Ngatu quiz.

 

         Ngatu - Keeping the Tradition Alive

1. What are the two main reasons the women and 

girls come together?

> To make cloths

2. How often do they meet?

>alot

3. Why is ngatu considered a treasure?

>it was passed down

4. What are 4 different uses for ngatu?

> blaket, cloth, clothes and mats

5. Why is ngatu considered a treasure?

>when new borns come they are wrapped in ngatu

6. What are some of the design elements that might get painted on the ngatu?

>tokelaufeletoa, fata ‘o tu’i tong and, manulua

7. Of the 10 steps shown on page 7 which aspect is a modern not traditional adaptation (change)

>

8. Why do you think some adaptations are sometimes needed?

>they carry the nagtu outside and unroll it so it can dry outside

9. Why do you think it is important to keep traditions alive?

  > It was paced down from generations and the next generation thinks its nice to keep it alive. And they have to use it to make stuff.

Ngatu Writing explaination

 WALT: To write an effective explanation.

Title: Why It Is Important To Keep The Art Of Ngatu/Tapa/Aute Making Alive.

Introduction: where learning about ngatu tonga. Ngatu tonga is traditional for tongans which they do with ngatu is used for ceremonies and made very carefully by females. And i’m doing research on what ngatu is used for.

You see its important to keep this traditional to tongan.  ngatu was used for quite some time by tongan ancestors but its not just because of that that they make ngatu. Its also used for some stuff, such as using it for blankets, mats, Ceremonies, clothes, cloths, decoration, and for new born and when someone pass’s away and than wrapped in ngatu.

It is important to keep this artform alive because

Its tradition for tongan familys.

Design Ngatu pattern

 

Its not really a ngatu pattern but its a design. sorry ;w;
I couldn't be bothered to do an actual design. But I think This is good enough.
In litracy we learnt about ngatu and how its made.

Ngatu.

 

Kelly and Harmony's Subtraction task

Subtraction 3

Subtraction 2

Subtraction 1

Me and harmony worked together on this task during level 3 2021 at home.

Author- Patricia Grace

We had to do research about our reader on our team 5 site for litracy. this is the research me and tsai did on ours.

Story structure

 

Writing - Online learning?