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Name: Ana

Culture: Samoan

Language(s): English and Samoan

Beliefs: Samoans are Christians. There is a firm belief that Samoans were birthed by special creation by Samoa. Samoans believe that children are gifts from God and they believe that medical treatment is a healing power of manifestation from the God. Samoans use to believe in more than one god, due to Christianity, they now believe in one god.

Values: The Samoans value big families. Samoans like to think that children are gifts from God, they dearly value children. They live with their extended family, which can include grandparents, aunt/uncles, and cousins. Samoans respect the elderly for their wisdom, knowledge, and capability to lead people.

Behavior: Samoans are very serious about their religion, which is why most Samoan villages hold up to twenty minutes of prayer. They do play sports, even though the population of Samoans isn’t that large, there are still some famous Samoan sports players.

Beneficial As A Goodwill Ambassador: Being a Goodwill Ambassador can help Samoans become more known worldwide. Samoans aren’t really known by many people and they have an interesting culture that other may want to learn about. Their culture is something they strongly believe in and they possibly inspire other culture to share the same similarities.

Undesirable Aspect: An undesirable aspect of Samoans is that they have an age discrimination. Once people become older, they tend to lose their jobs because of their age. Their jobs then get replaced with a new young person who is compatible of taking over. The government is forced to enforce this law. Once someone reaches the age forty, they are at risk of being fired.

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