String Band at Safua: A Video!

Okay. This took me all evening to upload, so that should indicate a) how cool this is to me, or b)how much I really don't want to be writing a paper in Samoan.

This is one of my favorite songs that they played, and if you will look closely, the percussion is a set of spoons, and better yet, the bass is nothing more than a string tied to a bucket and a stick. Watch the bassist move the stick back and forth to tune the string and make different pitches. Amazing. And you better believe we danced all night. And you better believe that the bass player is an excellent prospect for my Samoan husband. His little brother told me I look like a chubby version of Fergie. We're meant to be.