It is one of several forms of nifo'oti that have been made in Samoa from at least the early 1800s.; Origins; The first nifo'oti may have been modelled on cane knives or the blubber knife of early ...

During the workshop, memories of Samoa came flooding back ... I saved my birthday and Christmas money and bought myself a Nifo Oti (the weapon used to perform Siva Afi). Today I not only perform ...

Ailao afi or siva afi (fire knife dancing) originates in Samoa and is originally performed with a nifo oti - a type of club or knife with teeth along one edge and a hook at the end.

Letuli borrowed fuel from the fire-eater, wrapped a towel around his knife, or nifo oti, and ignited it, giving rise to fire knife dancing. The nifo oti, Samoan for “tooth of death,” resembles ...