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The Tonga National Museum was established in 1998. [1] Prior to its opening, displays of artefacts were held in the Tonga National Cultural Centre. [2] Soon after its establishment, it was hoped that Tongan objects from across the world would be loaned back to the country for display, and that the TNM would be able to export touring exhibitions globally.
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 up the Kingdom of Tonga. [1] Along with Fiji and Samoa, the area served as a gateway into the rest of the Pacific region known as Polynesia . [ 2 ]
Any description of Tongan culture that limits itself to what Tongans see as anga fakatonga would give a seriously distorted view of what people actually do, in Tonga, or in diaspora, because accommodations are so often made to anga fakapālangi. The following account tries to give both the idealized and the on-the-ground versions of Tongan culture.
After returning to Australia, he published Koe Ta'u'e Teau (1926) and Tales and Poems of Tonga (1928), as well as lecturing on Tongan culture and beginning an English-language history of Tonga. [1] Along with Gifford's Tongan Myths and Tales (1924), Tales and Poems has been described as one of the two major collections of Tongan legends. [5]
In 2007, Tonga submitted several of these monuments collectively for consideration as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site. They were to be considered as "the Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga", covering the Haʻamonga 'a Maui Historical Park (including the Haʻamonga 'a Maui itself and the Maka Faʻakinanga slab) and the royal tombs ...
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However, the former Tongan flag bearer still took part in the celebrations ahead of the July 26 event. Earlier in the day, Taufatofua participated in the torch relay, along with a slew of other ...
The early history of Tonga covers the islands' settlement and the early Lapita culture through to the rise of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire.. What is known about Tonga before European contact comes from myths, stories, songs, poems, (as there was no writing system) as well as from archaeological excavations.