Sunday, 9 September 2018

Tongan Language Week 2018 Challenge

The challenge for Tongan Language week this year has been to create a piece of traditional Tongan clothing which was to be modelled at the closing assembly on Friday.

We had a lot of fun learning about different types of clothing such as the ta'aovala, lei, kiekie, tekiteki and kafa.

Room 8 decided to make it all! 

We watched videos such as this one which taught us about the process of making ngatu - Tongan tapa:

We then explored Tongan patterns and made out own 'ngatu'

Aphrodite and Tia designed and created a beautiful tekiteki

A group of girls worked hard on the lei...

And another group worked on the Keikei...

We were very proud of our final creation. Sulyne modelled it beautifully.



19 comments:

  1. That was fun dressing up Sulyne. But I wish we had MORE Otai.

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    1. We soooooooooooooooooo agree with the otai bit

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  2. Cailin photo bomb the photo. hehe

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  3. Me too that otai was delicious and i wish we had more crackers and sulyne was very pretty in the costume we made.

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  4. nice suylne you look fab.And Caitlin you photo bomber

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  5. I really liked the costume it was BEAUTIFUL! Thank you to those wonderful girls who created the outfit! From the Tekiteki all the way to the BEAUTIFUL Ta'ovala! The girls made a lovely creation! Good job girls! You would make awesome fashion designers!

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    1. NO thank you sulyne for taking being our model.

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  6. i really like the photo with dite and tia but caitlin you had to photo bomb it

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  7. I liked the way the costume turned out

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  8. nice photo bombing caitlin$$$$$

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    1. ur welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. Its okay caity we wont blame you

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  10. that otai was sooo yummy

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  11. ME WANT MORE OTAI!

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  13. I bet if it was a competition we would totally win.

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  14. It was fun dressing up Sulyne she look gorgeous on Friday. And the girls who made the costume would make amazing designers.

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  15. OUR SCHOOL CELEBRATED TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK TOO!!!
    ... but, our class didn't do anything!!!... he... he... he... yaayyyy~ *sarcasm btw* (-_-)

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