Thursday: Response to Text

 Tongan Art and Artists: 

Highlight the correct answers

Coat of Arms of Tonga - Tongan Sila:

1. When was the Tongan Sila designed?

a) 1865 b) 1875

c) 1876 d) 1877

2. What does the crown in the Tongan Sila mean?

→The Crown symbolises the ruling monarchy, the King of Tonga. The text on the scroll at the bottom reads Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa in the Tongan language: 'God and Tonga are my inheritance

3. What do the three swords represent?

→This card depicts a fundamentally sorrowful experience— tarot readers suggest this may be in the form of a lost relationship, an accidental death, or some other form of not just depression or malaise but deeply emotional sorrow

Ha’amonga ‘a Maui:

4. Where is the stone located?

a) Cook Islands b) Samoa

c) Tonga d) Niue

5. Who is the story of the stone wall about?

a) A mother and her two daughters b) A mother and her two sons

c) A father and his two daughters d) A mother and his two sons

6. What does the word haʻamonga mean ?

→The word haʻamonga means "a stick with loads on both ends, carried over the shoulder". Maui is a cultural hero in Polynesian mythology.

Kavei Koula e Fa - Four Golden Pillars:

7. What does Ofa mean?

→Organizing for Action

8. What does Faka’apa’apa mean?

→In a family or home, faka'apa'apa (respect), a value that is highly viewed as a Tongan koloa (treasure), is taught and passed on to children by their parents as part of their wellbeing and ulungaanga fakaTonga (Tongan way of life