It's been a long time, finally I found something worthy of a good blog.
Next to my cubicle, an 8 month pregnant Ana was telling me about this great Samoan festival in West Valley last week. In my high school, there was a large population of Samoan and Tongan students. I love the culture a lot and some of my really good friends are Samoan and Tongan. The food is great and I admit that I find a good solid Poly pretty attractive.
So I went to the annual Samoan Flag Day Festival in West Valley with my roommate. Now, I have felt the minority before, but this time multiplied my feelings of minority to a large degree.
It seemed as though every Polynesian family in Utah traveled there on Friday night, thousands and thousands. It was a sea of beautiful tanned arms and bright brown eyes. My roommate is really blonde and I am whiter than a wedding dress. We stood out so much, there was no need for a spotlight or anything to get noticed.
The night was a talent night, featuring dancing skills to West Side Story, lovely traditional dances and I discovered my new favorite youtube feature/talent: the Rose Park Drill Team. It was epic, I could never top the grace and beauty that these incredibly talented Tongan men had. I want to share it with the world. Here is the exact performance I witnessed via Youtube.
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