Celebrating in Tonga

Celebrating in Tonga

August 13, 2008 · 1 Comment

I lived on an outer island in the Kingdon of Tonga for two years while in the Peace Corps. Here is a clip I took of the villagers celebrating the opening of a newly built school house. The Tongan women get a little rowdy.

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Tagged: Fakakakai, Ha'apai, Peace Corps, Tonga, Tongans

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suzyjax // August 13, 2008 at 3:29 pm | Reply

Nice. I haven’t quite figured out the video embed yet.

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