Tongan Fine Mats

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Tongan fine mats. They are also presented at special occasions such as births deaths and weddings. Fine mats in the samoan culture have been considered in some ways more valuable then money. Welcome to buytonga your safe and secured tongan online store for buying all things tongan. Fine mats are the most treasured possessions in tongan households.

This usage is corroborated in tonga where these types of fine mats are referred to as kie haʻamoa samoan mat and kie hingoa named mats from the samoan tradition of giving especially precious mats titular names. The i e toga originated from our neighbouring country tonga. In addition to using mats for practical household purposes such as floor coverings and bedding the people of tonga wear mats knows as ta ovala around the waist as a sign of respect. Our aim is to provide you with that tongan koloa treasure that you are looking for today.

It was worked upon and woven in a district in tula named ma opua. Mat weaving is one of the ancient tongan handicrafts. Woven mats are commonly used for bedding and flooring. See more ideas about polynesian samoan tongan.

Everything from ie toga falas taovala etc. The mats are used for a variety of purposes. See more ideas about polynesian mats tongan. Jul 25 2017 polynesian mats are made from the pandanus tree fala hala hand wolven and decorated w feathers shells yarn etc.

A woman from tula in tutuila named maofa wove the first fine mat that was taken to tonga and returned. The tongan cognate of ʻie tōga is kie tōʻonga while ʻoloa and koloa are also cognates. There is now a rock that fine mats were pressed with named taogalau ie. Jul 27 2013 explore tone tone s board polynesian mats on pinterest.

Also cistern of water named ta aigalau ie where the strands of pandanus were wound. So please browse through our product contents buy the. These occasions include weddings funerals building of new houses church events tattooing and appointing of a new chief in a village. Fine mats revival women in business development started working with weavers 17 years ago to revive the traditional samoan finemat which was nearly lost due to the commercialisation of our culture.