Tuesday: Response to Text

 Tongan Art Forms: 

Highlight the correct answers

Ta’ovala (mat weaving):

1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring

2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status

3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava

Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):

4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry

5. The women design the tapa using what?

→Natural dyes

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→The patterns come from a event

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→i think that the wood carving is important because So that people can have some things 

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→I don’t really know but I would probably say no because they saw whales.

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→Weapons,long drums and making bowls