The 2024 theme for Samoa Language Week is ‘Tautua i le alofa, manuia le lumana’i – Serve in love for a blessed future’.
This theme derives from the overarching Language Week Series theme for 2024, ‘Sustainability’.
What does the phrase ‘Tautua i le alofa’ mean? The concept of tautua focuses on the phrase – “Serve in love”. Love is the driving force of service. No matter what service looks like or who is doing it, service is accomplished through the power of love.
This year’s theme aims to clearly express the significance of service that is founded on love. Tautua can only be achieved through consistent development. Similarly, the maintenance of language is also achieved through service – through our values of love, respect, and especially in the vā fealoa’i (respectful relationships) that protect Samoan people.
Service begins in the family and continues in schools, villages, churches, in our communities and countries. Service is a practice that is not exclusive to certain people or ages, but rather, a process that begins at childhood and continues into adulthood. Our ongoing mission is the collective preservation of identity for our children into the future.
Samoa Costume Making Workshop Friday 31 May
