Friday 10 September 2021

Lea faka-Tonga 'a Christine

Fakakoloa 'a Aotealoa 'aki e Ako lelei. Christine mo 'ene lea fekau'aki mo e Tau'olunga Faka-Tonga



Ko e tau’olunga’ ko e taha ia ē ngaahi faiva tu’u kimu’a ‘a e kakai Tonga pea  na’e fai pē ia ‘e he fānau fefine. Ko e tau’olunga na’e malava ke fai fakakulupu ‘o a’u ki he toko 10 pē ko e tau’olunga toko taha pē.


‘Oku pēhe tokua ko e tau’olunga ko e ma’u ia mei he faiva ‘a e kau Ha’amoa ko e taualuga. Ko hono kehekehe pē ko e ngaahi haka ‘o e tau’olunga ko e ma’u pē ia mei he tau’olunga he taimi ko e na’e ui ko e ula. Ko e fa’ahi ula na’e ‘iloa pē ia ko e faiva pē ia ‘e fānau fefine ‘a hou’eiki ‘a ia na’e ui ko e fa’ahiula. Ko e tau’olunga ko eni ‘oku faka’ei’eiki pea ‘oku ‘asi he’enau fola haka mo e māfulifuli honau sino’ honau faka’ofo’ofa mo e ngeia ‘o e fānau fefine he’enau fola haka ‘oku fai. Ko e fa’ahi ula ‘i he taimi ko e na’e fai pē ia k i he Tu’i ke fili mei ai hano ‘ohoana.


Ko e tau’olunga ‘oku ‘iai hono ngaahi teunga makehe ‘oku nau tui. 

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 Tau’olunga, or known as dance in Tongan. Tau’olunga is what Tongan people do at special occasions and or events, a tau’olunga is always performed or presented by a woman/girl. A tau’olunga is usually performed by a group of girls up to 10 or more, or it is performed individually. 


Tau'olunga is a Tongan dance replicated from the Samoan Taualuga, so tau’olunga basically originated from Samoa. Though many of the movements or motifs within the tau’olunga come from the more ancient “ula” dance. The ula, or known as fa’ahi-ula or faha’iula is a group of young chiefly daughters. In Tongan culture fa’ahi-ula is where the girls/women would show-case their beauty and their grace, in Tonga there would be different girls from different villages participating in the fa’ahi-ula during po-ula nights. One would either be presented to the king or the king would select one of his choice. 

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