Samoan Comedian (Chief Sielu Avea) 1995 Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

My recording (hi-8) and experience of the first “Samoan Comedian“ in the summer of 1995 at the Polynesian Cultural Center located in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii. For more information on Chief Sielu and his remarkable story, look for him on Wikipedia. I should also add that he starred in a “short“ 20 minute movie aptly entitled “Chief“ that was shown at the Sundance festival and is now available on a popular streaming service that rhymes with “dime.“ Enable closed-captioning to understand everything being said. If you are patient and watch to the end, some wonderfully touching and hilarious moments are revealed. Timecodes 0:00 - Talofa! Welcome to Samoa 02:26 - Making fire 07:28 - Coconut husking demonstration 09:36 - Coconut cracking demonstration 11:45 - Tasting coconut water 14:28 - Making coconut milk 16:35 - Tasting coconut milk 17:34 - Wearing a flower on your left ear, right ear and... 18:09 - Japanese, come get your souvenir! 20:56 - Discussing tattoos 22:19 - Coconut tree climbing (Kap’s second day at PCC!) I think it would be amazing if the sweet Japanese woman in this video sees this some day! Her interaction with Chief Sielu is, in my opinion, the biggest part of what makes this video a joy to watch (and share) again and again.