Mourning in Samoa. Hundreds of people gather here at the sports stadium in the city of Apia to attend a national memorial service for the tsunami victims on Thursday the 8th.
The tsunami killed some 143 people in Samoa, and more in neighboring American Samoa. The tsunami wave crashed into Samoa following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of American Samoa last Tuesday.
Mourners sang and prayed followed by school children laying wreaths as the names of the dead were called out.
After the memorial service, eleven bodies were buried in a cemetery overlooking the ocean. Police officers carried the coffins to their final resting place, a common grave waiting to be draped in the red and blue Samoan flag.
It’s the community spirit and close community ties in Samoa, that brought all Samoans grieving together, regardless of whether the dead are family or not.
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