Man... as an adult. This hits different. I remember growing up spending hours unfolding and folding, organizing and reorganizing the ngatu and fala. Now as an adult I take so much pride in our heritage and culture. Malo e vahevahe mai e vitio koeni ma kimautolu. Neongo ae ngaahi feitu'u te tau a'u kiai, manatu ma'u pe ki sioto tupuanga. 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴
Yes, I totally agree with you! It does hit different as an adult. I appreciate what my parents have passed down to me. I hope that we can continue to pass these traditions down to the next generation of children.
@@FonuaFoou absolutely! I've taken it upon myself to learn the leafakahoueiki and heliaki like how the OG ulumotu'a's do it at the putu's and weddings and stuff. The importance of the taumafakava and am the old stuff out generation have no clue about. When the old ones pass on, I want to be able to carry it on. I appreciate you guys doing what you do. Ofa atu and God bless! Your toko from Utah ✊🏾💯
You’re father is no longer living but you still have all the mats and you’re culture and most important you guys still have a kingdom you are so lucky… I’m Hawaiian and this is about the closest thing I can get to looking into my past culture when the missionaries came here they killed us almost all of us with there sickness then came annexation of our kingdom then came America they destroyed our culture all the lands that the lauhala and tapa grew on were burned and cleared for growing sugarcane we we’re stripped of everything that makes us us . Thank you so much for making this video and showing me how my great grandfather and great grandmother lived I know our cultures are closely tied our language is so similar we make lau lau and you guys lau we doing awa and you guys drink kava so many things I’m so happy you guys still exist down there and are self determining people god bless you Tonga 🇹🇴 and I’m so sorry your father past at least you know when it’s you’re time to go he will be waiting on the other side to hold you’re hand .
They sing like South Africans 🤔 We have Tonga / Tsonga people in South Africa. In Zulu "Thonga" means ancestors. We give out gift like that in weddings.... Wow!... These people are really Bantu like us in Southern Africa 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Mats and tapas weren't really a part of my childhood. My dad was orphaned as a kid and all my grandparent's mats were taken by my aunties and uncles "for safekeeping." When he married my mother, a palangi, none of his family thought the marriage would last so they didn't give any mats or tapa to them. We didn't grow up wearing ta'ovala because we didnt have any. Through the years, my dad's family has continued to keep tapa and mats from us during our family events like marriages and births. Eventually we got one ngatu from my dad's sister, for my own sister's wedding. It's the only one we have. And since they're far too expensive to purchase, on top of having to go to Tonga to get them, it'll probably always be the only one we have.
It’s ok because sometimes it causes problems only Tongan tongans girls and mums will know and understand because they do swaps and they have a women clubs etc churches etc and you have roles a Tongan has only Tongans understand like mother man that kind of thing Fahu etc
Yes there's more significant to those cultural pieces.. There are also different types for different occasions each have their own significant meanings and symbolism
Man... as an adult. This hits different. I remember growing up spending hours unfolding and folding, organizing and reorganizing the ngatu and fala. Now as an adult I take so much pride in our heritage and culture. Malo e vahevahe mai e vitio koeni ma kimautolu. Neongo ae ngaahi feitu'u te tau a'u kiai, manatu ma'u pe ki sioto tupuanga. 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴
Yes, I totally agree with you! It does hit different as an adult. I appreciate what my parents have passed down to me. I hope that we can continue to pass these traditions down to the next generation of children.
@@FonuaFoou absolutely! I've taken it upon myself to learn the leafakahoueiki and heliaki like how the OG ulumotu'a's do it at the putu's and weddings and stuff. The importance of the taumafakava and am the old stuff out generation have no clue about. When the old ones pass on, I want to be able to carry it on. I appreciate you guys doing what you do. Ofa atu and God bless!
Your toko from Utah ✊🏾💯
You’re father is no longer living but you still have all the mats and you’re culture and most important you guys still have a kingdom you are so lucky… I’m Hawaiian and this is about the closest thing I can get to looking into my past culture when the missionaries came here they killed us almost all of us with there sickness then came annexation of our kingdom then came America they destroyed our culture all the lands that the lauhala and tapa grew on were burned and cleared for growing sugarcane we we’re stripped of everything that makes us us . Thank you so much for making this video and showing me how my great grandfather and great grandmother lived I know our cultures are closely tied our language is so similar we make lau lau and you guys lau we doing awa and you guys drink kava so many things I’m so happy you guys still exist down there and are self determining people god bless you Tonga 🇹🇴 and I’m so sorry your father past at least you know when it’s you’re time to go he will be waiting on the other side to hold you’re hand .
They sing like South Africans 🤔 We have Tonga / Tsonga people in South Africa. In Zulu "Thonga" means ancestors. We give out gift like that in weddings.... Wow!... These people are really Bantu like us in Southern Africa 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Please shut the fuck up 🙄 everyone can sing like south Africans 💀
LOL
Drums beat in Tonga is unique when every beat the hiapo with ike and tutua🙏
I appreciate this video, it'll help my children learn and understand a part of our culture.
I'm so glad you are able to appreciate this. That is my goal as well... to educate my children on these cultural practices. ❤️
I truly enjoyed learning about Tongan ngatu. Thank you for sharing your feelings so honestly.
Thank you for tuning in! I appreciate it! ❤️
I love your respect for your culture your probably the most honourable person I’ve ever seen
I’m about to join you with that same feeling of wearing that mat
Flying to Tonga to do it this Saturday coming
Oi aue!! Your Amazing and love every way you show our Culture 💞 🇹🇴 Ofa atu 🤗
Love this! Your cultural experience is beautiful 😭🙌🏼
Thank you! ❤️
Ty
Beautiful video, love my Tongan culture. Just SUBSCRIBED. 🤙🏽
Thanks so much for subscribing! Yes, there is more to come in the very near future! Please stay tuned! ❤️🙏🏽🙌🏽
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Thank you for stopping by and subscribing! ❤️
Also, please stay tuned... there is more to come. :)
Beautiful....continue please...
Thank you! 🙏🏽🙌🏽
Very soothing video.Good job
Can you do one on why Tongans wear black at funerals and how we started wearing all black
Mats and tapas weren't really a part of my childhood. My dad was orphaned as a kid and all my grandparent's mats were taken by my aunties and uncles "for safekeeping." When he married my mother, a palangi, none of his family thought the marriage would last so they didn't give any mats or tapa to them. We didn't grow up wearing ta'ovala because we didnt have any. Through the years, my dad's family has continued to keep tapa and mats from us during our family events like marriages and births. Eventually we got one ngatu from my dad's sister, for my own sister's wedding. It's the only one we have. And since they're far too expensive to purchase, on top of having to go to Tonga to get them, it'll probably always be the only one we have.
It’s ok because sometimes it causes problems only Tongan tongans girls and mums will know and understand because they do swaps and they have a women clubs etc churches etc and you have roles a Tongan has only Tongans understand like mother man that kind of thing Fahu etc
Thank you for posting.......
Thank you for tuning in. ❤️
Wow.
Didn’t really explain as to why the mats are important ?
ua-cam.com/video/0xMCU8qylB0/v-deo.html this video explains more.
@@mikemailei4491 thank you! ❤️
Yes there's more significant to those cultural pieces.. There are also different types for different occasions each have their own significant meanings and symbolism
Nice video
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MAT’S ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE I AND EVERYBODY ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THEM FOR PRAYING MAT’S HAVE YOU EVER WATCH THE MOVIE |>. I AM GABRIEL
MTT am tongan