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Wednesday 9 September 2020

The Tongan Tapa Cloths/Ngatu

 Malo e lelei this is a fact about the Tongan culture.

Why is the Tongan tapa cloth valued? The reason why the Tongan tapa cloth is valued is because it's one of Tongan's most important possessions. The Tongan tapa cloth was passed down from generation to generation. Before money was introduced to the Tongan people the tapa cloth was similar to the value of money in the olden days. And the men plant trees which the ngatu or tapa cloths are made out of. 


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