Traditional builders from Samoa are in Japan on a very special mission: to build a faletele, a traditional Samoan house that is circular with one or more central posts. Master Builder Lesā Laufale, who started learning his craft some 30...
Samoa is a country of great natural beauty with a rich and distinguished cultural heritage. Living in isolation from the rest of the world in the vast Pacific Ocean, Sāmoans have developed a body of traditional ecological knowledge and a...
The Samoan government’s efforts to revitalize fine mat weaving (‘ie sae) and the making of siapo or tapa, a bark cloth art, now includes a series of short films describing the processes. The film series was commissioned by the Ministry...
In 2016, ICHCAP signed a partnership with the Google Cultural Institute to showcase Asia-Pacific ICH online. Considering the vastness of the region, the project began with an initiative to exhibit Pacific ICH first. Seven teams participated in the exhibition, which...