Lefaga

Return to Paradise beach, Lefaga 2009.

Lefaga is a group of villages on the southwest coast of Upolu in Samoa . The area was made famous by the American film Return to Paradise (1953) starring Gary Cooper . Important scenes were filmed in Matautu . The 50th anniversary of the film was celebrated in Lefaga in November 2003.

The association includes seven settlements, so-called pito nuʻu :

• Safa'atoa
• Matafa'a
• Faleaseela
• Tafagamanu
• Savaia
• Gagaifo o le Vao
• Matautu (There are several villages in Samoa called 'Matautu'.)

Lefaga was one of the regions that suffered numerous deaths and major damage in the 2009 Samoan earthquake and subsequent tsunami .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The welcome mat is out in Samoa for 50th anniversary celebration of movie Return to Paradise. Radio New Zealand International November 5, 2003.
2. ↑ Vaimoana Tapaleao: , All three of them gone '- mother sees children swept away. In: The New Zealand Herald October 1, 2009.

Coordinates: 13 ° 57 '  S , 171 ° 58'  W