Response to Text: Tongan Arts

 Tongan Arts

Highlight the correct answer or write the appropriate response.

1. Which of the following is not a method of exploring Music in Tonga?

a) Choir b) Song

c) Siren Jams d) Instruments

2. Why might other Pasifika cultures enjoy Tongan music?

→because they like to support tonga and they love there music 

3. Name 5 different Tongan Artists.

→ Sione Monu

Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows 

Palu Tupou & Veiongo Fakaua. 70 listeners. 

Angela Afeaki. 80 listeners.

Lateeya. 249 listeners.

 

4. True or False: “Expressing stories of Tongan history and legends, the Lakalaka is performed by only men.”

a) True b) False

5. Which of these is a type of Dance in Tonga?

a) Me’etu’upaki b) Soke

c) Tau’olunga d) All of the above and more

6. What is the outcome of wood and/or bone carving? 

a) making bowls and head rests b) pieces of bark beaten with a mallet

c) make jewellery d) bedding and clothing 

7. In your own words, explain what a Ngatu Tonga is.

→ The beautiful Kingdom of Tonga proudly presents the ngatu. Ngatu is a traditional cloth made from the bark of the mulberry tree. It has been the treasure of our ancestors and today it is still one of our prestige, traditional and cultural wealth. Ngatu is used in gift-giving and other traditional rituals.