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?

→ tree bark 

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→ fish and nature

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→ because so it dosen’t disappear in the future 

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→ flowers fish and people designs 

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

→ the sea because they swim away 

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

→ patterns designs and carvings