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Word: faleomavaega (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1989-1989
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...amid a group of spear- shaking warriors in lavalava skirts, fierce tattoos on many thighs. A former Hollywood bit actor resumes his role as the "talking chief" of Leone, leading his villagers through hymn-inflected island chants and primal dances. And then, just before Governor Peter Coleman, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega and various other dignitaries get ready to join in the final swaying dance, a village chorus sits on the ground, chants its age-old traditions and dramatically, for its climax, flashes -- what else? -- an American flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pago Pago, American Samoa Whose Nation Is This Anyway? | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

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