FAUTASI RACE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four fautasi that competed in the BlueSky 25th Anniversary 4th of July Regatta have been disqualified for not abiding by the rules of the race.
The Nu'uuli Manulele Tausala Lowrider, Fagasa Fealofani Samoa and Aua Paepaeulupo'o which engaged in a thrilling head-to-head...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight fautasi long boats took to the sea for the second time this year yesterday for the Bluesky 25th Anniversary 4th of July Regatta. The race was not a smooth-glass ride for the captains and crews, with at least one fautasi out of the race before it was even held, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga has announced in a memo, dated Apr. 22, 2204, that he has expanded the 2024 Flag Day Holiday by observing Tuesday, April 23, 2024, as part of the Flag Day Holiday declared under a general memo issued on Apr. 8th that designated Flag Day as...
Apia, SAMOA — Manono-Tai came alive on Saturday as Samoa residents gathered for the first time since the closure of borders due to the COVID pandemic – for a Fautasi race.
Samoa Observer is reporting for the first time in a long while the people from Manono took out their wooden canoes and oars to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has authorized two-hours of paid time off for ASG employees participating in Flag Day league sports if the games are held during the employees work hours.
Flag Day league sports — such as the annual cricket tournament, for both men and women’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Fautasi race, cricket tournament, fishing tournament, farm fair and a marching band competition, are among the planned activities for the 2022 Flag Day, which Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale announced at last Friday’s cabinet meeting, where Secretary of Samoan Affairs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2019 Flag Day celebration, under the theme “Prepare our Youth for Future Challenges” is set for one day, Apr. 17.
The fautasi race is set for Saturday morning, Apr. 13th and race-time depends on the weather, according to the Flag Day Committee presentation at last...
![Le Manu Fe’ai – Fuao - from the village of Vatia stroking its way towards the finish line to win the first heat of the 2018 Flag Day Fautasi Race. This year's regatta used ‘best time’ overall to determine the winner of the Faigamea ile Tai, and the Fuao, recording the best time of 27.56, claimed the title as overall winner. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/FUAO-IMG_0998.jpg?itok=dIukpUyo "Le Manu Fe’ai – Fuao - from the village of Vatia stroking its way towards the finish line to win the first heat of the 2018 Flag Day Fautasi Race. This year's regatta used ‘best time’ overall to determine the winner of the Faigamea ile Tai, and the Fuao, recording the best time of 27.56, claimed the title as overall winner. [photo: TG]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2018 Flag Day Fautasi Race scheduled for last Saturday was moved up to this past Monday not only because of harsh weather conditions, but because most of the captains were unable to abide by committee rules to move their boats behind the buoys at the starting point....
![AN ICONIC RACE: The fautasi race was once a key feature of the celebration of Samoa’s independence day. [Samoa Observer]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/images%7Ccms-image-000041647.jpg?itok=W1KYdC-2 "AN ICONIC RACE: The fautasi race was once a key feature of the celebration of Samoa’s independence day. [Samoa Observer]")
Apia, SAMOA — The cancellation of the fautasi race for this year’s Independence Celebration has once again raised eye brows, with fears being expressed that one of Samoa’s most popular traditional regatta may soon be a thing of the past.
This is the third consecutive year that the fautasi regatta...
Vatia’s Fuao took first place in the American Samoa Flag Day 2018 fautasi race, scoring the best time of 27.56 in the two heats that took to the waters yesterday. The Fuao is pictured here in the 2015 race where they took 5th place. More photos and Flag Day stories updated all day long today at...