Thursday: Response to Text

Tongan Art and Artists: 

Highlight the correct answers

Coat of Arms of Tonga - Tongan Sila:

1. When was the Tongan Sila designed?

a) 1865 b) 1875

c) 1876 d) 1877

2. What does the crown in the Tongan Sila mean?

→ Represents the  Kingdom, King of Tonga

3. What do the three swords represent?

→ Represents the 3 lines of Tongan Kings that ruled before Tonga became one.

Ha’amonga ‘a Maui:

4. Where is the stone located?

a) Cook Islands b) Samoa

c) Tonga d) Niue

5. Who is the story of the stone wall about?

a) A mother and her two daughters b) A mother and her two sons

c) A father and his two daughters d) A King and his two sons

6. What does the word haʻamonga mean ?

→ The word haʻamonga means "a stick with loads on both ends, carried over the shoulder". Maui is a cultural hero in Polynesian mythology.

Kavei Koula e Fa - Four Golden Pillars:

7. What does Ofa mean?

→To love and to be loved. Whether it is loving your family, loving others, loving yourself, and loving the country. Love is a very big value in Tongan culture.

8. What does Faka’apa’apa mean?

→ Having respect is also a huge value. Respect given is respect received. There are so many ways to show respect.

9.What does Anga Fakato ki lalo/ Lototoo mean?

→   Being humble is a value in the Tongan culture. It isn’t seen as humble when you are going around boasting about what you have that others don’t.

10. What does Tauhi Va mean?

→ The act of being grateful for what you have and what you will receive is also a big value in the Tongan culture.