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Tonga is the last remaining Polynesian Kingdom in the South Pacific and when the eldest grand-daughter of Their Majesties King Taufa’ahu Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho marries, it is a very important occasion. Wedding in Nuklu’alofa captures the dazzling colour and pageantry of traditional ceremonies and celebrations over a period of ten days. Distinguished guests from Fiji, Samoa, Aotearoa, Hawaii and the Cook Islands demonstrate the ancestral blood ties and shared kinship of their past history. In a rapidly changing world, it is impossible to know when these customs may be seen again. (2003, 2 x 30 mins)
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