Fireknife of Samoa

Pacific Island arts and culture

Fireknife of Samoa was founded to preserve and perpetuate Pacific Island culture by organizing workshops, competitions, performances, and cultural events.  These events ultimately provide an avenue for Pacific Island youth to compete and share their talents in the forms of fireknife dancing, Tahaitian solo dancing (or ori), and traditional and contemporary song and chanting.

As a grantee of ACTA's Living Cultures Grants Program in 2012, Fireknife of Samoa received support for Weekend in Polynesia, their annual competition for fireknife and Tahitian solo dancers.  The competition brings together youth from California, other U. S. states, and the broad area that makes up the Pacific Islands.