The Taulapapa title of Salelologa was conferred upon Leatigaga Fa’agalo Mata’utia Wong Kee at the family’s residence known as Gaualofa on Friday.
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Leatigaga succeeds her father, Taulapapa Wong Kee, who passed away in 1978. In the presence of her relatives, the 61-year-old woman received the blessings from the Salelologa Village council.
Speaking to the Sunday Samoan, Taulapapa said she was humbled by the honour.
“I feel very honoured, very privileged to be chosen by my family to continue the line of the Taulapapa in our family,” she said. “To become a matai is not a decision that anyone should take lightly,” During the ceremony, Taulapapa Leatigaga Mata’utia Wong Kee was well supported by her family.
It is that support that gives her strength.
“I am ready to serve my family, village and the church,” she said. “I trust and believe in God that He is sufficient to guide and love me and that will make things easier.
“There’s already a dream to come back to serve the family, church and the village and to help to develop the village in whatever way.”
The ceremony started with a church service conducted by Reverend Samuelu Areta of the Methodist Church at Salelologa.
This wasfollowed by the traditional bestowal ceremony.
Taulapapa Leatigaga Mata’utia Wong Kee is the eleventh of thirteen children.
Culminating the ceremony was the blessing of the family’s residence ‘Gaualofa’ and the renewing of the marriage vows between Taulapapa Leatigaga Fa’agalo Mata’utia Wong Kee and her husband, Matautia Pauli Fa’aeteete Peseta Tualima after forty years of marriage. The ceremony was well attended.
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