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James tongan world music

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The author is from Tonga but now lives in Australia. Their Tongan culture places great importance on traditions, including prayer at events like weddings and funerals and large feasts of food. At schools in Tonga, there are strict uniform rules, such as dresses in school colors for girls and short, maintained hair for boys, along with regulations for shoes. Music in Tongan culture features happy tunes and melodies played on instruments like guitar, ukulele, and drums, with modern music retaining similar sounds through remixes of original songs.

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GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY BY: JAMES & SIOELI
MY BACKGROUND I live in Australia. My Cultural Background is from the island Tonga, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Before living in Tonga, my parents moved to Sydney, Australia in the mid 1980s to create a better future for the next generations. My Tongan culture consists of many traditions from weddings, to funerals. All events have procedures in order to complete it. For example each event begins with a prayer in order to start the program, and to end it, is for a prayer. Most events such as weddings and Funerals etc. Consists of very large sums of food, and my culture is known for their big feasts.
TRADITIONAL STYLES Throughout Tonga, schools have strict rules about uniform during school days. The uniform includes; - the formal yet social type of dresses befitted their school colors - for the girls hairstyles, it is compulsory to have a hairstyle other than braids. - The boys hair cut is to be maintained and to be kept short at all times. - The school shoes are either sandals or closed shoes if they couldnt afford it, they were allowed to go to school without shoes. (as shown in the picture to the left)
MUSIC The music in my culture consist of happy tunes and melody's , some of the musical instruments used in some of the songs are, guitars, ukulele, drums, bass, and basic harmonizing. Tongan music in modern days are either remixed but sounds are similar to the music produced by original songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-jHrAMd04

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James tongan world music

  • 1. GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY BY: JAMES & SIOELI
  • 2. MY BACKGROUND I live in Australia. My Cultural Background is from the island Tonga, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Before living in Tonga, my parents moved to Sydney, Australia in the mid 1980s to create a better future for the next generations. My Tongan culture consists of many traditions from weddings, to funerals. All events have procedures in order to complete it. For example each event begins with a prayer in order to start the program, and to end it, is for a prayer. Most events such as weddings and Funerals etc. Consists of very large sums of food, and my culture is known for their big feasts.
  • 3. TRADITIONAL STYLES Throughout Tonga, schools have strict rules about uniform during school days. The uniform includes; - the formal yet social type of dresses befitted their school colors - for the girls hairstyles, it is compulsory to have a hairstyle other than braids. - The boys hair cut is to be maintained and to be kept short at all times. - The school shoes are either sandals or closed shoes if they couldnt afford it, they were allowed to go to school without shoes. (as shown in the picture to the left)
  • 4. MUSIC The music in my culture consist of happy tunes and melody's , some of the musical instruments used in some of the songs are, guitars, ukulele, drums, bass, and basic harmonizing. Tongan music in modern days are either remixed but sounds are similar to the music produced by original songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-jHrAMd04