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Pangai, village in Tonga /

Beaglehole, Ernest, 1906-1965.

Pangai, village in Tonga / by Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole. - Wellington, N.Z. : Polynesian Society, 1941. - iv, 145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm - Memoirs of the Polynesian Society ; v. 18 . - Memoirs of the Polynesian Society ; v. 18. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Location and climate -- The village -- The people -- Contact with whites -- Control of land -- Division of labour -- The daily routine -- Organization of work ; Housebuilding ; Fishing ; Bark cloth making ; Mat making ; Experts -- Planting and cultivation -- Livestock -- Economic education -- Preparation of food -- Food consumption -- Feasts -- Income and expenditure -- Changes in craft activities -- The household -- Adoption -- Kinship ; Brother and sister ; Father's sister ; Mother's brother ; Kinship reciprocity -- Pregnancy -- Birth -- Naming -- Puberty -- Courtship -- Marriage ; Cross cousins ; Marriage ceremony ; Elopement -- Death ; Death of children -- Medicine -- Kava drinking ; Crime -- Religion ; Church support ; Sunday school ; The lay preacher -- Conclusion. THE VILLAGE OF PANGAI -- ECONOMIC LIFE -- SOCIAL LIFE -- THE LIFE CYCLE --

Bagnall, B465

"This monograph is the result of a two-month visit to Tonga during the summer of 1938-39 Some seven weeks of this time were spent in the village of Pangai, Vava'u."--Preface.

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