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Samoan dance

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Samoan dance

Hillary College’s Samoan group perform their sasa at the ASB Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Island Cultural Festival (Polyfest) in 1992. The sasa can be danced while seated or standing, and the movements (which are based on ordinary village activities) are not set.

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Megan Cook, Cultural dance – Pacific dance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44731/samoan-dance (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 27 March 2014.