The Legend of Kava Tonga

The legend of Kava Tonga has come to life. In a harrowing story of love, loyalty and sacrifice, this short film gives you an insight into the importance of Kava to the Tongan culture.
Shot in Tonga in with all local actors The Legend of Kava Tonga was made as part of a project Digital Fananga by Malosi pictures 2015.
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[@pixychickz24]

I'm Samoan and I really enjoyed watching this short Tongan legendary story.....❤

[@Strangethinkbox]

I love these beautiful pictures of the Polynesian cultures. They don’t get enough credit in my opinion. This was a great way to tell a precious story. Such a beautiful culture, and such beautiful and powerful people who lived upon the pacific. True warriors in my eyes, and should be shown to the world. I wanted to give my thanks for all the short films everyone has been creating over the years. God bless

[@marissaridenour6531]

I love these beautiful pictures of the polynesian cultures too.❤

[@siuprescott5960]

ABSOLUTELY hahhh.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@galidevarapadmajarani9145]

I'm Indian. Stayed in fiji islands. I'm introduced to kava. After watching this I understood the importance of kava in Tonga. It's a symbolic love,respect and sacrificing. Very sad n brought tears in my eyes. LOve u guys..... Lot's of respect.....

[@NasinuWarrior85]

It's called YAQONA in Viti, not kava.

[@ZincFold]

@@NasinuWarrior85 tell Lami Kava that. 😂

[@smudoggvale532]

This was really good..And im not even Tongan but maori but its like i could understand and relate this.My foreman was tongan he was 71 years old and the hardest worker out of everyone.He even showed up heaps of us young workers.He spoke his language fluently and had love for his culture.All we ever listen to in the truck was the tongan news on radio P.I in auckland.He was very proud of his culture and i respect him so so much.He reminds me of the old koroua in this movie telling the storyHis name was Michael Pauhila and a very hard man but also humble and was full of the old school styles.Love the tongan brothers..From the maor ibrother of aotearoa..Awesome

[@samsonchristensen5420]

woah such a good traditional story. ... my family is from vanuatu. ... and all over the islands we have similar stories. ... we are all one big family ✌

[@kaingalaufuaki3909]

Isaa... my Pu (grandmother) used to call me 'Toko' but I'm Fijian didn't know it was Tongan too. Maybe because the province (Lau) in which I'm from our culture is very much Tongan influenced. Malo Vakalevu!! from Lau Fiji Is ❤❤

[@keewaibk7947]

I see tongan and Fijian in looks

[@chanticleer3236]

Duty, loyalty, and fear of repercussion were placed above the guidance of Spirit. The warrior listened to his na’au. He would have stopped the sacrifice. Thank you for this story. I will never touch Kava without understanding and respect.

[@xfallingstars0186]

wow im Mexican and this touched the heart. good ol Kava ey

[@travisramsey1722]

LoL we love us some burritos. LoL

[@mishaladara]

Yeah I'm Mexican too. My boyfriend is Mexican he works concrete I ended up working concrete also. There is so much I don't understand about this culture. Why did he sacrifice his daughter again.... 😬

[@anatupoupalu4352]

Loved how the Legend has come to life. To understand how important the kava is and where it came from. Love seeing my Mother's eldest brother #Fakauho my #FaeTangata as the storyteller and the young boy is my 1st cousin's son #CypressMaka #Kolovai #Uiha

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

This shows how dedicated Tongans are with kaveinga.

[@vxtinajoh]

this is why i hate the commercialization of kava in the western world (kava bars, flavored kava sachets). It becomes stripped of cultural importance and reverence. Kava didn't die to be served in a bar called 'Kavasutra' foh

[@Rehd66]

That's down the road from where I live

[@milehighbry]

I don't agree. The word "Western World" is stripping others of experiencing the culture. It is a safe alternative to Alcohol and when people realize they like it, they will research what is in it and where it came from. You are over generalizing.

[@ethanolarano4341]

Yoza sistah

[@teti_99]

Facts. These palangi's will never understand and these Poly's selling out our culture for money are a shame.

[@teti_99]

@@milehighbry Screw your experience. This drink was never made to replace an alcoholic addiction. If that's what they want, they can take their ass to alcoholics anonymous. Too many Western people bastardize my culture by nitpicking what fits with them thus stripping it of its meaning and sacredness. Then they wanna call it an "experience". Well this experience you speak of is to be lived, raised by and passed down. Also to the Polynesians who sell our culture for money, shame on them. This video only tells one aspect of its importance to us as opposed to hundreds. My ancestors cultivated, bled and died over it's existence. Something you will never "experience" at a bar. Only a bunch of ignorant man buns hiding behind the words "Cultural experience".

[@joycelyntusiata6318]

I'm solomon islanders I really love this movie, sorry for her.

[@teti_99]

I remember hearing this legend when I was a kid. Many legends like this. The one about Hina and Sinilau is another favorite of mine. 💯✊🏾🇹🇴

[@Bernadettex]

Love this. I would love to see more Tongan made films about our culture & legends. 🥰

[@777Jerry]

Very well-produced short film on the legend of kava. I do love Tongan kava. It provides a very euphoric lift and sense of well-being, while being easy to drink. Thanks!

[@Manu-nn2bb]

I'm a part maori and part Niuean, and this is very good to watch about Tonga history, Fakaue Lahi=Thank you

[@amandatualevao8851]

some kava I heard from others are called kava new guinea, some say they use kava to catch fish. very intresting performance, wish to watch more of this kava movie. tearful, n very well perform. pls make another legend movie, yes it taste dirt but to calm down from hard working.

[@ImmortalChaos]

I enjoy any Tongan content, this is such a treat. I enjoy hearing the language and having this little showcase of Tongan talent.

[@macquinebanguk3841]

Our neigbouring country, they work similar to us living in Papua New Guinea. I love watching and thanks for uploading this video especially for us pacific nation.

[@smoovegaming7340]

wow exactly how my grandfather told me the story..beautiful

[@amnokinoknok862]

+BIGGIE SMOOVE yup my father to

[@peterkorisa911]

I am from vanuatu , we have the same mythology but the difference is that we drink kava which I call it in my dialect "Nikaha" to honor the gods of the weather call " matitik" and ask for the prosperity for the gods of the trees and fruits .

[@ramesesc2393]

that was the greatest story of loyalty and sacrifice I've ever heard.

[@robertjalu6897]

From Port Vila, Vanuatu - we have the same story over kava here. Its a plant that will bring peace to everyone who drinks kava. We might also know the exact island that the Tui Tonga landed but that's another story :-)

[@keewaibk7947]

Pls tell us more tokoua there’s recently been evidence of the first ppl of tonga came from Vanuatu I need to make there connections between us

[@lonokahiwa5565]

Such a sad, but beautiful story! Some of the words were the same as Hawaiian, with the same meaning. Aloha from Hawai'i

[@TimBrianTufuga]

Thank you for this production, it is very well made.

[@hoosiveeua]

Awesome and educational. This couple is a real couple in life whose girls I went to school an all girls school with. The girls are here in U.S but I saw that their parents are still back in the island. Love our traditionals and the usage of kava in many occasions back in our homeisland as well in overseas. Like the saying, KEEP THE KULJAH (culture). Ofa atu.

[@hamozon3496]

Teine Samoa here..I always ❤❤❤ our culture/poly's/any culture history/story..Mesmerizing, so many of us taking things 4 granted nowdays..OVERALL, 👍👍👍..I❤IT..🤙🤙🤙

[@larryhuges9675]

Im not tongan but the sacrifice of the daughter broke my heart. God bless to all people!

[@lopeti]

This was good.. Man to see a film on a Tongan story (kava) is really exciting and cool. Back then I always wanted to see films on Tongas folklore or stories on Tongas ancient times. Very cool and neat. Also I recently found out that theres a film festival that takes place in tonga.. Its really neat to see Tonga being more open to new platforms or new interests just like film. By the way this piece on kava even draws me to get into more of my Tongan culture and history. Thanks for the upload. Hope to see more works.

[@juniorl3619]

Good to see productions like this. History and culture is important. Especially in teaching ones like myself about how there are alot of small things that our parents got us to do to keep us in touch with our home land. Solid video 👍✊

[@kanakasofoahu7454]

I'm Hawaiian but man the love and loyalty is strong in tonga

[@henrynoni3149]

Thank you Tonga for bringing kava to Fiji.

[@keewaibk7947]

Not many know the word kava belongs to Tonga n the story origins malo

[@AT-wn1vh]

A story of loyalty, respect and to honour!! Truely proud of my Tongan roots !! Characters that was weaved (like our mats ) and pounded (like our ngatus) from birth!! Others will never understand, calling it stupidity lol but we know it is part of our DNA!! lol

[@joaquinreyes2122]

where was the loyalty, respect and honour to his daughter. He killed her to feed some fat fucking king at least the king had the decency to not eat her even though it was to late the moron of a father already killed her. i wonder how proud you would feel if your father and mother agreed to kill you to feed some king you've never met?

[@mysteryboiishown1938]

Did I just watch a very awesome Sacrafice movie😭😥😪😔☺😊😀😁😄

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

Kava is a symbol of loyalty, dedication and hard work

[@selalinahakaumotu7074]

Great job.This tells so many people why Kava is some important to our culture as Tongans and many others

[@rickmartin5132]

Thank you so much for this wondeful little film.! I have drunk Kava for 17 years now, always with some ceremony and great respect. It has given me much peace and pleasure. It rounds the mind and removes the bumps.

[@ireneannemarieabbock3117]

I’m from Vanuatu and coming from a South Pacific region with 80 varieties of different kava to be exact, we on the other hand have another twisted kava history on here. If to anyone’s interest, long story short it is based on domestic violence where a woman from the island of Pentecost cheated on her husband and he ended up murdering her; cut off her head and dug it separating it to the rest of her body organs. Her natty hair later then sprouted and grew to the Kava roots we now drink today . All in all given all these South Pacific kava history and myths I do believe kava is from a Goddess herself . Tankiu tumas !

[@leont5096]

Wow! That’s beautiful and sad. Very similar story though

[@hoadinh1293]

Sounds scary to me ​@@leont5096

[@leekzxv]

I'm Samoan and wow amazing I didn't know this happened so sad no wonder my Tongan friend never told me about this wow amazing story sorry for what too u Tongans sorry uso

[@urmamaundacover]

omg. a lot of the tongan words i heard sound and mean the same thing in the samoan language. awesome video!

[@nationofisrael12tribes81]

Same race but different nation meaning tribes all.polynesians.

[@josephraikuna4437]

Tongan and Fijian customs are very similar even some of our words. In the olden days, Kava is only drank on very special occasions. But now its been drank every night and how its been introduced to the western world kinda fades its meaning and its a shame... proud Fijian mad Love for my Tokos

[@kingswarriors243]

Kava is a Tongan word.. the real name for kava in Fijian is yungkonae

[@directorlunchie2322]

Tongan and Fijians had inter-racial marriages in the Past, Tongans ancestors came from Samoa, and mixed with Fijian, became TONGANS, although Fiji became an empire and tried to invade everybody, started wit Tonga then Samoa, several battles happened. Do you not study these history in school?

[@LAYLOWPRODUCTIONS]

love homie

[@crunchydinkens2824]

I am Tongan but our earliest ancestors were from Fiji. Even our finest warriors were from Fiji.

[@mrfin02]

@@crunchydinkens2824 some not all Tongans had Fijian blood. (I'm Tongan myself) and I know some Tongans who had they family tree made right from before.They had either Samoan ancestors or pure blood. Tongans are descendants Samoans. A tribe that broke away from its people. And also Polynesians and Micronesians migrated from Eastern parts of Asia.

[@heartbreakboy9438]

Imagine if we didn’t have technology for these past years. We’d have to tell stories like this man.

[@bradleysika]

I would agree with that

[@leekapani7060]

I'm from Tonga and Samoa its very interesting to watch something like this and is very inspirational

[@LittleGirl21100]

Wow. I'm not tongan so I don't know much about Tongan history but wow 😭😍

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

I, really enjoyed watching the history of your traditions. Hopefully, this is just the beginning...

[@MrSicc274]

Good to see more Pacific stories being made. Kia Ora.

[@veteangesiale9619]

Alot of you guys don't know that back before christianity in Tonga flesh was at one point food!. The fishes in the water, nor pigs, or any other leavings was as important as human flesh. As for this story, "because there was only one family in the Island and lord knows how long they've been there far from the main Island to know changes, food from water wasn't high enough to serve the King". That's why they made such decision. I grew up learning about this story ever since I could even spell Kava with capital letter and I had my questions aswell. If you guys didn't know there are some portrayals from different villages inTonga about this amazing story this days. But this is the real story, that's honesty and if you hear any different story from this one that's one of the fake one🌴

[@islandvibez]

The one good thing the white man brought, Christianity.

[@johnalexander4990]

Brilliant Legend, your video was great! Make more great videos like these! You've earned yourself a subscriber.

[@siisydney]

Mālō aupito... great production on Tongan history 🇹🇴 ❤️🇹🇴

[@ulutea12]

This is AWESOME...Hope to see more of this production. in the future and LESS hulohula on the FB or YOU TUBE...Many thanks to the Coconet TV for this beautiful clip.ofaatu moe lotu...from Anchorage, Alaska USA.

[@marissaridenour6531]

'Oku nau lea faka-tonga 'I tonga. Pea ko e talanoa fakamamahi taha ia kuo o fanongo ai!😔❤🙏

[@manusiufaleafatalanoa9198]

i really like this in my childhood i use 2 watch dis and was so scared and the man dat was talkin about how dey name the plant kava is my grandpa love you gramps

[@dennistipeneedwards1159]

thank you for that cuzzies, that went straight to the heart...

[@phantommafi8534]

Very well put together and very humbling to watch , thank you .

[@valvenus5715]

Tonga had some mean barbers back then.

[@F.LAVEA76]

Yeah but the belts are worse

[@monerz-03]

Val Venus oiauuueee!😂

[@puccOFF]

😂😂😂

[@losalinetkava7456]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maikolomoala3341]

OI IM TONGAN STOP

[@efrainp77]

Great work on this very greatful that someone took the time to share this .

[@maniani3795]

I cried watching this😢

[@proudtobebrown6475]

Now this is where kava comes from

[@charleskuntz3457]

Thankyou for kava! It's given me power over alcohol for over 4 years . BULA!

[@melanieweir-smith6804]

Great story and well executed. Malie Simi and Sefo

[@andrewuasi3689]

Thankyou really enjoyed it. Ofa atu

[@Offended83Shadow]

This made me tear up. I was wanting her to get saved and for there to be a love story. There was no need to kill the girl, unless they were going to eat her...and they didn't. I know traditional stories of all cultures are usually tragic and you're supposed to objectively listen to them from a scholarly perspective if you are an outsider, but dang.. this got me in the feeling hole.

[@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587]

sad to sacrifice only daughter...good to know Tongan kava and legend..Malo

[@CocoCrew]

low key I kind of tangi'd my eyes out hoi! What a great story. Can I be in the next production lol Much ofaz from America (TEXAS) GO COWBOYS!!! HAHAHAHAHA

[@zeoutlaw171]

when you see how they use Kava in my country Kiribati you will be amazed on how they are misusing it. Kava bars have pool tables, Darts and more. They treat kava like drinking alcohol.

[@tungarunakoiaang1795]

ZeOutLaW Bon te koaua anne bro! I always drank kava with Tongans in Australia and always adhered to the solemn but social and relaxing scene it entailed. Went to Tarawa to visit family and ended up going to a kava bar and it felt more like a pub than an actual kalapu/tabo n nangkona. Though outer Kiribati Islands still keep it more traditional, Tarawa was something else.

[@squirlmy]

if the choice is between alcohol and kava: There's a Hawaiian saying, a man who drinks kava stays a man, a man who drinks liquor becomes a beast. Kava is also grown in Vanuatu, and Hawaii and countless other islands, all with different traditions. If you want to keep it sacred on your island, good for you. But kava doesn't belong to Kiribati, or even Tonga, alone.

[@keokikahumokukoa8832]

Cuvtixo D Im Hawaiian, and we don’t drink ‘awa (kava) for recreational use, its used ONLY for ceremony.

[@KohalaIronWorksCase]

Mahalo nui loa for this story of history of Kava Tonga.

[@tomiadesiji6013]

i have a tongan guy at my school and his name is tonga.

[@akipiliu2311]

Those who hate this it’s your fault that you’re not TONGAN

[@LaviniaMoala93]

Thanks so much, hope to see more of these.

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

+Lavinia Moala Same here...

[@LaviniaMoala93]

Mario Datzit (:

[@cameronkauhega2962]

thanks for this

[@cynstevenson9731]

This is a true story. Legends of old in Samoa & Tonga, Hawaii, etc all talk of sacrifices made for the greater good. Love for FAMILY especially.

[@tmcdonald2374]

Great history lesson and well performed 👍

[@DARUSTA254]

I’m not Tongan but am from one of the islands (Samoa) but find this discography very interesting

[@jmseumanu8543]

Wish my grandfather was like this 💯

[@jamarallen08]

Wow! Amazing but difficult story.

[@XIII5XIII]

this is why i drink Heineken. cool story 👍

[@ganman459]

dude I see the coconut tree in the back

[@shysaucekp9476]

and this is why kava is sacred

[@bw8669]

So sad...beautiful history

[@daysalicious]

brilliant! Job well done to all involved.

[@GNBlw]

Very similar in Pohnpei. Very traditional. No one has claim over it like no one has claim over sugarcane. However, this tree is considered very important for it has cultural and traditional values in the Pacific.

[@gago7823]

Thanks for the the recommendation KZbin

[@aahine-te-iwaiwanffalefatu5829]

Malo aupito, this is an amazing video to remind us the important of our identity ofa atu

[@JuanLopez-tp7hj]

Beautiful 😍

[@lennayluckysiatv6182]

I have friends that are Tongan and Samoan and Micronesia 🇫🇲 🇹🇴 🇼🇸 🇬🇺 👇❤️if ur an islander

[@TheAirtrans]

Beautiful Tonga

[@DG-nn9uh]

Im Hapa Haole (White and Hawaiian). When I was in college I had Tongan friend named Mafu, we use to work out in the gym and just blow away others by how strong and big we got. We would tell them its in the blood.

[@yeyo9404]

D G I know rite we didn’t find our way all through the pacific and populated all the islands because we were weak Polynesian strength is unmatched by other humans

[@tatiano3390]

The traditional notion is the same as our custom story about Malogu = Kava. From my island Raga/ Pentecost from VANUATU, we have that same story. Only a few differences. However, ..............................long story I can't elaborate more. Beside nice video. Pacific, we a = linkage of notions.

[@leeneepkrani8180]

love this...malie NOva and Kato...maloo pukepuke a fufula.....ofa atu

[@silvertavake5615]

I remember acting out this story in a Tongan church play

[@pauljohn6546]

That was insane....

[@kaleina.v2338]

Thats why i love being tongan

[@mosesewaqanakalevu1143]

Great story...

[@ImHim6Fifty]

Thats the same way i was told the story was. Shout Out Kalapu Halafo'ou out of East Palo Alto, Ca.

[@brendaprayerfaamanu1904]

2019 👏👏 loved it & ty for sharing 👌👌

[@doddlyrabulileka]

Watching from fiji

[@Dee-ix2gk]

Wow amazing 🙏🇹🇴

[@justmae7776]

I don't know how many times I seen this but there's always bloody onions in here 😞 ...lol

[@siobhanjojo3282]

Omg what dad will sacrifice their daughter for another human.

[@LauFiu]

You got to observe it in the context of the time not our time.

[@crunchydinkens2824]

If you know your history, than you would know that kings were held at high esteem and even at times, they were seen as gods.

[@MissLee33]

That was beautiful