Talk:Fa'afafine

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The French Wikipedia uses Image:Paul Gauguin 023.jpg (Paul Gauguin "de: Contes barbares") to illustrate their article. Does anyone know if this painting is, in fact, of Mahu? ^BlankVerse 10:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

This should probably be merged with: Fafafini —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.90.237.194 (talk) 00:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I would recommend dumping the fafafini piece, which misspells the word, and reproduces a lot of mistaken information about fa'afafine (e.g. that they are raised as girls by their families). When I have time, I will attempt to expand the fa'afafine piece. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.216.224.162 (talk) 23:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I would also recommend not merging fa'afafine with fafafini, and dropping the fafafini piece, as fafafini is simply a misspelling of fa'afafine. I'd refer every one to G.B. Milner's Samoan Dictionary, Polynesian Press, or any of the literature on fa'afafine. Taulapapa (talk) 18:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)