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Flying Foxes Along The Boulevard : Tau'anga Peka 'oe Hala Po'uliva'ati'
Paperback Edition: 1
This book is about flying foxes in Hihifo, Tonga, based on the writer's recollections of growing up there in the 1950's and 1960's. It describes how and why his grandfather made a sanctuary for them at his home in Ha'avakatolo, away from their traditional base in Kolovai, where long ago Ata, the major titleholder of Hihifo, gave them protection. The writer's stories explain the importance of flying foxes in village life and the clever ways villagers have found to catch and make money from them while staying within cultural rules and respecting the authority of the high chief. And he asks what this little animal and the toa trees it prefers might tell today's generations about the history of Hihifo itself.
The book concludes with the family's search for a kupesi (stencil design for tapa cloth) that the writer's aunt made using images of the flying fox. This is the third book in the Manatu Melie series. It is a dual language book, in English and Tongan, and is intended to be read aloud and shared with family members or enjoyed in personal reading
Pages : 248
Publisher : Puletau Publishing
Publication date : 2022-01-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Education / Language / ESOL