Ifoga is a Samoan ceremony of apology, in which one party ritually and publicly humiliates themselves and offers a gift of ʻIe tōga (fine mats) in exchange for forgiveness by another. It is a part of traditional dispute resolution between families in Faʻa Sāmoa where mediation has failed.

The age old protocol of the Samoan ifoga is explained here, as a communal gesture of offering up remorse, of seeking forgiveness and healing a Vā in Samoan culture. The NZ government re-enacted a symbolic ifoga to the Pasifika people of Aotearoa, for the injustices and breaching of human rights caused by the NZ government during the Dawn Raids ...

The Ifoga: the Samoan Practice of Seeking Forgiveness for Criminal Behaviour. Hammarubi. This in part spelled out the extreme practice lex talionis, which literally meant 'an eye for an eye'. …

Fa'amaualaloga - the act of seeking forgiveness with humility.Fa'amāgaloga - The act of forgiving.The age old protocol of the Samoan ifoga is explained here,...

Jun 18, 2024 · Ifoga refers to a Samoan ceremony of apology. Ifoga is a traditional practice of seeking forgiveness and rendering a formal apology resulting from a hostile event involving physical injury and/or the verbal degrading of a family reputation (Filoiali'I & Knowles, 1983).

Aug 2, 2021 · Ifoga is when an offender covers themselves with a Sāmoan fine mat as an atonement for their or their kin’s wrongdoing. The covering occurs in front of the...

Sep 4, 2013 · Ifoga means bowing down in the Samoan language. It is a traditional and physical ritual apology for the guilty party to demonstrate remorse and beg for forgiveness. It has been practiced for more than 200 years with the aim to maintain good relationships, said Ligaliga.

Mar 30, 2023 · By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 30 MARCH 2023: The Samoan traditional apology – Ifoga has been accepted in the Samoan legal system as part of the mitigating factors when Judges deliver a sentence over a serious offence such as murder.

Ifoga – means bowing down in the Samoan language – is a traditional and physical ritual apology for the guiltty party demonstrates remorse by begging for forgiveness in Samoa culture. It has been practiced over 200 years with the aim to ten le va …

The study intends to analyze the structure and the function of the Samoan atonement ritual ifoga by exploring it in its traditional epistemic context. This ritual will be explored from both anthropological and biblical perspectives.