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How to build a faleo'o.

*First you need to gather some building materials.

*And you have to bring some nails and wood.

*And you have to level the ground.

*And then you have to dig deep holes for the post.

*And then you have to search for coconut palm trees with the straightest trunks

*You have to cut the post and set them into the holes.

*And you have to raspe the bark to make it smooth.

*When the frame had been nailed togather and the wooden floor was finished it is time to put on the roof.

*You have to look for leavs to fold and fold them into panels.

*And you know how many panels ther were ther were 500 panels.

*And then you have to overlap the panels.

*And the roof whould last for 10 years.

*Now we are going to thank all the people that helped us build our faleo'o.

*We are going to have a big fest tonight for the people that helped us build our faleo'o

We gathered some of the building materials for our faleo'o from the bush near our village. Dad also bout wood and nails from a timber yard in Apia. First, we had to level the ground and dig deep holes for the posts. I searched for the coconut palms with the straightest trunks. Dad cut the posts and set them into the holes. I rasped the bark off to make the posts smooth. During the cyclone season, there are often fierce storms, so dad covered the thatch with netting and weighed it down with pieces of wood. Rain slides off the thatch quickly, so the leaves don't rot, but if the roof leaks or is damaged in a storm, we'll patch it more with lau. A new thatched roof should last for at least 10 years!!! It is very hot in Samoa, so the open walls let the breeze flow through the fale and help to keep it cool. At night, or when it rains, we let down the pola.

Miriama collects fronds. After they have been soaked in sea water for three or four hours, they are soft and easier to weave.

FAAFETAI LAVA!!!!!

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1. first we have to level the ground and dig deep holes for the post.

2. I searched for coconut palms with straightest trunks.

3. you have to cut the post and set them into the holes.

4. I reaps the bark off to make posts smooth.

5. when the farm had been nailed together and the wooden floor was Finished it was time to put the roof on.

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2* when we biult our new faleo'o by the beach, lots of people helped.

A faleo'o is a small Samoan house.

it has one room a floor a thatched roof and open walls.

_____________________________________1* we gathered some of the building materials for our faleo'ofrom the bushnear our village

DaD also bought wood and nails from a timber yard in Apia.

First, we had to level the ground and dig deep holes for the posts.

I searched for the coconut palms with the straightest trunks.

DaD cut the posts and set them into holes.

i rasped the bark off to make the posts smooth.

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3* when the frame

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1 When we built our new faleo'o by the beach lots of people helped.

2 A faleo'o is a small Samoan house.

3 It has one room a floor a thatched roof and open walls.

4 We gathered some of the building materials for our faleo'o from the bush near our village.

5 Dad also bought wood and nails from a timber yard in Apia.

6 First we had to level the ground and dig deep holes for the post.

7 I searched for coconut palms with the straightest trunks.

8 Dad cut the posts and set them into the holes.

9 I rasped the barkn off to make the posts smooth.

10 When the frame had been nailed together and the wooden floor was finished it was time to put the roof on.

11 The thatched roof is made from the narrow leaves of the niuolo tumu palm.

12 My mother and aunties made the lau.

13 They folded the leaves inhalf over a stiff rod and sewed them in place.

14 My sister Miriama and i stacked up the lau and counted them.

15 There were five panels when Dad was ready to put the thatched roof

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*How to build a faleo'o.

*First you need to gather some building materials.

*And you have to bring some nails and wood.

*And you have to level the ground.

*And then you have to dig deep holes for the post.

*And then you have to search for coconut palm trees with the straightest trunks

*You have to cut the post and set them into the holes.

*And you have to raspe the bark to make it smooth.

*When the frame had been nailed togather and the wooden floor was finished it is time to put on the roof.

*You have to look for leavs to fold and fold them into panels.

*And you know how many panels ther were ther were 500 panels.

*And then you have to overlap the panels.

*And the roof whould last for 10 years.

*Now we are going to thank all the people that helped us build our faleo'o.

*We are going to have a big fest tonight for the people that helped us build our faleo'o

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If we build the new faleo'o by the beach lots of people helped

A faleo'o is a small Samoan house .It has one room , a floor , thatched roof and open walls .

We gather some of the building materials for our faleo'o from the bush near are village . Dad also bought wood and nails . from a timber yard in Apia . First, we had to level the ground and dig deep holes for the post . I search for the coconut palms with the straightest trunks . Dad cut the posts and set them into holes . . I rasped the bark off to make the post smooth. When

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1. we gather some of the building materies for our faleoo from the bush near the village.

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You have to gather some building materials for your faleo'o from the bush near your village. You can get nails or if you don't want some then you don't.When you've got your building materials then lets get started.First you have to level group

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I learnt how to make a faleo'o.

1.They searched for the cocounut palm tree with the staightest trunk!!

2.They also gathered some building materials for our faleo'o from the bush near our village.

3.Dad brought wood and nails from the timber yard in apia!

4.We leveld the ground Then we put the palm tree inside the hole!!!

5.My mother and aunty made the laus!

6.They folded the leaves in half over a stiff rod and sewed them in place.

7.My sister miriama and i stacked up the lau and counted them.

8.There were five hundred panels!!!

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How to make a faleo'o.

1. After the fronds had soaked in sea water for three or four hours they will be soft and it will be more easier to weave.

2. when its stormy you have to tie the pola together to stop them from flapping around.

3. you have to gather some of the building materials for the faleo'o.

4. Get some wood and nails .

5. you have to level the ground.

6. you have to searched for coconut palms with the straightest trunks.

7. You have to cut the post and set and set them into the hole that you have dug so when the storm comes your house doesn't go it will stay as it is because the wood is dug under ground.

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We gathered some of the building materials for our faleo'o from the bush near our village. Dad also bout wood and nails from a timber yard in Apia. First, we had to level the ground and dig deep holes for the posts. I searched for the coconut palms with the straightest trunks. Dad cut the posts and set them into the holes. I rasped the bark off to make the posts smooth. During the cyclone season, there are often fierce storms, so dad covered the thatch with netting and weighed it down with pieces of wood. Rain slides off the thatch quickly, so the leaves don't rot, but if the roof leaks or is damaged in a storm, we'll patch it more with lau. A new thatched roof should last for at least 10 years!!! It is very hot in Samoa, so the open walls let the breeze flow through the fale and help to keep it cool. At night, or when it rains, we let down the pola.

Miriama collects fronds. After they have been soaked in sea water for three or four hours, they are soft and easier to weave.

FAAFETAI LAVA!!!!!

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Seine What I know about making a faleo'o

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Seine What I know about making a faleo'o

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1. They gathered some building material from the bush to make a faleo'o.

2.They bought wood and nails from the timber yard in Apia.

3. They carved the coconut palms to make it smotth.

4. They made massive holes for the pole's to go in, and because if the poles were not in the ground the wind or the cyclone will bust it down.

5. They had to make five hundreds of panels.

6. When the frame had been nailed together and the wooden floor was finished it was time to put the roof on.

7. When they put the roof on they had to use long palm tree and make a hook at the end and then they had to hook one on a time and give it to the next person that was on the roof so that they can put on by stacking them on top one by one.

8. You had to soak the palm leaves in sea water for three to four hours and then it is a lot easier to fili.

9. They had to stack up all of the lau together and then they counted all of them one by one.

10. You got to overlap them so that when it rains it does not bring in any water from the rain.

11. When you overlapped the lau and tied them onto the frame with the afa.

12. I have learnt also that they use husks from the coconut.

13. I also learnt that you could make panels of thatch.

14. The