History of music in American Samoa

The America Samoa music is essential to life in the country. The most significant and integral path has always been the voice. Music artists mourn, rejoice, and reflect for every emotion. The past, presence and sometimes the future to come are put to song. Everybody can sings, but in spite the cause, in spite the situation, and most often, in spite one’s ability to sing.

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The Samoan traditional musical instruments include the hollowed-out log (pate) and a fala, a rolled-up mat, both is beating with sticks, were idiophones, which is often followed by a choral singing. Other idiophone is a sounding board, also followed by the solo oration of poetry. A conch shell was blown for indicating. Amusement for a small groups and individuals in private was afforded by a jaw harp, a raft panpipe, and a nose-blown flute.

A musical or dramatic show celebrating special events which performance group’s substitute in an attempt to exceed each other’s efforts which is known as a fiafia. It is also a hotel performance where dances are known as Siva Samoa and Sasa are performed too.

A song with the words by Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo and music by Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleapaga has been their official territorial anthem to America Samoa since 1950. The banner freedom is a song that honours the flag of Samoa, which has been their national anthem of Samoa since 1962 and it was calm by Sauni Liga Kuresa.