8 May) List of museums in Tonga Outline of Tonga Demographics of Tonga Makafeke Services, International Education (2021). "Tongan Culture". Archived from...

Tonga (/ˈtɒŋə/ TONG-ə, /ˈtɒŋɡə/ TONG-gə; Tongan: [ˈtoŋa]), officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country...

Music of Tonga refers to music derived from the island Tonga in the islands of Polynesia. Music of Tonga today generally falls under the category of traditional...

The history of Tonga is recorded since the ninth century BC, when seafarers associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make...

reaching its peak during the period 1200–1500. It was centred in Tonga on the island of Tongatapu, with its capital at Muʻa. Modern researchers and cultural...

important part of the culture of Tonga, especially if it concerns the death of a member of the royal family or a high chief. The influence of Christianity...

The Tuʻi Tonga is a line of Tongan kings, which originated in the tenth century with the mythical ʻAhoʻeitu, and withdrew from political power in the fifteenth...

predominant religion in Tonga, with Methodists having the most adherents. The constitution of Tonga establishes the freedom of religion, which is respected...

list of monarchs of Tonga since 1845, after the Constitution of Tonga established the role of the monarch. The first constitutional monarch of Tonga was...

specifically to understand the history and culture of Tonga, as well it can also be studied more broadly within the fields of history, anthropology, and mythology...

history of Tonga Current events of Tonga Military history of Tonga Culture of Tonga Architecture of Tonga Cuisine of Tonga Festivals in Tonga Languages of Tonga...

that remain in Tonga. In 2018 a documentary film, Leitis in Waiting, was made about leitī leader Joey Mataele and the efforts of the Tonga Leitis' Association...

cloth (or simply tapa) is a barkcloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands...

only in the Pacific islands of Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Samoas, and Tonga. An inventory of P. methysticum distribution...

the South Pacific country of Tonga. It originates from Wallis and Futuna. The kailao originated on the island collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, where...

the taʻovala to be part of the civil servants' uniform. The use of the taʻovala for men is therefore extremely common in Tonga. For women, it is somewhat...

said to be the name for the Fijian 'land of death' Pulotu, a similar concept in the Polynesian cultures of Tonga and Samoa T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji...

Culture of Samoa Culture of Tokelau (NZ) Culture of Tonga Culture of Tuvalu Culture of Wallis and Futuna (France) Culture of South America Culture of Argentina...

a traditional Tongan dance. It is a combination of the Samoan Taualuga and the Tongan ula. The type of dance is comparable with (some) Hawaiʻian hula or...

Polynesian culture that are almost certainly rooted in the Samoan culture. Samoa's ancient history with the kingdom of Tonga, chiefdoms of Fiji and French...

preserve, and live traditional Tongan culture. Tongan kava ceremonies continue to permeate Tongan society both in Tonga and diaspora. They range in formality...

Kalia is the Tongan adaptation of a drua or double-hulled Polynesian sailing watercraft. Taonui, Rāwiri (22 September 2012). "'Canoe navigation - Waka...

appearance of these mounds began in the twelfth century but its popularity waned after centuries. By the 1700s, when Europeans began visiting Tonga and recording...

Pacific regions of Tonga. The heilala flower is the national flower of Tonga. Garcinia sessilis, which can also be known as heilala in Tonga or seilala in...

principles to guide Ministry activities", Ministry of Education, Women's Affairs and Culture, 20 January 2011 "Tonga Education Minister planning changes" Archived...

The beginnings of the postal history of Tonga can be traced to the Wesleyan missionaries, who landed in the islands in 1826, and sent regular communications...

As female residents of Tonga, women in Tonga had been described in 2000 by the Los Angeles Times as members of Tongan society who traditionally have a...

– 16 December 1965) was Queen of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, the longest of any Tongan monarch. She was well...

Tonga, by a modification of its treaty of friendship with the United Kingdom in July 1970, is responsible for its own external affairs. It maintains cordial...

A makafeke is a Tongan octopus snare which consists of a shell lashed to a line. The word is derived from the Tongan words maka ("stone" or "rock") and...