http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/05/queen-salote-of-tonga-1900-65-composer-and-poet/ Our place, our voices Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/05/queen-salote-of-tonga-1900-65-composer-and-poet/#comment-38555 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:42:24 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=17693#comment-38555 Bonjour,
Thanks for your article, I was very interested by the Spitfire tapa.
I’m trying to write an article about French Commander Leon Moron who came to the Tonga with the aviso “Rigault de Genouilly” about 12 of May 1937 and was received by Queen Salote. Leon Moron was a friend of my parents and he left them a tapa given by Queen Salote.
I knew Commander Moron when I was 10 years old. I think he told me a story about going with Queen Salote to the top of a volcano to throw a roasted pig in the crater so there are no eruptions.
Did these ceremonies exist or is it an invented memorie ?
Thanks for your answer.
Hélène Carcenac

]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/05/queen-salote-of-tonga-1900-65-composer-and-poet/#comment-23437 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:19:18 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=17693#comment-23437 Thank you Maryanne, you are most welcome…

]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/09/05/queen-salote-of-tonga-1900-65-composer-and-poet/#comment-23382 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:54:40 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=17693#comment-23382 Mālō e lelei,
This is a beautiful tribute to the late Queen Sālote in celebration of Tongan Language Week. My heart-felt thanks to your team for mentioning my blog and sharing my blog post in reference to Queen Sālote. I am both humbled and honoured.
Mālo ‘aupito,
Maryanne Pale

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