Show A community of family unity friendship This account was written by Latu a Tongan student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent who is presently attending attending attending attend attend- ing A village in Tonga has an at attractive active appearance Not only that b but t the peoples people's attitude make l life e easier inthe inthe in inthe the village A Tongan house is made of coconut leaves and some other woods woods' Most of the materials which are needed for the house are available inthe inthe in inthe the village Coconut leaves are used for the roof Thee The rest of the house is made of woods Every single house is located close to e each ch other Every person above the age of 18 has a p piece ece of land so people build their hous houses on fem p i 0 C y i 3 2 g A t t Linda Nichols rubs a pie in Les face v this land Usually every perso persons person's s 's home in the village consists of four houses Two of these houses are considered considered considered con con- to be the sleeping house and the kitchen The Theother Theother Theother other two houses are the bathhouse bath bathhouse bathhouse house and the rest room The sleeping house hous which is the biggest of the four houses is placed in n front followed by bythe bythe bythe the kitchen The other two houses are pl placed ced between the kitchen and th the sleeping house The people decorate their homes by planting flowering plants arou around d the sleeping house Not only that but they ey also plant flowers on the sides of the main road Some families have trees like 1 t t J T tN rV r- r f n V I r r 1 sir Frankie Ford cowers while rj waiting for a pie in the fact breadfruit or orange trees in their homes They also build fences around their houses Apart from the individual houses separate buildings ha have ve been built for the church services Usually the members members members mem mem- bers of each religion take special care of these buildings buildings buildings build build- ings by growing flowers around them The people are friendly Houses are close to each other so people can help each other Of times men get together and work in the plantations The people also help in preparing materials for building a house without charging any money Similarly Similar Similar- ly the youths play games after school Sometimes some d w j i t i r or j 0 f r Gema hits Dennis Houston men perform a certain kind of entertainment They sing Tongan songs and participate in other traditional activities In addition some of the people are closely related to each other Th They y sometimes get together when there is a funeral and donate money and some other things to help the family of the person who is dead L Life e in the village is simple people are close to each other They live happily and enjoy living in the village Not only that but they are proud of the way their village looks |