Separate groups of men and women perform, sometimes in spectacular groups of several hundred at a time, with intricate hand gestures, bobbing feather head pieces in unison.
Hawaii Public Radio reports some of Tonga’s finest will be in Honolulu this week for the Asia Pacific Dance Festival.
Kotoni Siale is a punake, a teacher of Tongan dance.
His wife, Paia Siale, sings and designed the costumes for their group, which was organized specifically for this festival by Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau’u.
