Te Po o Tefolaha

[1] Te Po o Tefolaha is celebrated on the day that Nanumeans were converted to Christianity by Samoan pastors from the London Missionary Society, an Evangelical church.

When the federal government requested that each district select a national holiday, Nanumea chose Te Po o Tefolaha.

Those men would take part in the Te Po o Tefolaha celebrations, and bring Putu Lama back to their islands.

Putu Lama (English: short torch) is a tradition that takes place during the dancing, where Nanumean elders question the young bachelors about their crushes and try to get them to light their putu-lamas.

Another tradition is solo (English: lining up), where during fatele, two plates are placed on a centered table on the side of the ahiga closest to the shore.