Tuesday: Response to Text

 Cook Islands Tivaevae: 

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Tivaevae:

1. What does Tivaevae mean?

1. To cook b) to sew or patch

c) To knit d) to laugh

2.  What are Tivaevae?

a) Tea Towels b) Pillow Cases

c) Sheets d) Duvets

3. When were Tivaevae bedspreads introduced by French nuns?

a) eighteenth century b) nineteenth century

c) twentieth century d) twenty first century

The Pange

4. What is a pange?

=>A pange is a group of up to eight women that make the tivaevae.

5. What is a ta’unga?

a) a type of tivaevae b) an expert

c) cutting materials d) patterns and colours

Making the Tīvaevae

6. Which are not part of the three types of Tīvaevae?

a) tīvaevae manu b) tīvaevae tātaura

c) tīvaevae tā’ōrei d) tivaevae tāmoumou

7.  Which best describes what Tivaevae manu?

1. It uses only four colours and two pieces of material. 

2. It uses only one colour and one piece of material.

3. It uses only two colours and two pieces of material.

4. It uses only two colours and three pieces of material.

8. How is Tīvaevae tātaura formed?

1. Using glue and paste b) using embroidered 

c) having separate pieces pieced together d) using chromebook

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Tuesday: Response to Text

 Tongan Art Forms: 

Ta’ovala (mat weaving):

1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring

2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status

3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava

Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):

4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry

5. The women design the tapa using what?

→natural dyes and pigments

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→The patterns come from a event,natural or important people

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→ wood carving is important because people can have some things of their own.

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→Necklace, earrings., bracelets

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→I don’t know but I would probably say no because they saw whales but they didn’t want to kill them because they thought that they were going to be extinct.

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→Weapons,long drums and making bowls

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