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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

both in Tonga and diaspora. Their cultural importance includes strengthening cultural values and principles, while solidifying traditional ideals of duty...

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

Motion: Studies in Tongan Dance; Vavaʻu Press, 1993. A.Linkels; Sounds of change in Tonga. The ma'ulu'ulu is performed on special occasions, whether it be a...

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...

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...

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...

– 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...

king in the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty of Tonga, who lived in the 11th or 12th century CE. He was named after one of the original gods of Tonga, a trio known as...

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...

dance of Tonga and part of the intangible human heritage. It is the ideal dance at formal occasions, like the birthday of the king or the opening of a church...