Sāmoan mats made from Pandanus

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Fala is general term used when describing the Pandanus tree or mats.

The leaves of the tree used for mats are laufala, laupaogo, and lauʻie.

Laufala and laupaogo are floor mats also refered to as papa, papa laufala, and papa laupaogo.

Laufala are the popular sleeping mats (fala moe) . Elaborate and high ranking sleeping mats were called ʻie moega from these came fala suʻi which are used today as decorative mats for beds and are often distributed at weddings.Fala is general term used when describing the Pandanus tree or mats.

The leaves of the tree used for mats are laufala, laupaogo, and lauʻie.

Laufala and laupaogo are floor mats also refered to as papa, papa laufala, and papa laupaogo.

Laufala are the popular sleeping mats (fala moe) . Elaborate and high ranking sleeping mats were called ʻie moega from these came fala suʻi which are used today as decorative mats for beds and are often distributed at weddings.