Tia Pulemelei Purification Ritual 2003 

its a rainy season in Samoa

Pulemelei Siaheulupe was built by 23rd Tuitonga Momo Talafata similar to Talietumu in 'Uvea alot of 'Umutangata in Ha'amoa and 'Uvea Futuna when Tongan Rules Polynesia 😊

@@jmjm1920 Tongans weren't allowed in Southern Savai'i at any point in history they had ties with tui tonga but in Southern Savai'i where the pulemelei mounds were built Tongans were not allowed to settle or even enter that area of Samoa it was still independent under there own Samoan kings so stop saying Tui tonga built the pulemelei when archeologists have already confirmed that Tongans did not settle or build anything in independent Samoan areas before during and after the Tongan occupation sorry to burst ur bubble😂

@@jmjm1920 LMAOO get out of here with that shit

Archaeologists confirmed it where Uso?What info you got on this TuiTonga not responsible for the construction of Pulemelei? I heard this was built well into the time of the TuiTonga!!!!

Tongans did build the Pulemelei. Samoans never knew how to build with rocks and stones unlike the experienced tongans!

Faafetai mo le faasoa

@Lea'e Olo E le'o au o se Lapita o a'u o le Savai'i mao'i fa'ako'a ou ioe lava pe a fai mai le Akua o a'u o le Lapita...Vaai fo'i i isi kagaka fia popoko fai mai o kagaka e kupuga mai i maguki, oka ua fia milioga kagaka e kalikogu i ai o le kele o kagaka su'esu'e ua lakou faaseseiga i si kagaka e koakele o loo ola ma isi ua feoki ia ae laa valea aku ai foi ma isi e le'i fagagau mai.

Ao faakaikai lol

Aga e faalogo lelei i upu o le lauga faapalagi a Palauli atonu e te malamalama ai.

Stop lying you weak Tangoe.

@@tanasekope9362 You don't know weak 🍗 clan lol 🤫

@@jmjm1920 Yeah I do your whole Horse sht kingdom is weak, That’s why tangoes keep getting knocked out every day of the week. Too much relying on Touching stories 😂😂😂

@@tanasekope9362 The Pulemelei case indicated that a previously utilised site was chosen to build a large mound around the 12th-13th century. The slabs on edge making up a sort of outline frame of the structure were detected at the bottom layer. This could indicate that this is the work of Tongans, and thus equivalent to the stone work making up the langi structures. However, at Pulemelei the slabs on edge were of basalt stone and the langi stones are mainly of beach rock. The platform/mound at the bottom at Pulemelei which was detected by the use of geophysical analysis, should not be ruled out as containing a potential burial vault. This could tie Pulemelei to the langi tradition but so far no direct evidence confirms this (Clark and Biran 2007). Excavation at the so called “Tongan wall” a kilometre up-hill from Pulemelei by us in 2004 (Martinsson-Wallin et al. 2007: 57) indicates that this feature is contemporary with or even slightly older than the initial Pulemelei platform. This could point to a Tongan connection but alternative interpretations could also explain the name of the wall. The current research shows that there are two main types of large mound; the irregular pigeon snaring mounds (tia seu lupe) usually at inland locations, and probably dating within the last 300-500 years; and large scale truncated mounds making up high raised platforms with slanting sides with dates going back 700-900 years. The former, with slight differences in outline and shape but similar use, exists on various islands in West Polynesia, especially in Tonga, Independent Samoa and American Samoa and are tied to the chiefly sport of pigeon hunting. Large truncated mounds exist as chiefly burial mounds, langi, in Tonga and a few other large scale mounds found on other West Polynesian islands usually related to chiefly power. The largest two are found in Independent Samoa and are almost non-existent in American Samoa. Archaeological investigations to date place initial building of larger mounds to 700-900 years ago and it is not unlikely that this coincides with the expansion of Tongan rule and population increases at certain productive or in other ways important sites in Samoa. A population increase usually influences the emergence of hierarchies and a more complex society. The conception of prehistory and its built environment is weak in contemporary Samoa. The key factors identified for this weak position are: firstly, the strong Christian influence which questions the pagan past in Samoa, especially sites of ritual/ceremonial importance; secondly, the complex relationship to the Tongans; thirdly, that Samoa can be identified as a “memory society/milieu” or at least in-between a memory society and a history society where the extended family relations are more important than the State.

That's is right %100 Tui Tonga Momo was known secret king Tui Tonga was known throughout the Pacific and Lau group Fiji to Easter Island to Hawaii TUI TONGA

No tf it wasnt

Bruh the Tongans weren't even allowed in Southern Savai'i before during and after the war in the 12th-13th century Southern Savai'i had its own independent kingdoms unlike Northern Savai'i who were under Tongan occupation but the south where the pulemelei was built there were no tongans settled there and there no oral history that's states that they even entered that part of Samoa same goes for the main kingdoms of upolu

950 BC (Samoa) vs 1100AD (Tui Tonga). C’mon cuz.

Where's the proof? That particular part of tour history was pushed by missionaries so that the chief that accepted them would be look at has king. our district was never under the Tongan rule for 300 years. No proof, just word of mouth.

bahahahahahahahaha aue e lol

Sao a oe hehe. UA AVE Uma MAA I le Pyramid le la se😂

Leai a se malie

Bullshit

Tongans weren't allowed in Southern Savai'i at any point in history they had ties with tui tonga but in Southern Savai'i where the pulemelei mounds were built Tongans were not allowed to settle or even enter that area of Samoa it was still independent under there own Samoan kings so stop saying Tui tonga built the pulemelei when archeologists have already confirmed that Tongans did not settle or build anything in independent Samoan areas before during and after the Tongan occupation

Tui tonga descendent of Samoans gee lol

Tu'i Tonga Tu'itatui tried to invade Savai'i but was defeated by the High Chief Talune and his warriors & was forced to flee from Savai'i...