In March every year Tempe holds an Aloha Festival. We have a family in our ward who are Somoan. They have 2 girls who dance for a Somoan dane company. The dance company they dance for (for the life of me I can't remember the name right now) is suppose to be one of the best ones. They keep the costumes very authentic as well as the dancing style. Marc talks every year of going out and supporting this family. This year we were able to attend and watch some of the dancing.
While we were there I realized how much the Somoan culture is similar to the Native American culture. Some of the language sounds the same, the food is somewhat similar and the dancing is also kind of similar.
Emersyn was the only one who wanted to go with us. The day was rather warm and she probably would have rathered been home keeping cool, but we were glad she came. We were glad we went. Hopefully, next year we will be able to attend again, but this time be a little more prepared :)
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