Of the most important ritual events among Samoans, referred to as fa‘alavelave , funerals are often the most elaborate. In this article, I examine the factors that influence decisions about graves and the location of grave sites, and the most recent option of cremation, rather than burial, in the context of migration and social change. I also argue that place as identity is intimately bound up with conceptions of kinship that define where the ‘ āiga (extended family, kindred) are buried, fa‘asinomaga (identity, belonging) and fanua (land).

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萨摩亚的坟墓和墓葬形态变化

在萨摩亚人中最重要的仪式活动中，被称为fa'alavelave，葬礼通常是最复杂的。在本文中，我将研究影响有关坟墓和坟墓位置的决策的因素，以及在移民和社会变革的背景下，火化而不是埋葬的最新选择。我还认为，身份认同的位置与亲属关系密切相关，亲属关系的概念定义了“āiga（大家庭，亲戚）被埋葬的地方”，fa'asinomaga（身份，归属）和fanua（土地）的位置。