‘Jesus Is the Way’: What the new hymnbook’s Tongan hymn means to Tongan Latter-day Saints

Salome Strom was born and raised in Ha’alaufuli, Vava’u, within the Kingdom of Tonga. She grew up singing “Folofola Mai ‘a ...
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The Paradise Theme in Modern Tongan Music

Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1995. "The Paradise Theme in Modern Tongan Music." In The essence of singing and the substance of song : recent responses to the aboriginal performing arts and other essays in ...
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Portland’s Tongan community shares stories, songs as relatives remain isolated on the islands

Many people shared stories about their last phone calls with relatives before they lost all communication. The islands still remain mostly isolated and without power after the undersea volcano erupted ...