High Chief Weds.
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Samoan Ceremony.
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, March 19.
IN spite of depression and dropping copra and cocoa prices, we have had some real old style Samoan weddings, celebrated in the presence of large crowds and marked by the consumption of large quantities of Samoan and Euro pean foodstuffs and amidst old-fashioned and quaint Samoan marriage ceremonies.
The wedding of High Chief Leaupepe, of Taleasin village on the West Coast, to Furono Talaepa, a chief’s daughter of Lepa was remarkable for a large gathering of Samoans from all parts of the islands, and estimated at several thousand. The Administrator, General Hart, was a guest of honour together with a number of European officials and civilians.
A feature of the proceedings was the presentation of large numbers of fine mats (i’e, sina and i’e toga) to the wed ding party.