At a Tongan funeral, guests typically wear modest, respectful clothing, often opting for black or dark-colored attire. Women may wear a puletaha (a traditional dress) or a ta'ovala (a woven mat worn around the waist), while men often wear a ta'ovala or a button-up shirt with a skirt. Additionally, guests may bring offerings such as food, flowers, or money to show their support for the grieving family. It's important to be respectful and adhere to local customs during the ceremony.
Samoans wear the same type of clothing like everyone else wears, and has its own formal attire for ladies, the puletasi, and the alo'a and iefaitaga for gentlemen. Samoans also have traditional costumes which they wear in dance performances.
No. It is disrespectful and not the place to wear them. A funeral is like church where you wear an appropriate outfit.
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normal clothes that they wear
Samoans wear the same clothing you see anywhere else in the world, and then has its own traditional clothing for dance performances, and formal attire for ladies called a puletasi (a two piece), and an alo'a and iefaitaga for males.
When a Taupou (a High Chief's daughter) or a Manaia (a High Chief's son) performs a Samoan dance, they wear traditional attire, using fine mats or tapa, and wearing head gear denoting the fact that they are a daughter or son of a high chief. Our formal wear to any formal function is a Puletasi (for ladies) and Alo'a and Iefaitaga (for gents). For a lady or a gentleman to wear a puletasi and alo'a/iefaitaga to any formal function, is a mark of respect shown to the guests at whatever event they attend, and the respect accorded them by those guests.
everyone gathered at his Funeral. funeral is to respect the dead.
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black clothes
tongan clothesTongans mostly still wear traditional dress. Tongan men wear a tupenu, which is a cloth that is similar to a skirt that goes around the waist and reaches below the knees and a ta'ovala which is a woven Tongan mat that men wear around their waist and tie it with a kafa. The shirt is usually worn with a collar. When going to funerals men usually wear an very large mat, which can be very old, and black clothes. Tongan women wear a dress and a tupenu with a ta'ovala or kiekie around their waist when attending special occasions. Otherwise Tongan women wear a plain tupenu. [3] It is common for Tongans to wear black clothes for months ...