ANTH130 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last Lecture II. Tonga by Cathy Smalla. Voyages From a Tongan Village to the American SuburbsIII. U.S. Immigration PolicyIV. Legal Permanent ResidencyV. Lakalaka, Tonga’s Royal PalaceVI. Tau’olunga danceOutline of Current Lecture VII. Tongan ReligionVIII. CelebrationsIX. Kinship and Raising ChildrenX. Kings and QueensXI. Tongan WeddingCurrent LectureVll. Tongan religion includes several gods. - Hukule’o (Supreme god)- Aloala (Rain, wind, Agriculture, Harvest)- Maui (Holding up the islands)- 5 sea gods- Soul godsVll. Community celebrations and exchanges included dancing, elaborate dress, singing, drinking,etc. The celebrations included the use of Tapa cloth, baskets, and mats. lX. “The Tongan Way” of raising children involves respect, exchanges, and obligations. Children were not able to touch the top of their father’s head as a sign of respect. Also, there is a separation between outside and inside activities such as a separation between cooking and These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.eating areas. In Tonga each person in the family has specific roles. The father is the head of the household. The eldest sister is spoiled as a child but has more responsibilities as she gets older. The eldest son inherits the family’s land. The father’s sister has a special role. She can “adopt” a child from the family and the family just hands the child over to her. X. Kings and Queens of Tonga included Queen Sālote (1918-1965), King Tāufa’ āhau Tupou IV. (1965-2006)XI. At the Tongan wedding people were dressed similarly to wedding dress of the U.S. The ceremony is typically extra flashy and the meal is elaborate. Usually, each table will have it’s own roasted pig. After the bride and groom had their first dance and ate cake, Tongan people danced traditional dances and presented mats to the bride and
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