Wow! This November we've finished 2 years of Measina (Treasures of Samoa) workshops with our A'oga (school) community and had lots of fun along the way.
On the left is a collage of some of the pics that were taken during our final Measina Showcase, however, it did coincide with the same day of the pre-World Rugby League cup finals celebrations on Saturday 19th of November.
That's with the knowledge of the current world cup holders - Australia, playing Toa Samoa who have never made it into any World cup finals. So this was big!
It was a crazy day with back logs of cars trying to get to Fan bases all around the city and with Samoans (and their supporters) flying the Samoa flags proudly on the cars and beeping, beeping and more beeping constantly around town.
It was an epic celebration even before the finals game between Samoa and Australia with Samoa being the underdog as a second tier nation playing against a first World nation. Plus the fact that we now that Australis is a seasonal and well oiled machine in playing Rugby League at the top of the table for many, many years.
But even though Samoa came second it was a big win for the nation with small nation of Samoa on the lips of many international and I saw many of our measina on display through Social media that showed off the culture of Samoa. May this continue to grow world-wide and prosper...
