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  1. Kasivaki: An Ancient Tongan Game That Was More Than Underwater Rugby

    When most people think of the sport rugby, Tonga is not at the top of the list of competitors. But the ... with a twist. When most people think of the sport rugby, Tonga is not at the top of the list of competitors. But the ... often played in front of chiefs or the ancient kings of Tonga. The goal of the game was to get a rock across the ...

    Caleb Strom - 06/12/2021 - 17:57

  2. New research suggests Tonga was a vast seafaring empire

    ... square kilometres in the southern Pacific Ocean are the Tonga islands. The kingdom of Tonga is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago ... new research suggests that the ancient seafaring empire of Tonga served as a hub through which distant settlements ...

    aprilholloway - 29/07/2014 - 14:43

  3. Talietumu Fort, Wallis and Futuna: The Fortress for a King Whose Feet Could Never Touch the Ground

    ... touch the ground like his subjects. New research suggests Tonga was a vast seafaring empire Where Did the Polynesians ... the Philippines is the ancestral homeland of Polynesians Tonga College students performing a Kailao dance in 1988. ( ... located between Fiji to the south, Samoa to the east, and Tonga to the south-east, and in the north lies Tuvalu. It is ...

    Ed Whelan - 22/12/2018 - 23:05

  4. The Megalithic Gate of Ha-amonga a Maui

    ... square kilometres in the southern Pacific Ocean are the Tonga islands. On one of the 176 islands that make up Tonga, there stands one of the strangest megalithic monuments ... Maui (A carrying stick/burden of Maui). The kingdom of Tonga is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago ...

    johnblack - 01/01/2014 - 11:54

  5. Maoris Credited With First Discovery of Antarctica in Latest Study

    A new historical analysis has called into question the accepted story about the discovery of Antarctica. The continent was supposedly first seen by Russian and British explorers in the early 19th century.

    Nathan Falde - 14/06/2021 - 18:56

  6. Could Tuvalu’s History Stretch Back 8000 Years?

    ... colonized by members of the Lapita culture from Samoa or Tonga over 2000 years ago. Local foundation myths claim that ... being. This may reflect the fact that people from both Tonga and Samoa settled on the island. It is believed that ...

    Ed Whelan - 11/03/2020 - 01:00

  7. Easter Island and the Mysteries of the Moai

    ... 2010.  South Pacific Tales - Legends and Myths from Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Easter Island . Read Books. ...

    Cecilia Bogaard - 06/03/2022 - 14:00

  8. Populating Palmerston Island: One Man, Three Wives and A Desert Island Paradise

    Palmerston Island is part of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. This island is one of the six main islands located on a coral atoll and is the only one that is inhabited.

    dhwty - 22/03/2019 - 13:01

  9. Genetic Analysis Shows Early Contact Between South Americans and Polynesians

    New evidence is emerging about the links between Polynesian and South American populations in the Pacific before the arrival of the Europeans. The theory that South Americans first colonized Easter Island, and other islands, was often considered to be faintly ridiculous. However new genetic studies show that it may be partly true. It appears that Polynesians met South Americans around 1150 AD.

    Ed Whelan - 08/07/2020 - 22:59

  10. Behold the Coconut! There’s Nothing Savage About Niue

    ... reef and is approximately 375 miles (605 km) south of Tonga and 391 miles (630 km) west of Samoa. It is further to ...

    Ed Whelan - 14/03/2020 - 01:08

  11. Ruins of Malden Island and The Mysterious Roads that Lead into the Sea

    ... this conclusion was primarily to support his thesis that Tonga and Samoa were the departure point when the ...

    Michelle Freson - 10/09/2018 - 13:58

  12. The Sailor Cults of Samoa

    ... the new religion was already beginning to take hold in Tonga and Tahiti, islands with which Samoa had strong ... that Sio Vili sailed with Captain Samuel Henry, first to Tonga, where the London Missionary Society (LMS) was already ...

    Maya - 11/05/2014 - 22:22

  13. Christian Missionary Demands Australian Aboriginals Burn ‘Satanic’ Cultural Relics

    A group of extreme Christian missionaries is causing irreversible trouble in outback Wangkatjungka, in Australia, by burning sacred Aboriginal objects because they are “all from the devil”, while believing that dead people can be reanimated.

    ashley cowie - 22/09/2019 - 13:59

  14. Disney ALMOST Got It Right: From Moana to Mayhem, The Mythology Behind the Real Maui

    Disney’s latest animated feature film, Moana, has achieved critical acclaim, already netting over half a billion dollars. It tells the story of a Polynesian princess, who must seek out Maui, a legendary demigod, to help her reunite a mystical relic with a goddess in order to save her people. But unlike most Disney flicks, the story behind Moana is not just fictional fantasy, but is based on ancient Hawaiian, Mangarevan, Tahitian, Tongan, Samoan, and Polynesian mythology.

    Veronica Parkes - 07/03/2017 - 18:50

  15. From Tattoos to Elongated Skulls: A History of Body Modification

    Since emergence of humankind, people have been fascinated by art. They began by painting intricate pieces upon cave walls, and then carved statuettes and symbols out of stone and antler. Soon after, they began transferring art to their bodies. Chieftains, shamans and fierce warriors wanted to stand out from the crowd, to present themselves as divine, supernatural, or simply special.

    Aleksa Vučković - 09/11/2021 - 13:57

  16. Deadly Volcanoes: The Eruptions that Reshaped the World and Became Legends - Part II

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    lizleafloor - 26/07/2015 - 02:39

  17. DNA Study Unravels Mystery Behind Origins of First Pacific Islanders

    ... D. Merriwether, analyzed DNA from people who lived in Tonga and Vanuatu between 2,500 and 3,100 years ago, and were ...

    ancient-origins - 05/10/2016 - 00:40

  18. The Age-Old Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell

    It was 1836 when William Celenso, a Christian missionary from Cornwall in England, first stumbled upon the mysterious Tamil Bell in a remote Maori village in New Zealand. It was being used as a cooking pot by some of the local people, who told the fluent Maori speaker that it had been found under the roots of a large tree, swept up from the ground by a storm many years prior.

    Jake Leigh-Howarth - 13/03/2022 - 13:59

  19. Ghost Beliefs in Polynesia: When Spirits Return and Possess

    ... from these three, other Polynesian islands include Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Whilst these islands are distributed over ...

    dhwty - 28/05/2017 - 22:55

  20. The Curious And Precarious Life Of A Medieval Jester

    ... skomorokhi , in India komali , and for the tribes of Tonga, faakaluma . The word ‘jester’ was an Anglo-German ...

    Jake Leigh-Howarth - 01/06/2022 - 21:04

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