Faga Homestay


Part of our Sustainable Community Development course is to partake in a homestay in one of the Savaiin villages in Samoa. CCSP has been revisiting this village for the past couple of years and has been surprised each time by their hospitality. Faga village (pronounced: FANGA) holds the location of the one of the most beautiful beaches on Savaii, and the students can now call it their home with a family waiting to accomodate them! We celebrated another student's birthday, Ryan Newton, with a mini fia fia (dance party), cake, and a beautiful dance done by one of the local girls of the village. On the last night of our stay we participated in a village wide Fia Fia where we presented our own humble songs and were blown away by Samoan dance and songs. Students danced with the old and young and presented their own dances taught to them by new family members. The local high school boys and girls shared with us a few pacific island dances they performed in a previous competition-- it was a special treat that has made this fia fia one of the best yet. All in all, the time spent in Faga was challenging and memorable-- we thank the people for opening up their homes and hearts to us time and time again.


Some of the local girls perform a Tahitian dance for us at the Fia Fia-- beautiful!