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Indigenous sacred sites in Tonga
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Ancient Royal Tombs of Lapaha
Mu'a / Lapaha, Tongatapu, Tongatapu, Tonga
Stepped platforms of uncemented coral limestone at Lapaha hold the traditional burial ground of the Tuʻi Tonga, paramount chiefs said to descend from the sky god Tangaloa....

Haʻamonga ʻa Maui
Niutoua / Heketā, Tongatapu, Tongatapu, Tonga
A coral-limestone trilithon on Tongatapu's eastern coast, raised around 1200 AD as gateway to a vanished royal compound....
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What is included in this Indigenous guide to Tonga?
This guide includes 2 sacred places within the Indigenous tradition in Tonga.
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