Back print: full design of a Pacific pigeon (lupe) in flight, illustrating the proverb Va i lupe maua — to catch one pigeon after another

One Pigeon After Another — Samoan Proverb Tee

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Back print: full design of a Pacific pigeon (lupe) in flight, illustrating the proverb Va i lupe maua — to catch one pigeon after another
  • Back print: full design of a Pacific pigeon (lupe) in flight, illustrating the proverb Va i lupe maua — to catch one pigeon after another
  • Back print: full design of a Pacific pigeon (lupe) in flight, illustrating the proverb Va i lupe maua — to catch one pigeon after another
One Pigeon After Another — Samoan Proverb Tee

One Pigeon After Another — Samoan Proverb Tee

$23.99
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Va i lupe maua.
"To catch one pigeon after the other."

This alagaupu (Samoan proverb) comes from the old art of pigeon-snaring, tia seu lupe, where a skilled hunter would take bird after bird in quick, unbroken succession. It is an upu fiafia — words of joy — used for a run of good fortune, a streak of success, or simply a happy, fruitful day. Samoans still say it today: "Ua va i lupe maua le aso nei" — "this is a happy day, indeed."

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