The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee

The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee

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The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
  • The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee
The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee

The Orators White Staff — Samoan Proverb Tee

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O le to'oto'o sinasina.
"A white staff."

This alagaupu (Samoan proverb) refers to the to'oto'o — the carved wooden staff carried by a tulafale (talking chief) as the badge of his orator's office. Here sinasina (very white) is used in the sense of new or unused: a staff not yet weathered by years of service. As an upu fa'amaulalo (a humbling, self-deprecating expression), it's applied to a young talking chief — a graceful way of naming inexperience, honoring the role while acknowledging it hasn't yet been proven by time.

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