The Queen of Tonga Visits the PCC
March 28, 2014
and
Cultural Night - March 28-29, 2014
This is the Queen's Hut at the Tongan Village, all ready for her arrival.
Notice the Tapa cloth mat and woven mat for the queen to walk on.
People waiting for her arrival.
Men from the Fiji Village are in costume and acting as the guards for the Queen.
They are walking in ahead of the Queen and behind her.
The Queen is in the center wearing the sunglasses.
President Grace, the President of the PCC, is in the Red shirt
and his wife is following, wearing the orange dress.
This is the Queen being escorted to her hut.
The Queen of Tonga in the doorway to her hut.
This is where she sat to watch the program put on for her.
This is a huge pig and some Tapa cloth mats given to the Queen.
This is a chief from the Hawaiian village introducing the girls doing a traditional hula for the Queen.
This is also where my camera ran out of batteries and I couldn't get pictures of the hula or of any of the dances or gifts from the other Villages. I had a front row seat, these pictures were taken from where I sat. There was a lot of ceremony and a great program put on for the Queen.
My battery was still not charged the first night. there were performances from students from Africa, China, Taiwan, Micronesia, Cook Islands, Japan, Mongolia, Samoa, Hawaii, Fiji and maybe other countries. Here are some pictures from the second night of Cultural night.
Students from Korea performed dances from their country.
More pictures from the Korean students.
Korean boys dancing.
I am not sure what country these girls are from, they might also be from Korea.
These are dancers from Aotearoa. (New Zealand)
These dancers are from the Philippines.
This was fun to watch. They danced in and out of the poles as the people holding the poles put them together and apart to the rhythm of the music. It really took skill.
My roommate, Luz Flores is from the Philippines and she helped with making a lot of the costumes. This was one of my favorite dances.
Tahiti girls and guys doing Tahitian dancing.
Tonga put on quite a show too.
The kids from Tonga really seem to enjoy doing their dances.
and
Cultural Night - March 28-29, 2014
This is the Queen's Hut at the Tongan Village, all ready for her arrival.
Notice the Tapa cloth mat and woven mat for the queen to walk on.
People waiting for her arrival.
Men from the Fiji Village are in costume and acting as the guards for the Queen.
They are walking in ahead of the Queen and behind her.
The Queen is in the center wearing the sunglasses.
President Grace, the President of the PCC, is in the Red shirt
and his wife is following, wearing the orange dress.
This is the Queen being escorted to her hut.
The Queen of Tonga in the doorway to her hut.
This is where she sat to watch the program put on for her.
This is a huge pig and some Tapa cloth mats given to the Queen.
This is a chief from the Hawaiian village introducing the girls doing a traditional hula for the Queen.
This is also where my camera ran out of batteries and I couldn't get pictures of the hula or of any of the dances or gifts from the other Villages. I had a front row seat, these pictures were taken from where I sat. There was a lot of ceremony and a great program put on for the Queen.
The Cultural Night Program
March 28-29, 2014My battery was still not charged the first night. there were performances from students from Africa, China, Taiwan, Micronesia, Cook Islands, Japan, Mongolia, Samoa, Hawaii, Fiji and maybe other countries. Here are some pictures from the second night of Cultural night.
Students from Korea performed dances from their country.
More pictures from the Korean students.
Korean boys dancing.
I am not sure what country these girls are from, they might also be from Korea.
These are dancers from Aotearoa. (New Zealand)
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More from New Zealand. |
These dancers are from the Philippines.
This was fun to watch. They danced in and out of the poles as the people holding the poles put them together and apart to the rhythm of the music. It really took skill.
My roommate, Luz Flores is from the Philippines and she helped with making a lot of the costumes. This was one of my favorite dances.
Tahiti girls and guys doing Tahitian dancing.
The kids from Tonga really seem to enjoy doing their dances.
Tonga finishes off the Cultural night.
Wow, the queen! You truly are in a different culture--so cool! And that is one huge looking pig.
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