Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Volume 18Thomas Avery & Sons Limited, 1941 - Anthropology |
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... Planted pineapples for friend . Hoed garden . Slept in bush . Visited . Beni F. Moala Fono meeting . Hoed garden . Prepared bush oven . Ate in bush . Visiting . Slept . Drank Church . kava . Fono meeting . Ate food . Drank kava . Church ...
... Planted pineapples for friend . Hoed garden . Slept in bush . Visited . Beni F. Moala Fono meeting . Hoed garden . Prepared bush oven . Ate in bush . Visiting . Slept . Drank Church . kava . Fono meeting . Ate food . Drank kava . Church ...
Page 43
... planted in quantity . Taro is easy to grow . Cuttings are planted and re- planted each time tubers are harvested . The tuber takes about a year to mature . The giant taro ( kape ) is best planted between the months of March to September ...
... planted in quantity . Taro is easy to grow . Cuttings are planted and re- planted each time tubers are harvested . The tuber takes about a year to mature . The giant taro ( kape ) is best planted between the months of March to September ...
Page 44
... planted in June , very early in the month or else at the time of the full moon . A second planting takes place in August and a third from September to December . July is considered a bad planting month because worms are more likely to ...
... planted in June , very early in the month or else at the time of the full moon . A second planting takes place in August and a third from September to December . July is considered a bad planting month because worms are more likely to ...
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aboriginal addict attitude bananas bark cloth Biukala Boiled food bowl bride bush Catholic ceremonial skirt child Christian Church of Tonga coconut common copra cultivation death drink kava drinker eaten European expert father father's sister feast fish fono formal four Free Wesleyan church Gifford Tongan Society gift girl given groom Hausia household infant island kape kava-circle kava-drinking kava-maker kava-parties kava-root kingdom land lay-preacher marriage married mates mats morning mother mother's brother Neiafu night noble Nukualofa occasional older oven Pangai village Pangaimotu parents parties pastor person plantation planting Polynesian pounds prepared present relatives religion religious residence root sennit sleep Slept social Suva tapu taro tion toho Tongan culture Tongan language Tongan village Tongatapu Toula vala Vava'u village overseer visitor white doctor white man's white medicine wife woman yams young