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	Tupenu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tupenu is the Tongan term for a wrapped garment also called a sarong, lungi, or lava-lava, worn through much of South Asia and Oceania.
		It is analogous to the kilt worn in Scotland.
		The tupenu worn by women is wide enough to cover the body between the waist and ankles, and long enough to wrap securely around the waist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tupenu (302 words)

	Culture of Tonga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Women cover the tupenu with a kofu, or Western-style dress; men top the tupenu either with a T-shirt, a Western casual shirt, or on formal occasions, a dress shirt and a suit coat.
		Tongan men wear a tupenu, a cloth that is similar to a sarong, which is wrapped around the waist.
		The tupenu may be smartly tailored and have a matching suit jacket.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Tonga (5210 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Pareo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Nowadays the term is applied to any piece of cloth worn wrapped around the body, worn by males or females.
		It is related to the Malay sarong, SÄmoan lavalava, Tongan tupenu and other such garments.
		In contemporary Tahitian the right word is pÄreu (singular: te pÄreu, plural: te mau pÄreu), with the pronunciation of the word with a long a (hold the sound for two beats rather than just one) and the e and u pronounced separately, rather than slurred into a diphthong.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Pareo (565 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tongans still maintain traditional dress codes including the Tupenu, a wrap round, skirt like clothe worn by Tongan males for all formal occasions.
		The tupenu is the normal work attire and is also worn to church.
		Tongan women wear long wrap arounds that extend their dress to the ankles.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~samk/t_dress.html (121 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That means that women and girls will wear a puletaha, a dress with a slip and a kie kie, a belt that shows respect, she said.
		Men will wear a kilt, called a tupenu, with a leaf mat over it.
		You have to be dressed respectfully to be in the presence of the king, Ma'ama said.
	www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2385814 (614 words)

	Tonga maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The flag is of simple design, a red flag with a white upper quadrant containing a red cross, symbolic of the church and the Government of Tonga.
		Ta’ovala: A finely woven leaf mat worn over a dress with a wraparound skirt for women, and a skirt or kilt called a " tupenu " for men.
		Wearing the Ta’ovala is a sign of respect, and the most appropriate way to dress for formal occassions.
	www.davearlington.com /Tonga/maps.html (232 words)

	Class of '87 Editorials
		Previously, the Boys uniform were a short sleeved grey shirt and grey shorts.
		The change in 1986 saw the shorts being done away with in favour of a grey tupenu.
		This year also saw us Form 5 students sit the last New Zealand School Certificate Exams to be held in Tonga.
	www.tongahighschool.com /82/Front_end/editorial.htm (821 words)

	harmonica 62
		Many officials wore the traditional Tongan tupenu or men's skirt.
		The tupenu is also school uniform for secondary schools.
		They are good-looking people and fortunately seem to like having their photographs taken.
	www.techco.ab.ca /harmonica/pics/letters/news62.html (1587 words)

	Tongan Project- Culture in Tonga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tongan men wear a tupenu, a cloth skirt-like that goes around their waist, and it goes below their knees.
		In funerals they wear fl dress with tupenu and a dark brown ta'ovala.
		'Oku tui kofu pea vala tupenu mo e ta'ovala 'a e kakai fefine 'o a'u hifo ki honau tui.
	www.brookvale-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /PROJECTS/tongan/culture.htm (2051 words)

	You might be in Hawaii if ...
		You are glad to see a lizard on your bedroom ceiling.
		You see men come to church dressed in a white shirt, tie, and skirt (a Tongan tupenu).
		When you are running errands after 3 pm, you call ahead to see if the business is still open.
	www.konaweb.com /features/might-be/index.shtml (433 words)

	8-99
		He opened the new town wharf and the fruit/vegetable market, all financed by the European Economic Community (EEC) and the village of Neiafu created a festive day with music, dancing, food and speeches.
		The king wore a fl tupenu (knee length skirt that men wear), fl sandals and socks, fl leather jacket and sunglasses.
		Not to be disrespectful to the king, but he did look like a Mafia Don.
	www.digwave.com /simmer/8-99.htm (1800 words)

	Blogasmic: Grandpa's Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They are half Australian, half Tongan, and the story behind Grandpa's Song is that their Tongan grandfather visited them in Melbourne when Vika was five.
		He arrived to pick her up from school in his traditional Tongan Tupenu (a long skirt) and she was so embarrassed in front of her friends that she walked home several steps ahead of him, while he followed behind, giggling to himself.
		And of course now she is filled with regret at having been ashamed of him and her family's Tongan heritage.
	blogasmic.typepad.com /blogasmic/2005/12/grandpas_song.html (432 words)

	Clare360.com Tongan Island Photos for Tiffany Devereux and Billy Devereux's Sailing Circumnavigation on board S/V Clare
		These boys are wearing their school uniform and are carrying a desk from one class to the next.
		We commissioned a wedding mat to be made for our cousin and her new husband, Kate and Don.
		Notice the "tupenu" she wears is a depiction of the American flag.
	clare360.com /tonga_photos.htm (739 words)

	Thunder & Lightning
		Some men and women wear a mat (ta'ovala) around the middle, or sometimes women wear one of the belts with streamers hanging down (kiekie).
		Under the mats, the men wear a wraparound cloth skirt (tupenu) and the women wear several layers covering down to the wrists and down to the ankles.
		The weather of course is very hot and humid, so it's difficult to understand how they can bear to wear so many clothes.
	www.svsequoia.com /thunder_&_lightning.htm (1739 words)

	LEGEND OF THE EMIGRATION OF MANAIA,THE PROGENITOR OF THE NGATI-AWA TRIBES. \| NZETC
		The people lying in ambush all followed the youth when he rushed on their enemies and slaughtered them; but their chief, Tupenu, fled by the way of the beach of Pikopikoi-whiti, and Manaia pursued him closely, but was not fleet enough of foot to catch him.
		Then he called out to his wife, Rongotiki, to utter incantations to weaken his enemy; and she did so, repeating an incantation termed Tapuwae; and when she had finished that, by her enchantments she rendered the flying warrior faint and feeble, so that Manaia rapidly gained on him, caught him, and slew him.
		Thus perished Tupenu and the party of people whom he had taken with him to work for Manaia.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-GrePoly-c1-15.html (1156 words)

	It's Kilt Day!
		There are also many other generally acceptable non-bifurcated garments for men of various ethnic backgrounds (or wishing to pay honor or respect to the cultures from which they originated), such as; the
		fustanella, hakama, kikoi, lungi, sapeta, sulu, tupenu, sarong, kikoi, lava-lava, kimono, yukata, dashiki, caftan, djellabah, giermak, galabiyah, gho, longyi, robe and cassock.
		Each is an accepted male-unbifurcated-garment (MUG) that has traditionally been employed by a specific ethnic group (or groups) or seen use widespread and acceptance in a particular region or culture.
	www.kiltday.com /braveheart.htm (1177 words)

	TYA Enjoys Introduction to His Royale Majesty
		Team Hawaii player Ikuvalu Sake (Maui) said prior to the experience of meeting royalty, “This is cool.
		It’s exciting and I am ready to meet the king.” Sake and his teammates wore their football jerseys over the traditional Tongan tupenu and tao’vala to show their respect and reverence on the occasion.
		While at the stadium, King Tauu’ahau was generous enough to meet the TYA players during intermission of his grandson’s ruby game.
	www.spimag.com /TYA_Royale_Majesty.htm (371 words)

	Massey News Article - First Director Pasifika welcomed
		Tearful with emotion, he began his speech saying: “This occasion is far too grand, far too momentous for a village boy who comes from Tonga, a village of about 200 and that includes birds, trees, chickens, pigs and everything else.”
		Dressed in traditional Tongan national costume, the tupenu, he added that in the Kingdom of Tonga there was an expectation that even a tiny village could offer something useful and helpful.
		Pacific Islanders had been coming to New Zealand “in search of a better life, not as colonialists or imperialists”, he said.
	masseynews.massey.ac.nz /2006/Massey_News/issue-10/stories/06-10-06.html (460 words)

	Tonga on the 'NET - William the Water-Walker
		As he had grown older he began to feel heavier, clumsier.
		And of course, at high school he wore the tupenu: you can't glide across puddle wearing a tupenu.
		Surely it could be done if you were somehow feeling right … he just instinctively knew it was possible.
	www.tongatapu.net.to /tonga/sstory/william.html (547 words)

	Site Overview: Tonga High School - Simply the Best!
		Being a co-educational school,the boys used to wear grey shorts and shirts with brown sandals and brown belts.
		More recently, boys wear grey 'tupenu' and a ta'ovala instead of shorts.
		For the girls,they wear maroon blouses with white shirts and a yellow ribbon.
	www.tongahighschool.com /intro.html (711 words)

	tongan history
		In Hawai'i, Tongans are the Polynesians who most often wear their native dress.
		The tupenu is a skirt-like wrap worn by men for work and church.
		Outside the home, Tongans are respected in Hawai'i for constructing rock walls by hand.
	www.islander-magazine.com /js7tongan.html (979 words)

	IslandTime - Carpe Mañana: October 7, 2002 - October 13, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		All 16 volunteers are slated for education positions, but some are being considered for primary education while others may end up teaching secondary, business or information technology.
		Actually, the article of clothing is called a Tupenu - it's basically a long, unpleated wrap-around skirt with pockets.
		Good thing he's got the legs to pull off this fashion statement.
	islandtime.typepad.com /4_december/2002/week41 (691 words)

	Poly-Hut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Don't go out all nite other wise telesa and her sisters will come in a form of a living thing and attack you, you will not die but you will have thaskar for the rest of your life (exspicaly females after 2400)
		It is disrespectful to wear shorts around your brother without a "tupenu" or covering your lower half.
		in the prescense of anyone from the royal family, you must be wearing a skirt or a tupenu with a ta'ovala or a kie kie as a sign of respect
	moneycentral.groups.msn.com /polyhut/taboos.msnw (1928 words)

	Tonga on the 'NET - Pacific Lore - Maui Kisikisi brings fire from the underworld
		So Maui Atalanga led Maui Kisikisi back to the hole which they had climbed down to reach Pulotu.
		As Maui Kisikisi passed by the fire where his grandfather was, he let his tupenu (body wrap) drag through the fire so that it caught a few sparks in the cloth.
		As Maui Atalanga and Maui Kisikisi were climbing up through the hole Maui Atalanga could smell the smoke from Maui Kisikisi's smoldering body wrap so he knew that Maui Kisikisi was trying to bring fire up to Koloa.
	www.tongatapu.net.to /lore/tonga/tonga112.htm (1060 words)

	Trade & Services in Vava'u Islands, Tonga, South Pacific
		Located at Úlulangivaka village just 2 kilometers from the centre of Neiafu and 4 minutes walking from Paradise International Hotel.
		She can make suits, uniforms of all kinds, ladies' clothing, children's clothing, mens' tupenu, curtains, seat covers, sofa covers and chair covers.
		Open 6 days a week from 8:00am - 8:00pm every day.
	www.vavau.to /trades.html (159 words)

	Malo e lelei, (greetings)
		Their dress especially reflects this conservatism as it is against the law for men and women to go shirtless in public.
		Men wear a formal Tupenu (long skirt) and Taovala (woven wrap which signifies respect to the Monarchy and Tonga and also identifies them as Tongans while traveling abroad).
		Women tend to wear a more elaborate Taovala over a modern dress.
	www.adventuresports.com /demo/latitudes/greetings.htm (2090 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - General Information (T)
		It consists of two vibrating steel prongs, which spring from a tapered base.
		The tupenu is a wrap round, skirt like cloth worn by Tongan males for all formal occasions.
		Steam turbines often propel ships and power stations.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/AB.HTM (13030 words)

	Writing - Amanda Jones
		Apparently his highness had visited recently and the resort had catered the picnic.
		"He came ashore wearing a Mexican sombrero, humungous Hawaiian shirt, Tongan tupenu skirt, flax cummerbund, pink knee-high socks and furry Ugg boots." (Note that the temperature in Tonga never dips below 70 degrees.)
		Bowe went on to say that the post-diet royal highness, now weighing 270 pounds, swims regularly for exercise.
	www.amandajonestravel.com /writing/tonga.html (2269 words)

	WaveLength Magazine - October/November 2000 Issue
		One by one we stoop through the low doorway, leaving our sandals outside according to custom.
		At the far end of the fale a young Tongan woman wearing a colourful tupenu (ankle length wrap-around skirt) mixes the kava in the traditional three-legged wooden bowl, intermittantly scooping the murky liquid into a hand polished, half-round coconut bowl.
		The bowl is passed along the human chain, whereupon each recipient of the bowl claps their hands before taking a draught of the bitter tasting substance which surely is an acquired taste.
	www.wavelengthmagazine.com /2000/on00tonga.php (1850 words)

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