80-G-300944:  Bride of a Fita-Fita (a native Samoan, and member of the Fita Fita Guard and Band of the U.S. Navy) participates with friends of the groom in a siva (native dance) which traditionally follows the wedding ceremony and wedding feast.  A Samoan wedding, including church ceremony and kava ceremony, feast, and entertainment, frequently lasts as long as twelve hours, occasionally may be continued the following day.  The interior of a Samoan fale (native house) is shown, decorated with coconut palm branches for the occasion, American Samoan, Samoan Islands.  Photograph released August 7, 1944.  U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.  (2015/12/22).
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