Taualuga
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The Taualuga is a traditional Samoan dance, considered the apex of Samoan performance art and the centerpiece of the culture of Samoa. This dance form has been adopted and adapted throughout western P
Portrait of a manaia
Portrait of a taupou
Tonga
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Tonga, officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about 750 km2, sc
Taualuga
…art and the centerpiece of the culture of Samoa. This dance form has been adopted and adapted throughout western Polynesia, most notably in Samoa, The Kingdom of Tonga, Uvea, Futuna, and Tokelau. The Tongan version is called the tau'olunga. The word Taualuga in Samoan refers to the last stage of traditional house…
The arrival of Abel Tasman in Tongatapu, 1643; drawing by Isaack Gilsemans
Reception for Captain Cook, Ha'apai, Tonga, 1773-1784
William Mariner was a teenaged English sailor adopted into a royal Tongan family.
Wattled honeyeater in Tonga