The beauty of a Samoan taualuga is the taupou's ability to free-style her movements at any given moment she is honored with the task of performing one. Ma'ulu'ulus are choreographed, authentic Samoan taualugas are not - they're performed from the heart. Taualugas are not choreographed movements to each lyric verbatim. A genuine taualuga is when a taupou's limbs dance & move freely based on emotion. Here is the youngest student of The Academy of Siva Samoa at 5 year's old, my sister Koe's daughte

Sharing more Polynesian culture and dances from our Polynesian cousins. Here is the history of the Taualuga from the Islands of Samoa. One of most treasured heritage art forms in the Pacific is the Taualuga– and expression of our social roles, status, our joy for life and our soul. Talofa lava! Video by TheCoconetTV | Ae Luv Hula