Posted by Maui-'atalanga 'Ofamo'oni on October 17, 2006 at 23:14:25:
In Reply to: Polynesian History & People : Tongan Heritage with Samoans and Eastern Polynesia. posted by Maui Kanaloa Speaks to the world. on May 28, 2004 at 17:45:32:
Samoans always trying to push themselves to the front - trying to be the pure polynesians now? what a load of rubbish - what race in the world is pure? The Tongan monarchs have Samoan blood and so Samoan high chiefs have Tongan blood, this was not to keep a race 'pure', it was because of tapu that meant an oldest sisters daughters children had power over even a king - by marrying outsiders they could get around this. What would Hawaiians know about Tongans? The Tongan royal line may have come originally from Samoa (1000AD) but not the people - the oral traditions of Tonga (something you never mention) tell of people existing in Tonga before this time (3500BC and earlier). Stop quoting this King and that because we all know Royal lines write their own history to justify their status. Know Tonga before you start to tell us where we come from.
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