ABLE Moso’oi Festival 2024: Connecting to our cultural identity
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ABLE Moso’oi Festival 2024 opened over the weekend with a rich array of cultural entertainment, the introduction of this year's scholarship pageant contestants,

![The talent and beauty of our young ones were on display last Saturday night during at the ABLE Moso’oi Festival 2024 opening night. [courtesy photo] ABLE Moso’oi Festival 2024](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mosooi_festival_girls.jpg?itok=bsTvGakn)

![Thousands gather in Auckland, New Zealand, to break the world's record for the largest mass Haka Eden Park. [CNN] mass Haka](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/haka.jpg?itok=pzNwIyLT)
![The US Marine Force Base Camp Blaz in Guam. Now Japan's incoming prime minister says it is high time Tokyo and Washington level their lopsided agreement and is calling for Japanese forces on Guam. [photo: RNZ Pacific / Eleisha Foon] US Marine Force Base Camp Blaz in Guam](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/camp_blaz.jpg?itok=e5m5YFnd)
![Chief Election Officer Uiagalelei Lealofi (right) and Election Office Legal Counsel Nathaniel Sotoa Savali at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday that questioned why the veto override amendment could not be included in the upcoming general election. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Chief Election Officer Uiagalelei Lealofi (right) with Sen. Togiola in the foreground](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_9763.jpg?itok=k-rDPAWb)



