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The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians. [1] The word "leiomano" is derived from the Hawaiian language and may originate from lei o manō, meaning "a shark's lei." [2] The weapon resembles a thick ping-pong paddle inset with shark teeth, typically from the tiger shark. These ...
Civil war(17th century) Tonga: Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum. Mataelehaʻamea, the Tu'i Kanokupolu, established the supremacy of his dynasty after a war against the Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua, Vaea. Unknown Civil war(1799–1852) [1] Tonga: Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum: Unknown Battle of Kaba (1855) Fiji Tonga
In March 2003, military-to-military talks began between Tonga and the United States about Tonga providing personnel for the Multinational force in Iraq. Support arrangements were finalised in May 2004. Forty-five Royal Tongan Marines, led by the Chief of Defence of the Tonga Defence Services, Colonel Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, departed Tonga on 13 June ...
Before Western contact, many objects of daily use were made of carved wood: food bowls, head rests (kali), war clubs and spears, and cult images. Tongan craftsmen were skilled at inlaying pearl-shell and ivory in wood, and Tongan war clubs were treasured items in the neighboring archipelago of Fiji.
The Ula or I Ula Tavatava [1] is a throwing war club from Fiji. Uses in Fiji ... Tonga - Samoa: La Polynésie Occidentale, Voyageurs & curieux, 2005.
A Culacula is a paddle war club from Fiji. ... Jean-Edouard Carlier, Archipels Fidji - Tonga - Samoa: La Polynésie Occidentale, Voyageurs & curieux, 2005.
Tonga College students performing a kailao for the King's 70th birthday (1988) The 'Ikale Tahi , the Tongan national rugby union team, used to perform the kailao with kailao clubs or sticks, as they did against Wales in 1974.
Tonga: 21 killed 20 wounded. Second Fiji Expedition (6–16 October 1859) Fijians ... Bougainville Civil War (1988–1989) Bougainville Interim Government (BIG)