Tuesday: Response to Text

 Tongan Art Forms: 

Highlight the correct answers

Ta’ovala (mat weaving):

1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring

2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status

3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava

Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):

4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry

5. The women design the tapa using what?

→  Women work with each other to decorate the cloth using natural dyes and pigments.

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→ The ngatu are decorated with motifs and patterns taken from nature, or important people and events.

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→ Carving with wood and bone is a very important part of the Tongan culture. 

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→ They made necklaces, bracelets and earrings out of the animal bones.

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→ They didn’t go after whales that were alive because they didn’t want to make the whale species extinct.

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→ Wood, Making bowls, and Head Rests.