ʻEua

ʻEua [ʔe.ˈu.a] is an island in the kingdom of Tonga. It is close to Tongatapu, but forms a separate administrative division. It has an area of 87.44 km2 (33.76 sq mi), and a population in 2021 of 4,903 people.

Haʻapai

Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs, and shoals in the central part of Tonga. It has a combined land area of 109.30 square kilometres (42.20 sq mi). The Tongatapu island group lies to its south, and the Vavaʻu group lies to its north

Sisiʻuno Helu

Sisi’uno Helu is a Tongan academic, film producer, and performing artist. She has become the leading impresario of European opera within Polynesia. She is the daughter of Tongan philosopher and historian Futa Helu, the founder of the ʻAtenisi Institute

Vavaʻu

Vavaʻu is an island group, consisting of one large island and 40 smaller ones, in Tonga. It is part of Vavaʻu District, which includes several other individual islands. According to tradition, the Maui god created both Tongatapu and Vavaʻu, but put a

Ula (dance)

The ula (dance) is an ancient Tongan group dance, already reported by early European navigators like captain Cook. It is also known as fahaʻi-ula, which may be degenerated to fahaʻiula. Traditionally it is performed after an ʻotuhaka. It is still

Fonualei

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of Tonga. It 70 km northwest of Vavaʻu and is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and

Kanokupolu

Kanokupolu is a village on Tongatapu. The population is 354. it is the originating seat of the Tuʻi Kanokupolu dynasty, to which the current king of Tonga still traces his descent. The people of Kanokupolu are the only ones allowed to dress in a

Mako (dance)

The Mako is a fast-paced dance from Tonga which is performed by young men. Accompanied by an extremely fast rhythm on a drum or tin can, dancers perform wild gestures involving their entire bodies; they point in various directions, run, sit, roll, or lie

Soke (dance)

Sōkē or eke is a Tongan group dance performed with sticks which the performers hit against each other on the beat of the drum. It has some common elements with, but is a complete independent development from the English Morris dance. As with most Tongan

Seketo'a

Seketoʻa was a fish god from Niuatoputapu and Tafahi in Tongan mythology

Khorbusuonka

The Khorbusuonka is a river in Yakutia, Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 290 kilometres (180 mi) and a drainage basin area of 3,230 square kilometres (1,250 sq mi