Tonga Cultural Night
Date: 7/22/18
Guests: New families to our ward- The Brough's and Allen's. Outgoing friend- Seth Farnsworth
Food: Keke Vai with Banana (Banana pancakes), Lu Pulu (spinach), Mango Otai (Polynesian drink), Faikakai Topai (dumplings in sweet coconut cream) http://polynesiankitchen.blogspot.com/search/label/Tongan, http://www.eua-island-tonga.com/Tongan-recipes.html, http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/polynesian-chicken
Music: Fast Tongan Song on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehjDgaf_K0&list=PLaDO6E5B2ndqH9uWOa-AOLoGhA8z3driZ
Flag and Geography:http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/tonga-coloring-page/
Landscape: Google search brought up beautiful beach images. Take me there!
Animals: Lots of pictures of turtles, tropical birds, and boars.
Language: We played Tongan language learning games http://www.digitaldialects.com/Tongan.htm
Architecture: We saw every day huts and then some beautiful white buildings with red roofs that serve as governmental buildings. We also researched the fale roof design.
Folk tale/fairy tale:
Art: My grandparents went to Tonga on their LDS Mission. They gave me a woven basket that I left in storage when we moved to Japan. We had to settle for looking at pictures of these beautiful baskets.
Traditional clothing:
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