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Tongan People

We as Tongans are a very Proud, Emotional, Friendly, Strong, and Respectful people. Almost every Tongan you would come across are always kind to you. Many Tongans would tell you that the five things they love most would be God, their King, Family, Food and Rugby.

Christianity is a big factor of the Tongan life and society. On sunday mornings bells would be ringing throughtout the island Kingdom, a calling for people to come to church. When the Children's Sunday occurs (Fakamē), Weddings, Birthdays, the family would make it a special christian occasion.

King Taufa'ahau Tupou the First was the first king of Tonga as an united nation. Due to the many battles fought back then, the three main division of islands fought wars. King Taufa'ahau Tupou I had the vision to unite the nation and brought christianity to Tonga. Credited for the laying the foundation for development in Tonga, King Taufa'ahau Tupou I will be Tonga's most beloved king. To this day his decendants still rule over Tonga, currently King Siaosi Tupou V rules after the passing of his Late father King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV on the 10th of September 2006. Many Tongans in Tonga and around the world mourned the death of their beloved king.

Family is the bond that binds the Tongan community together as one. Blood relations in Tonga is very important. When a family member gets married the whole extended family would join in the celebrations. When a family member dies the whole extended family will all come to mourn the death of a family member.

Food always is included in everything Tongans do. We take our food very serious, never do we give a chance to prepare food for any occasion. May it be big or small, we will always take time to make a huge feast to celebrate it.

Rugby is very important to Tongans. Ikale Tahi is the name of the National Rugby Union Team and Mate Ma'a Tonga is the name of the National Rugby League Team. Tonga do very good in the sport, but because of lack of funds it is hard to develop the sport to the point of proffesionlism. There is plenty of talent here in the islands but it is either lost to more powerful nations like Australia, NZ, Japan or Europe. This makes it even more difficult to develop the sport here in Tonga. Rugy League and Union is played among the youths here in Tonga. Rugby League does a little better then Union, Tonga is ranked high in Rugby League.

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