Kiekie

Ko e kiekie ko e konga ia ʻo e vala fakatonga, ʻoku faʻa haʻi ʻe he kau fefine ʻi he taimi taʻefāinoa, kā taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tui foki ʻe he tamasiʻi, (ko e taʻovala) ko honau vala fai fakalelei). ʻOku manakoa ange ʻa e kiekie ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho mafana, koeʻuhi ʻoku vevela mo e kekeva ʻa e taʻovala.

ʻOku ofi ki he kiekie ko e sisi mo e manafau. Kā ko e sisi ko e teunga kakala, pea ko e manafau ko e teunga ia maʻa e ngaahi faiva.

Ko e kiekie ko e konga ia ʻo e koloa (fakafefine).

ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kiekie he ʻahó ni:

louʻakau tuʻolalahi
louʻakau fepiupiuaki mo e kuo vali lanuʻahoʻaho; ko e salusalu mei Haʻapai
fau tuʻoiiki ange, pea fī pe lalanga
kaka mei he fuʻu niu
pulu mei he foʻi niu, kuo fī
filo tuʻoiiki, filo milemila ʻi he ngaahi lanuʻahoʻaho
filo milemila, kuo lalanga, ko e kiekie vana
tupe (paʻanga) pe kiʻi tupu tuʻusi mei he ngeʻesi niu
ngaahi tepi vitiō motuʻa
mo e hā fua

Tataku

ʻI.F. Helu; Critical essays: Cultural perspectives from the Southseas; 1999

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