Lakalaka

Lakalaka (chandi kpɛma) nyɛla Tongan laɣingu wa'shɛli wa'wariba maa ni kuli zaya tuhi ka mali bɛ nuhi k n-buɣisira. Di nyɛla Tonga tiŋgbani ni waa din pahi "intangible human heritage" ni. Di nyɛla waa din wari zamaatu laɣimbu din gahim ni, kamani tiŋ'naa dɔɣim dabisili nee Asori duu yoobu.

Taarihi
Saha ŋɔ lakalaka ŋmanila di mini nadaa meelaufola meTɛmplet:Okinaelaufoladi yɛn nyɛla yim ("outstretched arms dance"), din buɣisibu yina tuuli European vihiriba sani, amaa ban daa wuligiri adiini daa chihi la waa ŋɔ ka di daliri nyɛla di daa lahi niŋ la 'heathen'. Din bɔŋɔ nyɛla din daa no n-chibi "1850 code of King "Tāufaāhau Tupou I. Lala n-nyɛlj, lahabali din daa yari di yɛltɔɣa daa kani bini din gbaai 1862 code, di mini di daa labi mali zali 1885 maa zaa yoli. Lala n lahi nyɛli luɣili kam, di shɛli bi wuhi 'heathen dance' ni nyɛ binshɛɣu. Lahabaya yina wuhiri chuɣu kara wahi lala saha ŋɔ. Di saɣiti ni, tuuli adiini wuligiriba  pōmee (yuŋ waa), din nyaaŋa bɛ ni yohindi paɣaba mini bɛ yindaan'nima n kperi mɔɣu, lahi pala din niŋda.

Lala lakalaka kamani dini mi shɛm zuŋɔ daa nyɛla din pili 19th century, na'timsili n daa pili li, ŋun daa lahi nyɛ "Methodist preacher' yaha: Tukuaho (1858—1897), din yina Tatakamotonga.  

Situra
Di situra kuki nyɛla situra din kuli yari kamani wahi kam ni. Di ni tooi nyɛ zaɣ'sabinli bee zaɣ'piɛlli tupenu ni daliya mini taovala loukeha, amaa bɛ ni tooi limsi li ni sisi kamani vari din dihiri nachiinsi mini fukaawasi din nyo vum bee manafau, mɔri baatoro, amaa bɛ tooi malila "hibiscus fibers" m-maani li. Lala n lahi nyɛli ka bɛ piriti yari bɛ gbaya ni,nuchahi ni mini nyingoya n. Wa'wariba ban yina Kanokupolu, amaa, ka tooi zooi ka bɛ dɛmdi bɛ kali ni folaosi, kamani 2 meter zaŋ ti ngatu. Wa'wariba ban yina Tatakamotonga, ban tooi dɛmdi kpalinkpaa laɣin kara ni, dama bani ka bɛ nya ka bɛ gaŋdu, ka bɛ yari neensabila, kamani bɛ na kuli kumdi la Tukuaho (lihimi gbunni) ni bia Tungī Mailefihi, "the consort of" Queen Salote Tupou III.

Bɛ lahi ye la tekiteki ka shabisi nokɔbiri zabiri ni. Bɛ tooi lɔri la paɣa ŋun niŋ kɔbiri ŋɔ n tabili dɔ'yini bee dibaa ayi, ka o tiriti zuɣusaa, ka dobba mi tiriti tiŋa. Di bahi bahindi paɣaba tekiteki kpaŋsiri la nuzaa polo teki, bɛ maani li mi saha ni saha ka ŋmɛri binkumda. Teki din niŋ dede nyɛla din kpa talahi pɔi ka bɛ naan yi boli nira wa'wari maŋlj

Kundivihira

I. F. Helu; Critical essays; 1999; 
A.L. Kaeppler; Tongan dance: a study in cultural change; Ethnomusicology vol 14, 1970.
A.L. Kaeppler; Poetry in Motion: Studies in Tongan Dance; Vavau Press, 1993.
A.Linkels; Sounds of change in Tonga.
A.L. Kaeppler, M. Taumoefolau, N. Tukuaho, E. Wood-Ellem; Songs and poems of Queen Sālote; 2004; 

Category:Dances of Tonga
Category:Group dances
Category:Tongan culture
Category:Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity