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The Welcome Ceremony is performed when visitors entering a village where they are expected usually find the ali'i and faipule waiting for them either outside or within a house. If the occasion is a very formal one, the whole village may have assembled in its various groups, matai, Pastors of different denominations, Women's Committee in distinctive uniforms, schools and young men and women. In this case, a arch of welcome will probably also have been constructed. The meeting house (fale fono) and other houses set aside for the adjustment of the party, are almost certain to have been carefully and beautifully decorated with leaves and flowers.

In search of our topic, "The Welcome Ceremony," also known in Samoan,"Usuga," we put together the three categories that were given to us. We, as a group wanted our topic to relate to the theme, so we elaborated on our topic," The Welcome Ceremony: A Role In Communication Between Different Villages, Environments and Agriculture." Our topic......

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