Lihat sumber bagi Orang Samoa

{{infobox ethnic group
|group=Orang Samoa
|image =Polynesian Cultural Center - Canoe Pageant (8328364423).jpg
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|population = {{circa}} 650,000-700,000
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|regions =
|region1 = {{flagcountry|Samoa}}
|pop1 = 194,320 orang
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|region2 = {{flagcountry|Amerika Syarikat}}
|pop2 = 184,440 orang
|ref2 = <ref name=census>{{cite web | url = http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/ | title = Census AmericanFactfinder | accessdate = 4 April 2012 | publisher = United States Census}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|region3 = {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|pop3 = 144,138 orang
|ref3= <ref name=FactsAndFigures>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Samoans/6/en|title=Samoans: Facts and Figures|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]}}</ref>
|region4 = {{flagcountry|Australia}}
|pop4 = 75,755 orang
|ref4 = <ref name="ABS Country of Birth">{{cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] | work = 2006 Census| accessdate = 2008-06-02}} Total count of persons: 19,855,288.</ref>
|region5 = {{flagcountry|Samoa Amerika}}
|pop5 = 55,519 orang
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|region6 = {{flagcountry|Kanada}}
|pop6 = 1,100 orang
|ref6 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchText=canada&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0|title=Census Profile, 2016}}</ref>
|langs=[[Bahasa Samoa]], [[Bahasa Inggeris]]
|rels= [[Agama Kristian]], [[Politeisme]]
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'''Orang Samoa''' ({{lang-sm|tagata Sāmoa}}) adalah penduduk asli di [[Kepulauan Samoa]] dalam kawasan rantau [[Polinesia]] dibahagikan antara [[Samoa]] dan [[Samoa Amerika]]; mereka bertutur dalam [[bahasa Samoa]].

Budaya dan adat masyarakat orang ini merupakan penghubung penting antara budaya serumpun lain termasuk [[Tonga]], [[Fiji]] dan [[Polinesia Perancis]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/discovery_and_settlement.html|title=Discovery and Settlement of Polynesia|website=archive.hokulea.com|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref><ref name="Best">{{Cite journal|last=Best|first=Elsdon|date=1918|title=Polynesian Navigators: Their Exploration and Settlement of the Pacific|journal=Geographical Review|volume=5|issue=3|pages=169–182|doi=10.2307/207638|issn=0016-7428|jstor=207638}}</ref> dari segi pembentukan dan penyebaran budaya, bahasa dan agama di seluruh Polinesia Timur secara keseluruhannya.<ref name="Best"/>

== Gaya hidup ==
Menurut Margaret Mead dalam buku etnografi dikarangnya ''[[:en:Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa|Coming of Age in Samoa]]'', anak-anak kecil kurang giat bergaul dengan orang sebaya mereka sehingga berusia enam atau tujuh tahun.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Coming of Age in Samoa|last=Mead|first=Margaret|publisher=William Morrow and Company|year=1928|location=New York|pages=}}</ref>{{Rp|59}} Kaum wanita juga bergantung sepenuhnya kepada suami untuk status sosial mereka dalam kampung diduduki mereka.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|78}}

=== Darjah dalam masyarakat ===
Masyarakat Samoa terdiri daripada tiga golongan utama seperti berikut:<ref name="culture sketches">{{Cite book|title=Culture sketches: Case studies in anthropology|date=2012|publisher=The McGraw-Hill|isbn=9780078117022|editor-last=Peters-Golden|editor-first=Holly|edition=6th|location=Dubuque, Iowa|page=217–219, 221|oclc=716069710}}</ref>

* '''''Matai''''' -  ketua [[kampung]] berperanan dalam memberikan nasihat kekeluargaan dan keagamaan, menguruskan sumber dan bekalan; kedudukan ini dilihat sebagai pengikat dan pengutuh struktur masyarakat dalam kalangan orang Samoa.<ref name="culture sketches/>{{rp|219}}
* '''''Aiga''''' [ai.nga] - ketua [[keluarga]] yang berkuasa pada tanah yang diduduki dan diusahakan keluarga. Pangkat ainga boleh diberikan melalui perkahwinan, pertalian darah malah juga pengasuhan sebagai anak angkat.<ref name="culture sketches/>{{rp|217, 218}}
* '''''Aumaga''''' [au.ma.nga] dan '''''manaia''''' [ma.nai.a] - ''aumaga'' setaraf [[buruh]] manakala ''manaia'' pula bertindak sebagai penyelia atau [[mandor]].

==Budaya==
===Penampilan===
Masyarakat Samoa lazim mencacah diri baik dalam kalangan lelaki (''soga'i miki'') mahupun perempuan (''malu'').<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mallon|first1=Sean|title="Samoan Tatau as Global Practice" Chapter 7 in "Tattoo: Bodies, Art, and Exchange in the Pacific and thee West"|date=2005|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham|isbn=0-8223-3562-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/tattoo01unse/page/145 145–169]|url=https://archive.org/details/tattoo01unse/page/145}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sowell|first1=Teri|title=Worn With Pride: Celebrating Samoan Artistic Heritage|date=2000|publisher=Oceanside Museum of Art|location=Oceanside, CA, USA|pages=10–17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Sean |title=Samoan Art and Artists / O Measina a Samoa |date=2002 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |location=Honolulu |isbn=0-8248-2675-2 |pages=104–118}}</ref>

Dua-dua kaum juga berpakaian dengan [[sarung|bersarung]] (''[[lava-lava]]'' dan ''[[puletasi]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Sean |title=Samoan Art and Artists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRAk3WLprBcC&pg=PA187 |date=January 2002 |isbn=9780824826758 |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>)

== Rujukan ==
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