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Tonga: ʻota ʻika; Tuvalu: ika mata; Wallis and Futuna: ika ota; New Caledonia: salade tahitienne, poisson cru; The dish is otherwise known as coconut fish in Nauru, kokoda in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, oka in Samoa, ika mata in the Cook Islands and New Zealand, oraora in Kiribati, and simply poisson cru on the French islands. [1]
Rugby union is the national sport in Tonga. The nation has a national rugby union team , which played in the 1987 , 1995 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2015 competitions. Though Tongans are passionate rugby followers, the small population base means that internationally, Tongan rugby continually struggles.
A national dish is a culinary dish that is strongly associated with a particular country. [1] A dish can be considered a national dish for a variety of reasons: It is a staple food , made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs that can be prepared in a distinctive way, such as fruits de mer , served along the west coast of France .
Tongan cuisine (6 P) D. Dances of Tonga (9 P) E. Entertainment in Tonga (6 C) ... National symbols of Tonga (1 C, 4 P) O. Cultural organisations based in Tonga (3 C) R.
The word tonga is cognate to the Hawaiian word kona meaning 'leeward', which is the origin of the name for the Kona District in Hawaiʻi. [15] Tonga became known in the West as the "Friendly Islands" because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773.
Ota; a raw fish dish. 'otai; a drink made from grated coconut meat, milk and water mixed together. Puleleti; a confection made from desiccated coconut and coconut syrup rolled into balls. Puta; a round doughnut. Tatuna; coconut cream residue separated during the process of making coconut oil, usually formed into balls and eaten with pandanus fruit.
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Tonga is a sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. [1] Tonga comprises the Tonga Archipelago of 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 mi) in a north–south line.