Making sense of Tonga
Subtitle: a visitor's guide to the kingdom's rich Polynesian culture
By: Mary M. McCoy & Siotame Drew Havea
Contributors: Havea, Siotame Drew; Training Group of the Pacific
Publisher: Training Group of the Pacific
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9789829800121
Subjects: Social life and customs; Guidebooks; Mœurs et coutumes; Guides; Manners and customs
Table of contents: title: MEET TONGANS ON THEIR OWN TERMS -- FROM CULTURE TO CULTURE -- WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM OF TONGA; title: Geography --; title: Land allotment -- -- RANK; title: Talking chiefs --; title: Possessions --; title: “Thank you for working” --; title: Giving gifts “up” the rank chain --; title: Giving “first harvest” -- -- Time; title: Ownership of time --; title: Sense of urgency --; title: Sleep -- -- BEHAVIOUR; title: Privacy &#x2013; or not --; title: Specific information --; title: Rules --; title: Group vs. individual rights --; title: It&#x2019;s not what&#x2019;s right, but rather who said it --; title: Forgiveness --; title: Physical stature --; title: Physical touching --; title: Eyebrows --; title: Taking a Tongan to lunch -- -- RELIGION; title: Christianity --; title: Sundays --; title: Singing --; title: Marriages -- -- THE FAMILY; title: Brother / sister relationship --; title: Head of clan --; title: Highest ranking woman in family --; title: “Sleeping close to the child” --; title: Death -- -- TRADITIONAL DRESS AND WEAVING; title: Conservation in dress --; title: Ta&#x2019;ovala --; title: Kiekie --; title: Kafa --; title: Tapa --; title: Mats --; title: Take something home.