This video documents a family's arrival in Samoa, showcasing traditional Samoan hospitality (coconut welcome), family gatherings (luku), and cultural practices including the 'ava ceremony preparation. The content highlights how Samoan families maintain cultural identity through shared traditions, language, and community bonds, with family members actively participating in cultural preservation activities like preparing traditional decorations and ceremonies.
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🇼🇸 SAMOA TRIP 2K26 | ARRIVAL DAY IN SAVAII! ️
Added:Well, check out packed to the rafters this is.
Four lanes across, bumper to bumper.
Crazy, man.
So, welcome to Samui. Waiting to disembark. [music] Is that even a word? Disembark.
We're waiting to disembark the Princess Sirindhorn.
I think it took about It usually takes about 45 minutes, but that one took just over an hour, I think.
Cuz it's raining here, man.
I don't know if you guys can see it, but it's raining.
So, I think that's what took a bit longer for us to get in, but we are finally here in Samui.
Samui.
My first time here.
I'm looking forward to it. Should be good, man.
Should be good. We are packed to see.
There they go, bumper to bumper. Yeah, man, it's crazy. They just pack it like pack of sardines.
Well, look at the rain in this place.
Samui, man.
This is my first time in Samui.
Ah, it's a bit unfortunate that it's raining, but it is what it is, man.
There's a real feel.
Cuz for those that don't know, I get seasick. That ride here was actually all right. It wasn't too bad.
Like it was a bit choppy here and there, but it wasn't too bad.
It was manageable.
I've been to Samui since 2018, I think it was.
So, it's my first time back since then.
So, what up, fam?
This weather is so depressing.
I was expecting it to be like like Bali though.
It's just like gloomy, so really really hoping tomorrow and the rest of our stay is at least cloudy. So, I don't mind it to be cloudy, but I don't want it to be raining. I don't want it to be raining.
I don't want it >> We're just waiting for >> Yeah.
With the car.
We've chucked our suitcases in the taxi.
And we're in there and we'll be going to get a car so they can come back and pick us up.
And go back to Nana's house.
Probably chill, get some food to eat somewhere to eat.
Look at the food they have here in Savai'i.
We're going to go from there, man.
What do you But look at the sick buses here, yo.
Brother, these buses are gangster, bro.
Tell me where you can find a bus like that.
And these buses here are all over Samoa, all over Samoa, it's mad. And I like some buses some buses, bro, they pump music, man. Pump music.
It's mad.
Gangster, bro, look at It's why this one ain't pumping music, it's that's mad.
Gangster, right?
>> Hey, how are you, fella?
>> Hey, fella.
How are you?
>> How are you?
>> How are you, mate?
>> Hey, good, good.
>> That's the one.
>> What's the problem over there?
>> [laughter] [laughter] >> Look at that.
Look at the back of this bloody raining.
>> Say hello, fella.
>> How are you, mate?
>> Yeah.
>> That's the one.
How are you, mate?
>> She be getting old.
She be getting old on hey.
Follow.
Oh, what was the land on Nana's land?
That's crazy figures. [laughter] I think we'll we'll wait till the like the rain dies down a little.
And then we'll go we'll go exploring Nana's land.
That's cool. That's a super cool.
>> [laughter] >> It's just such big land.
And then um she's she's laid to rest just over on the other side of that this brown or maroon tin house.
You see in the background. We'll go we'll go check that out later.
>> [screaming] >> Coconuts on arrival.
What hospitality.
Ooh, you're going to have one Neil >> [laughter] >> Wow!
Woo!
>> [laughter] >> HEY HEY HEY.
>> [cheering and screaming] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] >> MEANWHILE IN THE BACKGROUND. [laughter] MEANWHILE, STORY is going on in the background.
>> Wait, wait.
>> [laughter] >> Where's my mom's foot?
AND MY DAD'S FOOT.
>> [laughter] >> MY MOM'S FOOT AND MY DAD'S ROPE.
>> Bush out, mom.
>> [laughter] >> OH, OH, MOVE.
>> [laughter] >> I WAS THINKING THAT >> HUH?
>> [laughter] >> PHONE ISLAND LIFE.
>> [laughter] >> YEAH, [laughter] loving the sea shore.
>> HEY, ENJOY while we can.
>> Yeah, enjoy while we can.
>> [laughter] >> Oh.
>> My turn.
>> [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] >> The story's on it.
>> All right.
>> It's story time.
>> [laughter] >> They're going to do a whole shake.
I'll swear the bush coming back here.
>> [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [music] [laughter] [music] >> What a TikTok head.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
>> [laughter] [cheering and screaming] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [screaming] [screaming] [screaming] >> This is a party.
>> [laughter] >> Oh my god.
WHAT A CHICK MAGNET.
>> [laughter] [music] >> IT'S SO FAR OUT HERE.
IT'S ABOUT TO DRIVE ME CRAZY.
>> [laughter] >> THERE'S SO MUCH going on. There's so much going on.
I'm getting over stimulated.
>> [laughter] >> We're moving.
>> [music] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [music] [laughter] [screaming] [laughter] >> So glad that Kelly got to meet Nana and spend time with her and watch her.
>> Bro, she was yeah, man.
She was something, man. Nana, man.
She was a >> Her kids are pretty much like her.
>> [laughter] >> This family is correct, man.
>> [laughter] >> This family is correct.
Oh, hell, man.
>> And we're all sober now.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah, they >> Oh, look at that.
>> So, it's Nana and her dad.
There's a few other people there, too, but um I don't know who they are.
>> Yeah. [laughter] It was a bit unfortunate that we we couldn't make the um I couldn't Yeah.
>> No, we couldn't make the funeral cuz there was COVID.
>> Yeah, it was COVID during that time.
>> But we came to her um unveiling a few years ago. Me, Mama, and Filo.
Banana's She's here.
Hello.
I remember the last time I came here I was a fatty.
>> Well, look at her now, Nana.
>> everybody be saying Nana, everybody be saying I'm fat before. Like, okay, I get it.
They don't need to tell me.
>> Now, look at her, Nana. She's beautiful, right?
>> She's always been beautiful.
>> Yeah, she's always been beautiful.
>> Oh, she was young. She'll be so proud.
Like everyone being young.
She'll be serving Mika, like showing her like her house and everything.
>> Yeah, she was cool, too, like >> This is my uncle again.
Like that's her dad.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yep, see him on the wall. See him on the wall.
That's your uncle's name, Dr. >> Oh, yeah.
I'm so glad I got to meet her, man.
>> Hi, Mom.
>> He's having for lunch.
Move in. Tell me what you're having.
He's having bread, cake, jam, rice, butter.
Coconut jam.
Oh, oh. What's chef making? What's chef making?
>> What is pork?
Pork liver fry and >> I really need pork but in the soy Chef, tell Melissa.
>> [laughter] >> Coconut jam on fresh bread. Thank you.
Yum.
Oh, yum.
>> Yeah. What does she have it on the um gas tank?
>> No, there's no camera there.
>> I went to the cricket club.
Headquarters?
>> Oh, do you?
>> I [singing] always have it every morning.
It's called fresh bread.
>> Yeah, jam and butter and Look, I can eat it.
>> How do you do some cooking?
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Yeah, cheers.
>> Hello.
>> [laughter] >> He's getting in trouble.
>> [clears throat] >> What is getting in trouble?
>> [laughter] >> You're going to be on YouTube.
>> Huh?
>> What about it?
>> What is it, Mom?
Oh.
>> Oh, it's flat.
>> Oh, it's flat. I think it's flat.
>> Y'all be back. That's why it's flat.
>> Oh, no.
It's her husband.
Is Is it her husband?
>> [laughter] >> So, we just stopped into server to put air the front tires. I don't know tell me where you have to pay to put >> So she was saying, "What? Pay for the air?"
>> It's crazy.
>> How much?
>> It's crazy.
>> Oh, it's for free in Australia.
It's for free in >> No in some window, no.
No in some window.
>> It's the air is for free, that's what I was told.
>> [laughter] >> No wonder why they need caps.
>> [laughter] >> No wonder why the air is coming out.
Yeah, they're not putting it back on.
>> It's crazy.
>> No wonder. I just want to know how much I've never heard of paying for air.
$8 >> What are $8 $2 each.
>> Really? Air was for free.
>> Air was for free?
>> You just pay.
So all it is you pay for the service.
>> You're paying for him to do it for you.
>> Paying.
Paying for the labor.
>> Yeah, Mom, you're paying for the person doing it for you.
>> This is crazy.
>> Look who's driving the car.
>> Yeah, man.
>> Thank you.
Are you sure it's just not the driver?
>> [laughter] >> IT WAS THE DRIVER.
I JUST FULL DROVE FOR THE first time in Samoa.
To the to the market here.
Here to get um Sally's bill full and um Mom's bill full tomorrow.
Uh the thing the family thing they got happening tomorrow.
Brother, tell me why. As we were pulling into the market I full went off road.
>> [laughter] >> Almost crashed.
First time driving in Samoa, I almost crashed, went off road.
Brother, that was crazy.
So far it's been good here, Samoa. I think it's just the weather that we came with, unfortunately, but other than that, it's been good.
Looking forward to the rest of the our trip here in Samoa. Yeah, man.
>> I'm on the video.
>> Hello, hello, YouTube.
>> [laughter] >> Well, they full chased me down.
>> I don't even know what that means.
>> There's two There's two little boys full chased me down.
Just to get a video and then yeah, well, they were too short to They were too short to say something.
I'm trying to find something to eat, but see what they have. See what they have.
[ __ ] It's pretty It's pretty dark in here.
[ __ ] Oh, yes, sir.
Look at the food on it.
>> What is in there?
>> Hey.
We got chicken, sausage, and rice.
>> And there's like chips.
>> Oh, there's chips too in there.
>> food here. Look at this food.
>> Oh, look, there's food here.
The whole SP.
The chicken.
>> If you go in there, I'll see what happens.
>> Okay.
>> Oh, that's crazy.
>> Oh, they got lemon.
>> Oh, they got lamb on too.
>> 15 bucks >> Bro, a lot of the food here is like fried chicken and like bro, the fried chicken here in Samoa is crack off from the last time I had it.
>> I'm done.
15 dollars >> 15 dollars Hello.
Man, why is everyone here shy, man?
Everyone is usually shy. As soon as the camera comes out everyone just goes shy.
Bro, also like the the fried lamb buns here.
>> Yeah, and then you put like mayo on that.
>> Oh, that's mental.
mental Bro, I can't I can't wait to eat them.
I can't wait to eat them.
I need to try them.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
>> You want the chicken?
>> Hey.
Are you going to get one of those?
Yeah, bro. So, like the like the lamb buns here, they they fry That's proper, man. You just put like any of your sauces in.
>> That's proper.
>> That's proper, man.
But, this one here, they usually Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll take one here.
Yeah, you're good, bro.
Um But, it's usually like lamb or pig, but this one here that we're getting is chicken.
Bro, look at the rain on it, bro.
Look at the rain on it.
We brought the rain with us, man.
Finally, there was another thing.
There's stray dogs everywhere here in Samoa, man.
Stray dogs everywhere.
>> Look at that little thing.
>> Oh, that's fresh.
>> It's like fresh. That's what I seen and I was like, "Oh, I want that one."
>> That's fresh, man.
>> Which one?
>> Also, their barbecue plates here are mental.
>> Really?
>> So, what?
So, I get chicken take away.
>> Thank you.
>> You can give me that.
I got me Which one did you want?
>> Hey.
>> Which chicken was it?
This one?
Yeah. Which chicken was it?
>> What chicken was it?
>> Oh, you said you wanted this.
>> This is chicken.
>> Oh, that chicken. Oh.
So, we smack this food, bro.
>> Yeah, that's it.
>> Yeah, look at this food. This.
Look at the food on this.
It's a chicken, pipi, potato salad, chop suey, sausage, banana.
All of that.
>> 15.
>> 15 bucks. Oh, I want to mong. I want to put this down. I want to mong out.
Huh?
How was your barbecue?
>> Mhm.
>> They do barbecues like on the side of the road. That's crack up.
People do you like this or the lamb buns or chicken buns?
Everywhere, dogs everywhere.
>> Hey.
>> Look, dogs everywhere.
>> No, who gives these dogs dog logs?
>> Wait.
>> Just >> This one.
He's got dreadlocks.
We were going to go and buy the dreadlocks for Marley and London.
They've got drinks.
Raspberry.
>> Thanks, Mom.
>> It's the Marley.
The rastas are back. They've got Marley.
Yeah, and then he's got dreads.
Great.
Who did your hair?
>> So, we've just been pumping it around in the market and then had a feed, went back home, dropped some things off, and went back to the market.
Now, we're just at this little corner shop.
Going to try the ice cream here.
Apparently it goes all right, hey.
See how it goes.
I don't know that last ice cream.
Look at the ice cream scoops here in Samoa.
Pretty big.
I don't think I've ever had a an ice cream here >> [music] >> in Samoa.
What is it?
Oh, yeah.
She just to go to the back. See if there's any other flavors cuz there's just vanilla here at the moment.
>> [music] >> I'll get coffee.
>> Mhm.
>> Coffee, vanilla, or banana?
>> I'll get banana.
>> Banana?
>> Yeah, yeah.
They can only open two boxes at a time.
And one box is already open, which is vanilla. So, we have to choose between the banana or coffee.
Banana it is.
>> I'll get coffee.
I haven't had my coffee fix.
>> [music] >> It sucks.
>> It is what it is, man.
It is what it is.
>> [music] >> I'm going to drink it. Thirsty, man.
I'm going to drink some of it.
>> [music] >> What did you want to order?
Do you want me to smoke it?
>> [music] >> Is that a small cake?
Just a big one.
>> [laughter] >> This is my home grand trip.
>> Yeah.
Ooh, size matters.
>> [laughter] [music] >> Do you want me to bring my knife?
>> Yum.
>> All right.
>> Banana.
>> Banana.
>> Yum.
That's yum.
I forgot the flavors we got the last time.
I want to just taste the coffee.
Oh, yeah, the bubble gum one.
>> Cool as ice on my head. That's nice, man. Especially on a muggy day.
>> 250.
>> 250 for this? That's so light.
Single scoop.
>> This looks like three scoops.
>> It's like a dollar something dollars.
Dollar 25 dollars.
>> [singing] [music] [singing and music] >> Money. [singing] >> [music] [singing] [singing] [applause] [laughter] [snorts] >> That is a lot.
Something short, yeah.
It's too much.
I'm going to forget.
Um, thank you for today.
I'm going to wear >> [laughter] [applause] [laughter] >> Yes, see.
That's a bit too much.
>> [laughter] >> Just chicken story.
>> Yeah.
>> I'M NUMBER FIVE.
>> [laughter] >> NUMBER TWO.
>> SO, YOU FORGOT THERE.
>> [snorts] >> OKAY.
>> Come up here.
>> Yeah.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
>> I'm number two.
>> First.
>> Yeah.
>> [applause] [laughter] >> My name is Fred and I'm number two.
I'm number one and my >> [laughter] [applause] >> Hello.
>> [applause] [laughter] >> What number?
What number?
>> [laughter] >> Number one.
What number?
Oh, so she's [laughter] younger than Jelly.
She's a sister of Jelly.
>> [laughter] >> Sister of sister.
Melanie.
She looks like the daughter.
Melanie.
Melanie.
>> [laughter] [applause] >> Yeah.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah, what's her name?
>> [screaming] >> Hey.
>> [laughter] >> What did I say?
What did I say?
I [laughter] said it.
This is after eight.
This is after eight.
>> [laughter] [laughter] >> Yeah, money aka whoops.
My dad's Uncle Jack.
>> Hey.
>> I'm number two.
>> Just from home?
>> Yeah.
>> We are Papa Warren.
>> That is telling all these guys.
Yeah.
>> Yeah, period.
Waka.
She's hers. She's hers.
>> She thinks I was saying it in Samoa.
>> She's on it. Yeah, she's on it.
Expert I believe.
Return of the Jedi.
Oh, and um I'm not sure what this one is.
I don't [laughter] know about this one.
It's like looking It's like a bit crooked there, buddy.
>> Hey, I just thought of >> That just looks like a whole lot of mess.
>> Hey, don't hold the camera. Come here.
>> Hey, come look at this one.
>> Hey, TURN IT OFF.
HEY.
HELLO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> LOOK, LOOK AT LOOK AT >> I WAS trying to trying to learn my culture but my auntie's teasing me for trying to learn.
>> [laughter] >> Don't she's don't play my, you know, playing on my downfall.
BROTHER, RELAX.
>> HOW ABOUT GOING TO DO SOMETHING?
>> [laughter] >> STOP RECORDING.
>> [laughter] >> HE FORGOT WHAT NUMBER HE'S ON.
>> OH, NO, that's it.
>> Sauce. And this one is this what she >> [laughter] >> Ola.
>> You tell her for me.
>> Ola.
>> So annoying, Jonathan.
>> Ola.
>> Five thirsty Oh, [ __ ] I see it on my Have a look, guys. This is what you call feeling the poke. It's a little bit of interior decoration.
One of the props down at the bottom.
I'll just see if he if he needs anything.
>> [laughter] >> Hello, Melanie.
She's on it. She's on it.
Mhm.
Hello.
Hold up.
That looks so pretty.
Say hi to my fam.
>> Yes.
For the vlog.
Smarty.
She's only 21 years old.
Hey.
Basically, I did all of these by myself, no help.
My uncle mixed it here.
>> [laughter] >> [ __ ] Hey, yeah, put the light on there.
See that?
That's basically what I did. Every one of these.
And remember I did this one?
It's a high.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah. How you feeling, auntie?
How you feeling? How you feeling? Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, first did that one, as you can see.
Everyone can tell.
It's straight. We'll probably We'll probably cut this one off later.
>> [laughter] >> All right, as you can see, this [clears throat] is straight like that.
This one over there is bit tall.
A bit It's a bit confused.
>> [laughter] >> That's Tim.
Uncle, say hi to the camera.
>> Hello.
>> Yeah.
As you see, beautiful decorations all around.
Oh, oh.
Yeah.
>> Hi.
>> Sally did nothing here. Nothing. Only me and Kelly did.
She might earn the camera, but she doesn't do the hard work.
>> [laughter] [clears throat] >> Oh. Kelly, how you feeling?
>> I'm good, man.
>> It's crazy. You still got the jumper on, mate.
>> Yeah, it's cold, man.
>> It's cold.
We'll have a talk later about that, all right?
>> [laughter] >> Oh, that's how you become a YouTuber, lad.
Tolly, you'll be the next gen next gen legend.
>> [laughter] >> Hey, big shockers here. Big shockers.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
These are my boys.
Get my boy looking right, hey.
Basically, I climbed all these trees and cut myself.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
Say hi. Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Don't worry that the camera can see.
You're not that planky.
>> [laughter] >> So, guys, that's basically how I built this in 24 hours.
>> [laughter] >> [ __ ] straight up. I built this from the ground up in 24 hours.
Nothing but blood, sweat, tears, and bitter splinters, mate.
>> [laughter] >> I'm out of BSC.
>> [laughter] >> Let's finish up your cord at Easter.
>> [ __ ] Sally, I would have finished it, but my right's going in.
My right's going in. I'm a vlog.
>> Check this.
And then like this and then yeah.
>> Yep. Get it, girl.
>> And then pull it from here.
Well, that's how you pull it from here.
How do you drag on with it?
And then you hold tight and then drag this side of it to you.
>> That's fine.
>> Yep.
Yeah, this goes with this.
Like that.
And then bring it over.
together to make it thicker.
>> that over?
>> Yeah.
>> Um >> Yeah.
>> Hands up.
Cuz this is not tight, it looks Get what you mean. Yes. If it's not tight, it looks a bit funny.
>> When I was in Wakanda, they used to really hear.
Oh, the Philly could go.
>> [laughter] >> Philly could go. Philly the pole.
It's bit of a interior design.
Decorations is hide the pole and show the freshness.
I got a I got a job to do, mate. I got a job to do, guys.
Sweet baby.
Philly.
This installation. [music] >> Yeah.
>> Goes off the [music] ribbons.
>> Yes.
>> That's why.
Oh, yeah.
>> [music] >> What?
What?
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