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 Some of the participants at the jubilee festival in front of the Bahá'í Temple in Tiapapata, Samoa. |
 A Samoan dance being performed at the jubilee by Lilian Wyss-Ala'i, who introduced the Bahá'í Faith to Samoa in 1954. |
 A choir from American Samoa at the jubilee. |
 Performers in traditional costume at the jubilee festivities in Samoa. |
 Beacon of unity in the midmost heart of the ocean...the Bahá'í House of Worship in Samoa. |
 At the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Samoa...the Temple's architect, Hossein Amanat. |
 Map of Samoa |
 Addressing the jubilee participants...Susuga To'oa Tosi Malietoa, a daughter of the Head of State and a member of the Bahá'í Faith. |
 Participants at the Bahá'í anniversary celebrations in Samoa. |
 Samoan men bearing torches during a jubilee reception at the residence of the Head of State. |
 Award-winning fire dancer, Hogan Toomalatai, performing at the Bahá'í jubilee festivities in Samoa. |
 Some participants at the Bahá'í jubilee celebrations in Samoa. Back row (left to right) Enid Denton, Sam Ale, Karen Te'o. Front row (left to right) Afioa'e Ma'aelopa, John Walker, Peni Te'o. |
 Lilian Wyss-Ala'i (right) and her daughter, Sitarih Ala'i, at the jubilee festivities. |
 A member of the Continental Board of Counsellors, Suhayl Ala'i, with Bahá'ís from Sasina, Savai'i at the National Convention of the Bahá'í of Samoa, April 1989. |
 At the Temple site during construction in 1982...Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ugo Giachery (left) with an engineer on the project, John Land. |
 Last resting place of a significant figure in the history of the Bahá'í community of Samoa, Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ugo Giachery, in the grounds of the Bahá'í House of Worship at Tiapapata, Samoa. |
 Madame Ruhiyyih Rabbani, a Hand of the Cause of God, (right) is greeted by the Head of State of Samoa, His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, and his wife, Masiofo Lili Tuni Malietoa, at the dedication of the Samoan Temple, 1984. At far left is Suhayl Ala'i, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors. |
 Madame Ruhiyyih Rabbani (front row, left), a Hand of the Cause of God, listening to an address by the Head of State of Samoa, His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, in the Bahá'í Temple during the dedication ceremony, 1984. |
 Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Samoa, 2002. |
 The first Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly in Samoa, 1957. |
 Presentation of a gift from Bahá'ís in Australia being received at the jubilee by Fereidoun Yazdani (left), a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors, and Titi Nofoagatoto'a (right), the chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Samoa. |
 Gina and Russ Garcia, Bahá'ís from New Zealand, at the jubilee. In 1968 the Garcias, originally from the United States, sailed in Samoa on their vessel, Dawnbreaker, with other Bahá'ís and introduced the Faith to many people. |
 An aerial view of construction workers near the top of the dome, whose apex is 28 meters from the ground. (Circa 1982). |
 Honored guests at the opening of the Bahá'í Temple in Samoa in 1984: (left to right) Madame Ruhiyyih Rabbani and, slightly behind, Mr. Collis Featherstone, both Hands of the Cause of God. His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II is seated at center next to his wife, Masiofo Lili Tuni Malietoa. |
 The interior of the dome of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Samoa. Photo by Mark Wilkie. |
 Elsie Austin (1908-2004). |
 From 1946-53 Elsie Austin was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. From left to right: H. Borrah Kavelin, Mamie Seto, W. Kenneth Christian, Elsie Austin, Paul Haney, Edna True, Horace Holley, Dorothy Baker, Matthew Bullock. April 1953. |
 Elsie Austin (seated, left) with other members of the Bahá'í community of Tangiers, Morocco. February 1954. |
 Enoch Olinga, later to be appointed a Hand of the Cause of God (second left), and Elsie Austin (right) with other Bahá'ís at the African Intercontinental Bahá'í Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 1953. |
 Dr. Elsie Austin. |
 In esteemed company...Elsie Austin (at right of woman carrying umbrella) in a group of Bahá'ís including Hands of the Cause of God Tarazu'llah Samandari (wearing dark hat at right), Leroy Ioas (wearing jacket and tie, center), Zikrullah Khadem (at left of Mr. Ioas), Ali-Akbar Furutan (wearing spectacles, at right of Mr. Ioas). Hasan Balyuzi, later appointed a Hand of the Cause of God is at center, rear. Kampala, Uganda. 1953. |
 Elsie Austin (wearing coat and holding frame, seated center) with women attending the first Bahá'í Convention in Tunis, Tunisia. 1956. |
 Elsie Austin circa 1970. At left is Firuz Kazemzadeh, then a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. |
 Some of the participants at a gathering at the port of Keelung commemorating the anniversary of the arrival in 1954 of early members of the Taiwanese Bahá'í community, Mr. and Mrs. Suleimani. Photo by Thomas Lee. |
 Entrance to the Bahá'í center in Tainan, Taiwan. |
 Early members of the Taiwanese Bahá'í community, Mr. Suleimani (left) and Mrs. Suleimani (center, front) with participants at a summer school on the island, 1961. |
 Map of Taiwan. |
 Bahá'ís at the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Suleimani after the anniversary prayer gathering, 2004. |
 Touran Javid (right), a relative of the Suleimanis, addressing the anniversary gathering with the assistance of an interpreter. |
 Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'í s of Taiwan at the International Bahá'í Convention, Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa, Israel, 1998. |
 Participants in a Bahá'í children's class, Taiwan, 1988. |
 Part of the garden of the Bahá'í Center in Tainan, Taiwan. |
 Members of the Dance Academy of Nancy Campbell Collegiate, who performed at a teacher appreciation event organized by the Bahá'ís of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. At left is the academy's coordinator, Leslie Switzer. |
 Cora McNamara, the principal of Nancy Campbell Collegiate, speaking about the importance of the role of teachers to a teacher appreciation gathering in Ontario, Canada. |
 The Victorian state parliamentary secretary for education, Liz Beattie (right), presents a gift to Rose Walthers, the assistant principal of Bulleen Heights School in Manningham, Australia, at a teacher appreciation event organized by the local Bahá'í community. |
 Australian national Bahá'í education officer Kath Podger (front left) and Victorian state parliamentary secretary for education Liz Beattie (front right), with teachers at the appreciation event in Manningham. |
 Maps of Canada and Australia. |
 Participants at the golden jubilee of the Bahá'í community of Burundi. |
 The role that the Burundi Bahá'í community has played in the country was the topic of an address by a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors in Africa, Ahmad Parsa (standing right), at the community's golden jubilee celebrations. |
 The Bahá'í Faith was introduced to Ruanda-Urundi (now the independent countries of Rwanda and Burundi) in 1953 by (from left to right) Dunduzu Chisiza and Mary and Reginald (Rex) Collison. |
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