ʻO le Punaʻoa a Siaosi Palauni i Minpaku
ʻO se faʻamatalaga ʻāmata e uiga i le soifua faʻapea ma gāluega a Siaosi Palauni, faʻatasi ai ma ana punaʻoa o meataulima o tū ma aga.
Talofa lava
Talu lona tatalaina aloaʻia i le 1977, ʻua tele suʻesuʻega ʻua faʻafoe e le Falemataʻaga Faʻaleatunuʻu o Tu ma Agaʻeseʻese (National Museum of Ethnology) i ituʻāiga o tū ma aga a tagata ma mea e tutusa ma ʻeseʻese ai i latou i Oseania, ma e iai foʻi ma ana faʻaaliga tumau e uiga i lenei itūlalolagi (region). I le 1985-86 na faʻatau mai ai le Punaʻoa o meataulima o tū ma agaʻeseʻese a Siaosi Palauni e la tatou falemataʻaga mai le Iunivesite o Newcastle i Tyne, i Egelani, UK. ʻO lenei punaʻoa, e maoaʻe tele lona tāua talu ai le anoanoaʻi o tala faʻasolopito ma tū ma aga ʻoloʻo aʻafia ai e māfua mai se gāluega fītā ma le faitoʻatasi a le Susuga a le Faifeʻau o Doctor Siaosi Palauni, lea na tele tausaga o galue ai ʻaʻo ʻavea ia ma misionare Metotisi i motu o le Pasefika. E tāua foʻi ʻauā ʻua ʻavea ma faʻamaumauga vaʻaia o matāʻupu na iloiloina ma tusitusi faʻatōmanatu i ai le aliʻi misionare ʻaʻo feagai ʻo ia ma ana tusitusiga e uiga i tū ma aga faʻapea ma matāʻupu tau misionare. ʻAe
ʻua tāua tele foʻi ona ʻua ʻavea ma futiafu o ʻoa tau tū ma aga e tua ʻi ai tagata o motu e tele o le Pasefika mo se mālamalamaʻaga o taimi ma soifuaga o o latou tuaʻā.
Peter Matthews ma Isao Hayashi
Falemataʻaga Faʻaleatunuʻu o Tū ma Agaʻeseʻese , Osaka, Iapani.