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Tuʻi Tonga Fefine

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247: 70:, to form the 'Ha'a Falefisi' ("House of Fiji") line. Tu'i Tonga Fefine in succeeding generations were also expected to marry a title holder of the 'Ha'a Falefisi'. This strategy of marrying the title-holder to non-Tongans helped to safeguard the Tu'i Tonga's position, as the Tu'i Tonga Fefine's children would otherwise have outranked him. 65:
between the Tu'i Tonga Fefine and a Tongan man was deemed inappropriate. The title-holder was expected to remain a virgin unless or until she married a 'stranger' of high rank. The first Tu'i Tonga Fefine married a high-ranking
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The Tu'i Tonga Fefine retained her rank throughout her life. However, she remained the highest spiritual entity in Tonga only until she gave birth to a
198: 124: 288: 52:, in ancient times. She held a higher social status than the Tu'i Tonga himself. The title is no longer in use. 281: 307: 312: 111:. Culture and Language Use. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 54–5. 77:. This child outranked her mother and became the highest spiritual entity in Tonga, with the title of 317: 274: 226: 214: 55:
According to tradition, the first Tu'i Tonga Fefine was Sinaitakala-‘ilangileka, a daughter of
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Ma'afu, prince of Tonga, chief of Fiji: The life and times of Fiji's first Tui Lau
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Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language
106: 254: 116: 49: 41: 142:"Sacred women chiefs and female 'headmen' in Polynesian history" 262: 282: 8: 27: 289: 275: 188: 90: 40:for 'Female Tu'i Tonga') was a 223:The Journal of the Polynesian Society 44:granted to the eldest heiress of the 7: 243: 241: 100: 98: 96: 94: 261:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 219:"An Experiment in Tongan History" 245: 225:. 33:3(131) (3(131)): 166–184. 146:The Journal of Pacific History 1: 334: 240: 183:. ANU Press. p. 64. 158:10.1080/00223348708572563 48:, or spiritual leader of 105:Völkel, Svenja (2010). 257:-related article is a 190:10.22459/mptcf.02.2015 179:Spurway, John (2015). 28: 18:Tu'i Tonga Fefine 140:Gunson, Niel (1987). 152:(3): 139–172 (141). 233:– via JSTOR. 215:E. E. V. Collocott 81:("Sacred Child"). 270: 269: 200:978-1-925021-18-9 126:978-90-272-0283-3 31:Tu'i Tonga Fefine 16:(Redirected from 325: 291: 284: 277: 249: 242: 235: 234: 211: 205: 204: 192: 176: 170: 169: 137: 131: 130: 102: 35: 21: 333: 332: 328: 327: 326: 324: 323: 322: 298: 297: 296: 295: 239: 238: 213: 212: 208: 201: 178: 177: 173: 139: 138: 134: 127: 104: 103: 92: 87: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 331: 329: 321: 320: 315: 310: 308:Tongan royalty 300: 299: 294: 293: 286: 279: 271: 268: 267: 250: 237: 236: 206: 199: 171: 132: 125: 89: 88: 86: 83: 57:ʻUluaki-mata I 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 330: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 305: 303: 292: 287: 285: 280: 278: 273: 272: 266: 264: 260: 256: 251: 248: 244: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 210: 207: 202: 196: 191: 186: 182: 175: 172: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 136: 133: 128: 122: 118: 117:10.1075/clu.2 114: 110: 109: 101: 99: 97: 95: 91: 84: 82: 80: 76: 71: 69: 64: 60: 58: 53: 51: 47: 43: 39: 34: 32: 19: 313:Tongan women 263:expanding it 252: 222: 209: 180: 174: 149: 145: 135: 107: 72: 61: 54: 30: 26: 318:Tonga stubs 302:Categories 85:References 46:Tu'i Tonga 166:0022-3344 231:20701983 217:(1924). 75:daughter 63:Marriage 229:  197:  164:  123:  79:Tamahā 68:Fijian 38:Tongan 255:Tonga 253:This 227:JSTOR 50:Tonga 42:title 259:stub 195:ISBN 162:ISSN 121:ISBN 185:doi 154:doi 113:doi 304:: 221:. 193:. 160:. 150:22 148:. 144:. 119:. 93:^ 59:. 290:e 283:t 276:v 265:. 203:. 187:: 168:. 156:: 129:. 115:: 36:( 33:" 29:" 20:)

Index

Tu'i Tonga Fefine
Tongan
title
Tu'i Tonga
Tonga
ʻUluaki-mata I
Marriage
Fijian
daughter
Tamahā




Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language
doi
10.1075/clu.2
ISBN
978-90-272-0283-3
"Sacred women chiefs and female 'headmen' in Polynesian history"
doi
10.1080/00223348708572563
ISSN
0022-3344
doi
10.22459/mptcf.02.2015
ISBN
978-1-925021-18-9
E. E. V. Collocott
"An Experiment in Tongan History"

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