| Sports &
Recreation
Tongans
are great at sport. The kinds of sports they play are include : rugby union,
soccer, cricket, volleyball and basketball.
Most traditional
games are still played, like Hiko, Pani and Lanita.
Hiko :
Hiko is
a juggling and dancing game. You can choose almost anything to juggle like
fruit or tennis balls. You compete with others for how long you can juggle
or who can juggle the most objects. You can also juggle with other people.
Most Tongans can play Hiko both children and adults. When poeple are dancing
on stage, other may Hiko on stage in the background.
Pani :
Two teams
play this game with about 10 or so empty tins and tennis balls. One team
builds a tower with the tins. Once it is built the opposing team has to throw
the tennis balls and knock it down. If you get hit by a ball you're out.
If the building team rebuilds the tins into the same shape they have to count
aloud to 10 then shout 'pani.' A team gets one point each time they shout
'pani'.
Lanita
:
Two teams
play this game with a soft ball and two bases. The batter throws the ball
into the air and hits it with the hand. If the ball is caught on the full
then the batter is out. If not the batter runs between the bases until the
fielding team throws the ball & hits the running batter. Each time the
batter touches a base it is a run. Each time a batter is out, teams change
from batter to fielder.
Tourists
who visit Tonga like enjoy the warm clear tropical waters and go game fishing,
sailing, scuba diving in caves, deep reefs, lagoons and on sunken ships.
Ngaahi
Fe'auhi mo e Va'inga
'Oku fu'u
sai 'aupito 'a e kakai Tonga he va'inga mo e fe'auhi. 'Oku lahi e ngaahi
va'inga mo e ngaahi fe'auhi hange ko e: 'akapulu, soka, kilikiti, volipolo,
mo e pasiketipolo.
'Oku 'i
ai foki mo e ngaahi va'inga fuoloa 'oku kei ngaue'aki pe
'o hange
ko e Hiko, Pani mo e Lanita.
Hiko:
'oku fakatou
ngaue'aki 'a e Hiko ki he va'inga mo e tau'olunga. 'Oku lava ke hiko'aki ha fa'ahinga
me'a pe 'oku 'ikai ke faka-
tu'utamaki,
hange ko e fua'i'akau pe pulu tenisi. 'Oku te
fe'auhi mo
ha taha pe ko hai 'oku hiko fuoloa taha mo lahi e ngaahi me'a 'oku ne hiko'aki.
'Oku lava pe ke te hiko mo ha taha fetongitongi. 'Oku tokolahi e kakai Tonga
'oku hiko faka- taha pe 'a e tamaiki mo e kakai lalahi. 'I he taimi
ko e 'oku fa'a tau'olunga'i ai e hiko, 'oku fai pe 'a e tau'olunga
ka e hiko pe 'a e ni'ihi mei mui.
Pani:
'Oku fe'auhi
heni 'a e timi 'e ua 'o tautau toko 10 'o ngaue'aki e nge'esi kapa mo e pulu
tenisi. 'E langa taua 'aki e nge'esi kapa 'e he timi 'e taha, pea
tolo 'e he timi 'e taha 'aki e pulu tenisi ke holo. Kapau 'e tau ha
pulu 'iate koe' te ke malolo koe ki tu'a. Kapau 'e lava
'e he timi na'e na'e langa taua 'o to e langa 'e taua ki hono 'uluaki
fotunga pea na u lau ki he 10 te
nau kaila
le'o lahi 'pani'.
Lanita:
'Oku va'inga
heni e timi 'e ua mo e fo'i pulu molu mo e pate 'e ua.
'Oku li 'a
e pulu ki 'olunga 'e he toko taha 'oku ta pea ne taa'i e
pulu.
Kapau 'e hapo'i 'e taha e fo'i pulu na'e taa'i, 'e malolo ki
tu'a 'a e
tama na'e ta. Kapau he 'ikai hapo'i e fo'i pulu na'e
taa'i 'e
lele leva 'a e tama ta 'i he vaha'a e ongo kolo kae 'oua
kuo tau e
pulu he tama ta. 'Oku lau ko e kai e taimi kotoa pe 'e a'u ai e lele
'a e tama ta ki he kolo. Ko e taimi kotoa pe 'e malolo ai ki tu'a ha
tama 'e fetongi leva 'a e timi ta mo e timi
tautua'a.
'Oku manakoa
'aupito 'e he kau 'a'ahi ki Tonga 'a e ma'a mo mafana'a e tahi ki he taumata'u,
siu'a'alo, uku 'i he ngaahi 'ana mo e ngaahi hakau, ngaahi anovai mo e ngaahi
vaka ngoto.
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