Throw the Eyes of Samoa's Youth

Throw the Eyes of Samoa's Youth

Samoa is located about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand in the South Pacific. It is also very close to the international dateline and the equator. Samoa are islands that total in land area of approximately 2934 sq km, consisting of the two large islands named Upolu and Savai'i. The two island make must of Samoa. The other eight small islands include: Manono, Apolima, Nuutele, Nuulua, Namua, Fanuatapu, Nuusafee and Nuulopa. The main island of Upolu is home to about 30% of the Samoan population and the capital is Apia. The climate is tropical with the average temperature of 80 degree F, it has a dry and a wet season, the rainy season least from November to April.

One of first things you find when reading Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead is of the infant to children experience. Present at the birth should be the father the father's mother or sister and the mother's relatives. There are also other villagers in the house as well, since birth is not seen as a private matter. Once the birth has occurred a midwife cuts the umbilical cord, the child is a boy the cord is put into