SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — For more than three decades, Aunty Kiki Sotoa Solia has dedicated her life to Taupou Samoa, sharing the culture of Polynesia and ensuring that longstanding traditions are carried on ...

In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...

If you go: 4:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 2, Keizer Rapids Park. $15 to $20. Paradise of Samoa, a Polynesian dance and culture nonprofit group based in Salem, began in 2006 with a question: Why didn’t something ...

Just days before her wedding, Madi decided to learn a traditional Samoan dance to honor her husband Samu’s heritage With only five days to prepare, she practiced between wedding events and even during ...

When Chesie Jean moved to Salem from Las Vegas in 2014, she wanted to find something that could make her feel connected to her Samoan and Hawaiian heritage. While living in Vegas, Jean, 18, was a ...

Samoan communities gathered at Peninsula Park in North Portland on Saturday for the third annual Portland/Vancouver Samoan Festival. This event is sponsored by the Samoa Pacific Development ...

"Special moments like this mean the world to me, to honor our family, our culture and always so good coming back home to Hawaii," he wrote on Instagram The actor spent part of his childhood in Hawaii ...

Welcome to Group Project, a series on the many ways young people are building and engaging with community. From queer resistance to finding new hobbies to forging alternate paths, working together is ...