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52 Fa‘a Fafine Poem Number Ten In the English Bible it is written “Thou shalt not lie down with mankind as with womankind it is an abomination” In the Samoan Tusi Pa‘ia it is written “Aua lua te momoe ma se tane e pei ona momoe ma se fafine o le mea e inosia lava lea” Thus it is written that a tane cannot sleep with a tane but it is not written that a tane cannot sleep with a fa‘afafine ...

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