Show samoan festival Fett ival native life Is unusually picturesque in the samoan islands nearly aly lill all of the inhabitants of the be islands are pure polynesian these islands it Is contended formed the center from which polynesian peoples spread over all the islands of the south pacific the samoans have maintained many of their native ceremonies and dances it is a colorful festival indeed when the villagers garland themselves with flowers and are led in their formal dances by the taupo or chosen village virgin who wears a towering headdress of human hair adorned with a fillet of nautilus shells precious red feathers from fiji and shells of pearl to indicate her high rank |