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Tutuila Island, American Samoa    


Trip Day Twenty: Thursday, October 11, 2007     

Living on Tutuila Island

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Church On The Shore

The first European Christian missionary, Englishman John Williams of the London Missionary Society (LMS), arrived in 1832. Williams and his followers had a profound impact on Samoans and their culture. The Samoans continue to be quite religious and enjoy the activities provided by their churches.
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Village Shopping

Most of the people live in villages, mostly on the southern side of the island.

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There is a sense of two worlds—a quickly moving commercial mainland world
and a slower paced world of traditional village and family life—
that somehow occupy the same space and time.

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KFC and Pizza Hut Have Presence Here Too.

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