We're all coconuts from the same tree! Some coconuts drifted to Hawaiʻi, Rapa Nui, Kuki Airani, and so on! Yet, we still come from the same tree.
@Lawoftalos12
3 ай бұрын
Im not a paciifc austronesian by any means but i really don’t believe any of this. Yeah tongans had their own monuments and achievements in polynesia but they did NOT build the moai!! Theres nothing like the moai in any of the lands ruled by the tui tonga empire as the rapa nui people built all the moai heads and what not. I love tonga 🇹🇴 and tongan culture from turkey but i dont see how the tongans could have built the moai when the rapa nui had their own script, other religions like tangata manu and tije differences etc..
@noah-xv8cv
8 ай бұрын
I AM NOT COMMENTING THIS BECAUSE IM SAMOAN⚠️⚠️⚠️. I 💯 believe that all polynesian came from Samoans or Tu'i Manu'a empire. I don't care which empire is bigger, I care where do most polynesian originate from. But I will list out summaries and links below: 🇹🇴Tonga:According to Samoan oral tradition, Tonga was once under the sway of the Tui Manu'a and paid tribute to the chiefs of Samoa. In the tenth century this dominance was reversed, the Tui Manu'a were supplanted by the Tuʻi Tonga Empire, and Samoa's chiefs paid tribute to Tonga. In the thirteenth century Talakaifaiki brought Samoa under his direct control, and established a capital at Safotu on the island of Savaiʻi. He was later driven out by the progenitors of the Malietoa dynasty.Despite this successful rebellion intermarriages between Tongan and Samoan chiefly lines continued, and Ngata, the progenitor of the current Tonga royal dynasty, the Tuʻi Kanokupolu, was of Samoan descent.According to Samoan legend, Aso'aitu (Aho’eitu in Samoan) was the first Tu’i Tonga (ruler of the south) and son of a deified Samoan high chief, Tangaloa ‘Eitumâtupu’a, and whose mother was a Tongan woman, Va’epopua, of great noble birth. This double origin, entitled the Tu’i Tonga to hold both divine and secular offices. For Samoa in particular, it was especially important to have these genealogical links in order for one's rule to be legitimized. This is seen again in later centuries during Queen Salamasina's time, as she was descended from this same line of both Samoan and Tongan aristocracy. In principle, the close cultural and historical interlinkages between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga were essentially elitist, involving the intermarriage between regional aristocratic families. 🇼🇫 Uvea Mo Futuna (Wallis And Futuna:Oral tradition records rich connections with the Samoans, whose arrival was peaceful. The sovereigns of the kingdom of Alo would thus come from Samoa (lineage of Fakavelikele). Similarities in constructions were also observed between the two islands. There is no suspect of the connection between Uvean (Wallisan) and Samoan I could find. 🇳🇺Niue:Polynesians from Samoa settled Niue around 900 AD. Further settlers arrived from Tonga in the 16th century. 🇹🇰 Tokelau:Archaeological evidence indicates that the atolls of Tokelau - Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo - were settled about 1,000 years ago from Samoa. 🇳🇿Aotearoa/New zealand: www.tiktok.com/@themsavaiiboys/video/7296025599687003393?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7315791942980519426 Tuwhaka-raro - Tuisavalalo Whakatau-potiki - Va'atausili Manahua - Manu'a Muriwhenua - Mulifanua Whangaroa - Fagaloa Whangarei - Fagalei Apakura - Apalua 🇺🇲Hawaii: www.tiktok.com/@themsavaiiboys/video/7270805144026041602 Hawai'i Havai'i (pronounced in hawaiian) Savai'i Links: www.science.org/content/article/game-changing-study-suggests-first-polynesians-voyaged-all-way-east-asia www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/study-reveals-intrepid-seafarers-started-in-samoa-before-settling-polynesia-20210923-p58u3v.html www.samoanews.com/linking-samoans/dna-study-reveals-samoa-islands-starting-point-polynesian-migration www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10691.png?v=1599156904 www.gifex.com/detail-en/2009-12-29-11508/Polynesian_migration_in_Oceania.html Empire size comparison: Tu'i Manu'a: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tui_Manu%27a#/media/File%3ATui_Manu'a_Empire_Map.png Tu'i tonga: twitter.com/GeographyNow/status/1525942109584228352 Empire Language comparison: Tu'i Manu'a: Samoan Tongan Fijian Futunan Niuean Uvean Tuvaluan Tokelauan Cook Islands Māori i-Kiribati Tahitian Rotuman Pukapukan Tuʻi Tonga: Samoan Tongan Futunan Uvean Fijian Many Polynesian languages uses "k" in their alphabet while the Samoan uses the " ' "(Apostrophe) in their alphabet which support that some alphabet are added from the Samoan language. IF YOU DON'T AGREE OR AGAINST, IT'S ALL FINE, I WONT JUDGE YOUR OWN OPINION⚠️⚠️⚠️. ONE LOVE ❤❤❤🇳🇿🇹🇰🇨🇰🇼🇫🇳🇺🇼🇸🇦🇸🇹🇴
@user-yh7sy6tn3z
8 ай бұрын
The ngatu, ta’o Vala with the tupenu is Tongan, Tonga was never colonised therefore nobody has rigged our history nor our language!! He who wins the war or colonises controls the narrative Tonga hasn’t been either way!! So everyone that is hating check your history? Colonised? Yes meaning some point in time your language your history has been rigged by your colonial masters!!
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
Wtf are you rambling about? Weirdo 😂
@keewaibk7947
Жыл бұрын
Samoans always telling lies about this made up empire of there’s lol UFA
@keewaibk7947
Жыл бұрын
Ofc Tonga is the cradle of Polynesia .
@tametei3543
Жыл бұрын
Tongans conquered half the pacific the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Kiribati islands, Samoa, Easter island, and parts of fiji. I’d say Fijians were the only people that gave us Tongans the most brutal fights ever
@horsekfobster7823
4 ай бұрын
Man knock it off, Jules Dumont d’Urville invented the term Melanesian. Look up his racial classifications and look up his opinions on Fijians, he literally said they were the most superior Melanesians due to influence from the more advanced Tongans.
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
@horsekfobster7823 you believe these racist palagis? Sell out 😂
@tauleaaetoa2141
Жыл бұрын
everyone just ashamed to admit they were ruled by a small nation of big hearts ..best warriors of the pasific..even till this day we are feared
@elisabethpalu2326
Жыл бұрын
There will always be a samoan person on every tongan video to say this and that because there is no proof except their stories lol unlike tonga leaving behind communities and villages that are mostly of tongans if not all and speak the tongan language fluently. Now that's evidence that can never be hidden with stories
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
Show me Rapa Nui people who can verify this bs story. Oh wait, you can't 😂
@originalclaymoreboy728
Жыл бұрын
Tongans never built the moai just like history of Polynesia all islands had already been well settled and had their own rulers then the tongans tried to lay claim to everything..Stfu with the lies the only things you built never made it past Niue.
@originalclaymoreboy728
Жыл бұрын
Rapanui was never under the rule of tonga stop with these fkn lies man.
@jasongerrard2954
Жыл бұрын
I believe the Tongans were introduced to ocean Pacific voyaging via the Egyptian explorers around 400BC. Hieroglyphs have been discovered throughout the Pacific, Australia and Western America. The monolith "Burden of Maui" is accredited to the Egyptian voyage. Maui is navigator, Ra Ta - Captain.
@eltrevixd
2 жыл бұрын
WOW! the comments section is full of racism.
@tiaaug283
2 жыл бұрын
Tongans always trying to write other Polynesians history down…🤣🤣🤣🤣
@joshmann1990
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah most of all the islands in the South Pacific was ruled by the kingdom of Tonga 🇹🇴
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
Prove it
@o4-a224
2 жыл бұрын
Malo Brother GLORY OF GOD
@leanabaynton547
2 жыл бұрын
Kia Ora Malo, My name is Le Ana Seneti Fry, I was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. My father was born in Pea, tongatapu but he was deported when I was very young and haven't had any contact. Growing up in NZ was challenging without a link to my father or his family but I was blessed to have amazing Maori teachers and people around me that I was able to learn the importance of culture & tradition. The song at 9.24 sings to my soul ❤️ it gives me a sense of grounding here in Aotearoa, that there were ways of life like voyaging amongst the islands that we all shared. I would love to hear more about this song, if you don't mind sharing info of course, I hope it's not rude to ask? I'm currently studying bi-cultural social services, this would greatly help me to begin incorporating my Tongan side into my studies. Many thanks, Le Ana
@increasepeace4996
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stop laughing at this nonsense. You make Tevita Fale look sane 😂😂😂
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
@@isifonua5619 as if this clown is an academic. Foh 😂
@ginger2069
2 жыл бұрын
These history are all belong to china today hahahaha
@josemacbeth1641
2 жыл бұрын
I am Tongan and I don't believe this but If it was true then it have to be around right after Aho'eitu or before (450-950BC). Also I love how the Tongans and Samoans always against each other when it comes to history lol. I be drinking laughing and copying the stories so you be the judge to this. :Is this true? "Tu’i title in Samoa comes from a Tu’i Tonga, Tuna and Fata are exiled Tongans and descendants of Tala Fale. Sa’avai’i and Samoa are names given after Talakaifaiki”Kau ulu fonua”was exiled from Samoa the old names are Haamoa which is the Tongan name. Haa is the same as clan which are descendants of a Tu’i Tongan. Haa Avaiki is the Tongan name for Savai’i and is the island that the Tu’i Tonga kings lived on, Haamoa includes Kupolu(upolu) Kuvea(Uvea) and Kuila(tutuila) these islands belonged to the FaleFa(Ahoeitu’s half brothers) and Manua was not part of Haamoa. The name Tutuila came from the war between Tuna, Fata and Tala kaifaiki which means “to set fire to the sail” tutu is to burn and Ila is the name of the Tu’i Tongas sail(Ki’e Tonga) which were manufactured on Kuila. Tala kaifaiki had a large number of warriors on kuila but the night before the Tuna and Fata attack on the Tu’i Tonga their followers set fire to their sails which isolated them from the attack on their King, this the main reason Talakaifaiki was defeated, a history. Now for Manua, Tonga Fusifonua was from Tonga (which is named after him) and his half brother Tau Fulifonua. Tonga who lived in the village of Manuka was exiled to Tua motu(Manu’a) by his half brother. Thats were Okusitino is wrong, Kau ulufonua fekai had a half brother named Manu who was given the Title Manu fekai by his half brother and the title Tu’i Manuka for helping his brother locate their fathers killers. Now for the Archeological evidence, Haamonga a Maui, Langi faitoka, Sia Heu Lupe aslo star mounds in Samoa these are Sia built by the Tu’i Tongas during the rule there, Samoans call the walls built around them Patoga(walls of the Tu’i Tonga). There is no evidence of an empire in Manu’a these islands aren’t suited for that, and if it was important or Sacred as “some” Samoans claim why is it not named Sa Manu’a or Manu’a Tapu" :Another one The Tui Manu’a title was created by Tui Tatui. Manu’a (Manuka in tongan) means ‘To Wound’. They bestowed the Tui Manu’a title to the 11th Tui Tonga who was Tui Tatui, because he was the first Tui Tonga to get the traditional tattoo. Tongan kings were considered too holy and cannot shed blood in any way including warfare or tattoo. But Tui Tatui wished to shed blood and get the tattoo hence why they called him Tui Manuka (first king to shed blood/wounded) Samoans are closer to our royal family because most of the kings had Samoan women as wives and all the banished royals went to samoa. They took there house names from Tonga to Samoa hence why we have similar village names eg. Ahau/Asau etc Our royal girls blood were considered too pure and cannot marry Tongans or Samoans so they went and marry Fijians. The Tangaloa clan however lived in Langi. They did not live in the skies 😂😂 Langi is the king’s land/house, Fale is for the chiefs and ‘Api for the commoners. Throughout the whole pacific, Langi can only be found in Tonga. :From a Uvean "@Tongans gone shoot Malo Lailai (Greeting In fagauvean) alright so there was a legend of a powerful warrior who was referred to as ahu'eto he was a power legendary warrior who conquered the people of Fanguvea. He was from what we called in our legend and myths "Polianga oe fukau ngàahe tahi tui tonga' which translates to 'land and kingdom of adventures seas." After conquering the island it was said that he intermarried with a local ouvean women. After that he would bring many tongans to intermarry with the locals which brought the rise of fagauvea. The son of Aho'etu who was referred to as Mana'tukua who was known as the legendary chief of fagauvea he helped unify the whole of uvea island by the help of Mighty tongan warriors. This legend is mainly about "the rise of fagauvea" or "kou e Mahiki xere hake le fagauvea." :From a white man's perspective read this. It is a report that includes Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. books.google.com/books?id=lwFCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=clan+kantavu+of+fiji&source=bl&ots=sOswHfmbwc&sig=ACfU3U1E3gHYm3GT2XUkb46qK0md7p9bNA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin4IiQ95v0AhWCTDABHRMaCp8Q6AF6BAg5EAM#v=onepage&q=tonga&f=false
@increasepeace4996
9 күн бұрын
@horsekfobster7823 you think it's his real name? Is Horse K Fobster your real name? 😂
@josemacbeth1641
7 күн бұрын
@@increasepeace4996 The quotes are from Tongans and a Uvean. Alternative? This is a Official Report in our area in the 1940's. The link is from a white propagandist journalist during the white expansion in the Pacific from England who worked in Australia(1840), Hawaii(1848) and became a Chief Justice in Fiji(1872) leading to the annexation of Fiji.
@moefiki9901
2 жыл бұрын
It's the dance for me lmaoo
@Saimone008
2 жыл бұрын
MALIE
@theartistvei
2 жыл бұрын
malo lahi aupito for sharing these sacred and intersecting ways that relate and distinguish our tongan ancestors <3 you are a treasure!
@billtagi7237
3 жыл бұрын
FUCK TUI MANUA FUCK TUI PULOTU FUCK KING GEORGE THE REAL KING OF TONGA IS JESUS CHRIST AS HE IS OVER ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
@davidtaliai996
3 жыл бұрын
Mehh im tongan and i dont believe any of this lol yeah our influence is great but our claim to being conquerors of the pacific is only really confined to western polynesia. Theres no remnants of our influence in central or eastern polynesia. Why dont we have anything like the moai in tonga? The rapa nui people built those. The only things we know for sure that we built is the talietumu fort in 'uvea and the tavuni hill fort in fiji.
@grappling.enthusiast
2 жыл бұрын
@@increasepeace4996 I understand that, but I'm just pointing out that Tongan influence stretches beyond Polynesia.
@issyguise384
3 жыл бұрын
I O, Bula si'a Malo E lelei to our Tongan fimili & Samoan Aiga.The history of Tongan has been taught throughout ( Fisi, whiki, viti,whiti) schools & all local Fijian community villagers & tui. It's been passed down from our ( tupuna,tubuna, tipuna,whanau,fenua)... intodays generation.
@melesuiavalatu5497
3 жыл бұрын
MALIE LAHI... KEEP ON
@lazkajer8918
3 жыл бұрын
brother tonga couldnt even take pukapuka the wale's so how can us go out there and batle the tahitians who were super war like
@umutangata
2 ай бұрын
@@tametei3543Bora Bora an island in Tahiti in ancient times was called Vava’u, because the first settlers were from Vava’u, Tonga
@misanasilai4119
3 жыл бұрын
funny cos anyone here meet any other people of polynesia that are stonemasons? we defs made this ish! lol
@zenmasterbeats5068
3 жыл бұрын
And why do easter islands people's speak maori tongans don't even understand it also when people identify the term haka they immediately resolve to new Zealand maoris for example type haka into Google search it wont bring anything up about tonga it will identify straight to new Zealand cultures this guys wrong
@nachobidness_luv
3 жыл бұрын
Because the white man named our SIPI TAU "haka" .... We Tongans do not have a "haka", we have a SIPI TAU! lemu
@zenmasterbeats5068
3 жыл бұрын
Tongans invented nothing infact the tongan people themselves were invented by samoans and malenesians tongans are a new Polynesian race they weren't that old
@umutangata
2 ай бұрын
@@Waterworks77ask the archaeologists. Their findings show Tonga to have the oldest Polynesian settlement (Nukuleka, Tongatapu), oldest Polynesian artifact (tattoo kit made of human bone found in Pea, Tongatapu), & oldest Lapita pottery (Nukuleka, Tongatapu). You can come at me with your feelings. I’ll just come back at you with scientific facts.
@zenmasterbeats5068
3 жыл бұрын
Who ever said tonga invented easter island and the moai is an idiot they didnt
@airashiitheempress5798
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful and find my feet planted in the ground doing this dance with you and feeling all of my ancestors that performed this when they walked this earth. Thank you for sharing your research I am blown away and feel like this is part of something big but someone went above to try to hide this fact. I always of the Tuu Tonga had some connection to the Vikings and the Titans. My Tongan roots and who I come from seemed like their spirit is one in the same. God bless you and hope to see more upload. Ofa Lahi atu mei America
@folaum.g7036
4 жыл бұрын
Every video here on KZitem about the Pacific or History that I came across, there will be a negative comments from my Samoan brothers and Sisters. I don't know what's wrong with them but I think they're so jealous about Tonga the place with the most riches culture and History in the Pacific. The History of Samoa stayed in Samoa and no one in the Pacific knows about it because only Samoan knows a Samoan with their own stories that no one cares about or talk about. Tonga is related to all the Pacific Islands through traditions and cultures and they have Histories that most of the Pacific islands knew and they talked about it and they also love Tongan more than Samoan but I don't wanna argue about this whole shit because it will never end. Our children will continue this arguement until the judgment day! 😂😂 peace out 👌
@grappling.enthusiast
2 жыл бұрын
@@renegade9064 Facts.
@increasepeace4996
2 жыл бұрын
@@renegade9064 @Semi Langi I had a feeling you idiots would be here talking shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@keewaibk7947
Жыл бұрын
@@tiaaug283fucc Samoa
@hanzelloveday6231
4 жыл бұрын
Love our history toko🔥
@mikematauvave3079
4 жыл бұрын
ONE LOVE Bby
@Kaiviti271
4 жыл бұрын
Mahn palagi people really mass up our history thought out the pacific
@ivespoken8902
4 жыл бұрын
i wish one day can make movies about Tongans history, especially our kings and their rules pre christianity and stuff. Willima Mariner's book need to be on the big scren asap.
@theartistvei
2 жыл бұрын
look for the legend of Kava and Ahoeitu <3 its here on youtube
@umutangata
2 ай бұрын
@@alelokaoseumuWilliam Mariner’s book did happen. Can’t deny it! Samoans always hating 🤣
@alelokaoseumu
2 ай бұрын
@@umutangata "account of natives" 🤣🤣🤣 ah yes, that book. Salote famously said that Tongan history is what the chief says it is. Ah yes, that history. The made up one 😂
@jmjm1920
4 жыл бұрын
Ata or Mafoaaeata means dawn or first light Easter Island Ata is Tonga first Tuitonga Ahu o Tongaliki Moai first migration from Vaihi means big land America names after Savaii Hawaiki The first migration was called Loau migrate through Ata and settle Tonga and Samoa 5000 years ago before trading with blacked Fiji Vanuatu Solomon etc from Western later 3000 years ago called Lapita Tonga is known in Polynesia Sacred TopuTapu Ietonga Matangi Tonga Tongariro FaleTaonga etc from Tuitonga Influenced! They were the mounds builter Siaheulupe and Langi Stone Mound Pyramid in Tongatapu and Polynesia for the Highest Tuitonga built by 3 powerful Clans Highest Title Kohai Koau mo Momo or Maui Tangaloa and Pulotu not God! Haamonga a Maui was first built in Tongatapu as a Ancient Calendar for long distance Navigation by Maui Clan Where Time Begins today Dateline similar to Incas and Mayans! Ancient Tongan Empire 13 months Calendar ToloaTonga Bird or Southern Cross facing South Today was North back then and Vakameilalo or the boat from the South was TelekiTokelau North today! Evidence of Tongan Empire is scattered across Pacific Siaheulupe Langi oe Tuitonga in Tongatapu! Tuitonga Momo built Pulemelei in Savaihi around 800ad from the story of Uno o Sangone and Tuitonga Kauulufonua built Talietumu Fortress Uvea in 1100ad! Manuka highest Chiefs from Tuitonga Ancient Practices called Tokatufa Umutakitaki! Peace 😇😊
@nightrider8950
4 жыл бұрын
Samoa and Tonga both claim to be rulers of the Pacific when in fact they only rule over their own small islands..Fiji has the bigger islands because they were ruthless warriors and were often fighting amongst themselves otherwise if they were United they would annihilate tonga and Samoa!
@HAMOEVACHEEHOOO
4 жыл бұрын
Compare the Samoan culture to the Tongan culture and see the truth
@daveone8275
4 жыл бұрын
KASELE FIE KAAI MUA TUKU A HOO MOU LOU KAU TONGA MOE KAAI MUMUA
@jarrodgali1138
4 жыл бұрын
I reckon it's good to know our history though let's not have that become an obstacle for us islanders to come together. Damn people. Why worry about what island was first stepped on. There are more important things to worry about smh ahaha. Hate when Tongans and Samoans or any of our brown brothers start fighting especially when it's over something our understanding and knowledge cannot grasp upon. Straight up. If a Poly is on tv or doing whatever, then he/she represents all the islands of the Pacific. We take too much of our energy into hating other islands coz they claim that they come from the birthplace of the Pacific Ocean. Siana, why not use that energy for a more positive outcome. That way, we are not only helping ourselves but each other. There's only one God ay aha. All one people. Much luv from NZ thou ahaha
@levimcmeekin6690
4 жыл бұрын
Hotu Matua (brother of Hotu Roa - captain of the Tainui waka of Aotearoa) from the Marquesas/Tuamotu Islands founded Rapa Nui... it was his descendants and the descendants of those who pioneered with him, that created the Moai statues on Rapa Nui. Collectively they came out of the Marquesas/Tuamotu Island group. They were NOT Tongan, had NO affiliation with Tui Tonga and were NEVER during any period in the Pacific's history, under Tongan rule. Please get your facts in order.
@jahuatuku9275
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard about hotumatua as well discovering rapanui there dialect sounds like a mixture of some tahitian cookisland and maori
@alfredtameifuna8928
Ай бұрын
@@herihimikado8570 1980s, 1990s elders from Aitutaki to Pukapuka state there was a influence of the Tu'i Tonga Empire into Cook Islands... raro - TONGA and especially TONGA - reva are the influence do some research and go throughout Cook Islands 15 islands and you'll get the Ancient information by Elders there.
@alfredtameifuna8928
Ай бұрын
@@levimcmeekin6690get off the pipe brah... Too much talking to Bob Marley... Back in the 1980s, 1990s non of that history was at the Auckland University Library which is the holder of all Pacific Islands history. Nothing. That narrative may have come from a select group of people but far from the truth. The Anthropologists/Archeologists/Pacifican historians haven't said nothing of that history. Alot of new theories and fabricated narratives around now with social media.
@tupelangi1788
4 жыл бұрын
Read all comment here was like wold world war 2 😳😳😳😳 I hope I was Asian where's everything made from now days
@hazelmare7650
4 жыл бұрын
Toatu pea malo kau Tangata fai fatongia mai Mei he feituuna.
@maxpower1099
4 жыл бұрын
No such thing as samoan empire LMAO only TONGAN EXPANSIONISM
@manuhamoa
4 жыл бұрын
Tagaloa Line
@maxpower1099
4 жыл бұрын
TONGAN EMPIRE. TONGAN HEGEMONY. TONGAN RULE OVER THE PACIFIC. TONGAN COLONISATION AND CORAL STONE MONUMENTS AND MONOLITHS. Facts that make other islands seem inferior and get salty i.e samoa tahiti cook islands
@herihimikado8570
4 жыл бұрын
Bruv I wanna know what to cook island and Tahiti get salty about 😂
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