- In many Polynesian languages including Tongan, the word tonga means "south", as the archipelago is the southernmost group of the islands of central Polynesia. The name of Tonga is cognate to the Hawaiian region of Kona. In Malay (another Austronesian language) the name "Tonga" is a cognate of the word tenggara, "southeastern".
new island
- A new Tongan island formed from the ash of a 2014 volcanic eruption in the South Pacific could exist for decades, according to a study released by Nasa.The ash island, unofficially named Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, formed during a submarine volcanic eruption that lasted from late December 2014 to early January 2015. The new land mass, which has a 120m summit, was originally only predicted to last months. Instead, Nasa now believes Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai will remain for between six and 30 years, making it the first island of this type to persist in the modern satellite era.
Nasa has observed the island since its formation, making monthly high-resolution satellite observations using both optical sensors and radar. Observing Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai has allowed Nasa to build a picture of how new islands are formed and shaped over time.
Haʻamonga ʻa Maui (Burden of Maui) is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the north of the island of Tongatapu, near the village of Niutōua, in Heketā.The trilithon is constructed from three coral limestone slabs, and is up to 5.2 metres (17 ft) high, 1.4 m wide, and 5.8 m long. The weight of the visible part of each upright stone is approximately 30–40 tons. There are hewn deep mortises in the top of each upright stone to fit in the lintel. Ha'amonga 'a Maui was either built at the beginning of the 13th century under the 11th Tuʻi Tonga Tuʻitātui (king strike the knee) and the high chief Loʻau, most likely as a gateway to his royal compound Heketā, or by the deified ancestor Maui in the 6th century, most likely as a astronomical observatory. One can pass through the portal and walk the short distance[clarification needed] towards the ʻesi maka faakinanga (stone to lean against), which served as the king's throne. Sitting with his back to that stone, he was safe from assassins from behind, and with his long stick he could hit every potential foe from the front on his knees. In Tongan tradition the Haʻamonga is also believed to have been made by the god Maui, as the stones would be too huge for mortals to handle. The word haʻamonga means "a stick with loads on both ends, carried over the shoulder". Maui was supposed to have the stones obtained from ʻUvea (Wallis Island) and carried on to Tonga in a giant canoe. The resemblance of the trilithon with Stonehenge is often quoted,[citation needed] but Stonehenge has many more pillars and the lintels are on top of the sarsens, and not sunken down in a slit.
tattooing
- https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/world-s-oldest-human-bone-tattoo-kit-found-in-tonga-20190304-p511p7.html The world's oldest known tattooing kit has been discovered by Australian National University archaeologists, dating back 2700 years.
Four tattooing tools, including two believed to be made of human bones, were found on Tongatapu Island, the main island of Tonga, in 1963, but researchers have only recently been able to ascertain their significance.
china
- visit by leaders
- 国家主席习近平1日在人民大会堂同汤加国王图普六世举行会谈。两国元首一致同意，在新的歷史起点上，推动中汤战略伙伴关系得到新的更大发展，中方愿同汤方加强气候变化南南合作。欢迎仪式后，习近平主席同图普六世国王举行会谈。习近平欢迎图普六世在中汤建交20周年之际来华进行国事访问，并对汤加不久前遭受严重飓风灾害表示诚挚慰问。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180302/PDF/a18_screen.pdf
- fisheries
- 中國海洋捕撈(08047-HK)公布，6月15日，公司與戰略夥伴湯加王國農業、糧食、林業和漁業部就各方之間的戰略合作訂立諒解備忘錄合作建造漁業產業園區。根據諒解備忘錄，各方將探索在漁業管理及發展、捕撈及水產養殖技術開發、捕撈及水產養殖業研發、漁業資源開發、完善動植物衛生檢疫體系、貿易及漁業產業鏈投資方面進行商業合作。現時預期諒解備忘錄項下擬進行的項目將會超過十年，項目資金需求將取決於每個項目的要素和開展的數目，最終需求為實施各相關項目或交易時落實。集團現時擬以內部資源或外部來源資金或公司將進行的集資活動為諒解備忘錄項下擬進行的項目及交易提供資金，視乎進行該等項目及交易時公司的財務狀況而定。戰略夥伴為湯加王國農業、糧食、林業和漁業部。農糧林漁業部與其他政府機構密切合作，以保護農業資源和環境。http://finet.hk/Newscenter/news_content/5b24d1e5e4b09101ef609b56
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