Santa Ana's Mater Dei High School choir celebrated Samoan Culture during their Fall concert.

In a video shared online by one of the performers' mothers, Sisa Grey Uiagalelei, students can be seen singing and performing a traditional Samoan songs and a cultural dance known as a Taualuga.

In Samoan culture, the Taualuga is performed by the Taupou, the daughter of the Matai, or High Chief of a family and/or village.

During the MDHS choir's performance on Oct. 20, three students took on the honorable title for the night.

Kīmora Lockheart, Halia Matua, and Manatua Uiagalelei are the three Taupous dancing at the front of the choir. In the video, they can be seen wearing their traditional Samoan attire, including ’ie toga (dress), tuiga (headdress) and decorative sega feathers.

Melody Lockha

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