Sa tumu le malae. E afe ma afe le au maimoa e le mafai ona ulufale atu i le malae taalo i Guam i aso nei na matamata i le sauniga tatala a le FESTPAC mai lau tetele i fafo atu o le nofoaga.

O le Guam Tourism board na faʻatulagaina sui o le PATA e mauaina se togafitiga faʻapitoa VIP ma nofoaga e le faʻatagaina, ma le ulufale atu i le vaega o le VIP. Ile sili atu ile 3000 sui usufono talimalo mai tulimanu uma ole Pasefika, ole mea pito sili lea ona tele na tupu muamua mo le Motu ua lauiloa foi ole nofoaga e amata ai Amerika ile aso. O le US teritori alu uma i fafo mo lenei faamoemoe. Na faʻamuamua e le Komiti o Turisi a Guam a latou mea totino uma i le talimalo i se fonotaga lelei a le PATA, ma avea ai ma sao taua i le talimalo i le FESTPAC i Guam.

FESTPAC e matua faʻapitoa lava ma soʻo se tasi e maua le avanoa e asiasi ai i Guam i le isi lua vaiaso e tatau ona faia.

O le 12th Festival of Pacific Arts (FOPA) na tatalaina i Guam i le aso.
O le Festival of the Pacific Arts e faia i le taʻi fa tausaga talu mai le 1972, ma e tuʻufaʻatasia ai atisi ma faʻataʻitaʻi mai le atunuʻu o le Pasefika mo le lua vaiaso o fiafia. Ua amanaʻia o se faʻaaliga taua faaleaganuu tele, ma o se potopotoga sili ona tele ua tuufaatasia ai tagata Pasefika e siitia ai lo latou faaaloalo ma le talisapaia o le tasi.

O le manatu o le Festival of Pacific Arts na faia e le Fono a le Komisi o le Pasefika i Saute (lea ua taʻua nei o le Secretariat of the Pacific Community, SPC) i se taumafaiga e tetee atu i le faaleagaina o tu ma aga faaleaganuu. Talu mai le 1972, ua potopoto sui usufono mai le 27 Pacific Island Nations ma Teritori e fefaʻasoaaʻi ma fefaʻasoaʻi a latou aganuʻu i Taʻaloga a le Pasefika Faʻafiafiaga. O loʻo faʻamoemoeina se faʻapotopotoga o tagata faʻafiafia e 2,500, tusiata ma faʻataʻitaʻi, faʻatasi ai ma le afe ma afe o tagata asiasi mai Asia ma tagata e mulimuli ia latou tausamiga o loʻo vaʻaia i latou i le tausamiga i le fa tausaga.

O malo e 27 o le Pasefika ma Teritori o loo faamoemoeina i le tausinioga o: Amerika Samoa, Ausetalia, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam (2016 Host), Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu ma Wallis ma Futuna.

Na faia le taumafaiga a Guam e talimalo i le 12th Festival of Pacific Arts ma na tauaaoina ai lenei faaeseesega i le 10 Festival na faia i Amerika Samoa, i le 2008. O le taimi o le 11th Festival of Pacific Arts na faia i le Solomon Islands, Iulai 2012, lea na aloaia ai Guam mauaina le fuʻa o le tausamiga. O le 2016 festival o le avanoa lea a Guam e faʻalauiloa ai lana tu ma aganuu Chamorro na sao mai i le nofoia o taimi ua tuanaʻi ma onapo nei.

Nei o ni ata puʻeina nei i le tatalaina FESTPAC

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The idea of a Festival of Pacific Arts was conceived by the Conference of the South Pacific Commission (now the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, SPC) in an attempt to combat the erosion of traditional customary practices.
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