Today we learnt about some Tongan treasures that Miss V brought for us to learn about and why they wear or use the treasures. First she showed us about a Kava Bowl which is called a Kumete so they use the Kumete for a pacific drink that is made out of a root of a tree called the Kava Tree. Their is a story about a King that lands on a island while they are going fishing, they went on the island because the king was very hungry the king was resting well the family were trying to find something for them to eat but on the island there is no animals or anything so they only eat yam. They were going to find the yam but the king was sitting on the yam tree so he had nothing to eat so they had a talk the husband an wife that they are going to sacrifice their daughter for the king to eat so when the daughter went to go and hug the dad he chocked her so she passed away. They told the king but the king said that it is alright but I thank you guys for caring about me, so the dad buried the daughter then a kava tree started to grow where her head was and a sugarcane plant started to grow where her feet was and that is why kava is important to the Tongan culture.
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