Savalivaliga i le vao was directed by Vincent Tofilau.
Pproduced by Su'a Uilisone and Reggie Meredith Fitiao for the University of Glasgow in 2020.
About Suʻa
Suʻa Uilisone Fitiao is a Tufuga Ta Tatau, wood carver, and siapo maker. Su’a Uilisone’s family moved to American Samoa in 1969. He learned the traditional form of painting called siapo in the late 1970s from the late Mary J. Pritchard, who serves as a key inspiration to him. Su’a Uilisone is now a Tufuga ta Tatau, a traditional Samoan Tattoo master, after working with Su’a Lafaele Suluape for almost seven years as his apprentice. He embraces and helps to manage the ancestral and sacred art forms of tatau and siapo, working to ensure that these unique and meaningful parts of Samoan culture last for generations.
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