The intrinsic structure of grandparenting in the Tongan culture with a purpose of preserving and perpetuating cultural customs and traditions is affirmed. A theory grounded on the findings of this study and implications for research, policy, and practice focusing on the cultural aspects of ...
11.“I want to maintain the Tongan culture and the language, but … it’s a completely different life here,” he said. 12.Samoans are the biggest group, but there are plenty of Tongans, Fijians, Cook Islanders and others who left their tiny nations for all the same reasons migrants eve...
The poetics of Tongan traditional history, Tala e fonua: An ecology centred concept of culture and history. The Journal of Pacific history, Canberra.Mahina, O. (1993). The poetics of Tongan traditional history, tala-efonua —An ecology-centered concept of culture and history. Journal of ...