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Beware the power of your hair, and beware the flaunting of it, lest the fury of the Telesa is invoked.– Yolande Ah Chong retells the Samoan legend of Telesa, warning young women not to brush their hair at night
In Samoa your hair — flowing, waving and, weaving —becomes alive with magic in the moonlight.– Yolande Ah Chong retells the Samoan legend of Telesa
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