderly teachers without even apologizing. Too many people disrespect elders, but the Samoans were taught when they were young to respect any elder whether theyre related to you or not.
 * They believe that Sunday is the day of rest. Samoans get together and have Umu. Umu is when the Samoans cook things on very hot rocks, pig, seaweed, baked taro, crayfish, and rice. Most cuisines have coconut cream on them.

Things that would impede the Samoans from being Goodwill Ambassadors: (Couldn't find many) December 6, 1787 French, La Perouse and his 11 crew mates were killed when they went to explore Simone by the Samoans who were there already.
 * Out of the 550 criminals sent to New Zealand, they were mostly Samoans in the list.
 * This shows us that they are violent.

WORK CITED

Primary Source: "Culture of Samoa." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

Secondary Sources(s): "NZ's Unwanted List and Those Samoan All Blacks." //Samoa Observer Online News//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

"Countries and Their Cultures." //Samoan Americans//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

Hard Copy Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoans

MLA: "Samoans." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.