Haʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the island of Tongatapu, in the village of Niutōua...
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Filipe Tohi (section Ha’amonga mata’a Maui, 1996)
translation of the title is "the vision of Maui". An example of a massive ancient Tongan stone monument is Ha'amonga 'a Maui. Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth...
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of Malta (which like Stonehenge are a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Osireion in Egypt, and the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui in Tonga, Polynesia. The term is also...
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Niutoua is a village in Tongatapu, Tonga. It is located close to the Ha'amonga 'a Maui stone on the extreme northeast corner of the island. It was the...
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only a symbolic rule. From the first capital at Toloa, around 1000 years ago, to the second capital at Heketā, at the site of the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui Trilithon...
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a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site. They were to be considered as "the Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga", covering the Haʻamonga ‘a Maui Historical...
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History of Tonga (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
megalithic stoneworks. Most notably, these are the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui and the Langi terraced tombs. The Haʻamonga is 5 meters high and made of three coral-lime...
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Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Vol. 1. Elibron Classics "Ha'amonga 'a Maui (Trilithon) and 'esi Maka Fa'akinanga". Wondermondo. 20 November 2011...
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Tongan funerals (section Death of a king)
pole over the shoulders. This is called the haʻamo (Compare with: Haʻamonga ʻa Maui). During the initial mourning period the mourners (especially the...
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This is a timeline of Tongan history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tonga and its predecessor states. To...
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