How To: Know Your Mats
Know Your Mats (ie Toga / ie Samoa) Check out the original Pacific currency - the Fine Mat! Like the Tongan ngatu and the Fijian kava, the Samoan Fine Mat (or Ie Toga) is mainly used for special occasions - the finer the mat the better the skill! See more on this traditional Samoan art! For MORE How To's check out: https://www.thecoconet.tv/how-to/
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'Ie Toga | National Park of American Samoa
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Samoana Documentary
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Digital Fagogo - The Samoan tuiga
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[2016 Youth Meets ICH] 4. Kie Making, Tonga
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Backstrap Weaving Instructional Video
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Weaving with pandanus
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