HerĮducation, her actions, her work, were carried out as aįunction of the group of which she was a member. Terms of the family, the tribe, or the whole group. Life of the Kanak woman did not belong to herself, but belonged to the community, whether the society was seen in In addition to her reproductive function, and her role asĮducator, the woman maintained the plantation and did allĪs for all Kanak people in the traditional society, the As for her daughters, the woman had to look after them up to the day of their marriage. Ritual forced them to leave their paternal roof for the house Husband, to bring up her sons to the age of adolescence, when The woman's task, then, was to produce children for her Same in the eyes of the Kanak people in pre-colonial times. A sterile woman is an arid land - they were the
Thus there is an identification between the women and the land, as in many societies - theyĪre both sources of life, and they both have a reproductiveįunction. Life in traditional Kanak society rested on two fundamental bases: the women who produces the child, and the land The woman as the life-source of the clan in the pre-colonial This was so in the past but nowadays, this generation, prefers to go out dancing, rather than to sit down
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Of traditional culture - how to appear in public, how to make Where the mother and father tell their children one aspect Talatala-i-fale, a kind of family council within the house, Our culture is taught to the children through the Our men carried them out and put them in the umu. Before our women never went into theįields. Her and leaves her husband to the discussions.īecause of traditions our women were rather like decorations for the house, not really useful. She prepares to retire to her weaving and draws the curtains behind It is not compulsory - it is part of the ceremony. Woman generally retires and does not join in the discussions. Her daughter/s, and the women prepares for all these things.īut even though she has high status in the family, the Also there are young men who come in to court To meet the husband and talk around the kava ceremony, or to
Hostesses to the people who come in, such as the men coming Women have duties - they keep the home, they are the The lord of the family but the ‘mehikitaga’ is the overlord In Tongan families the status of a woman is very high because the ‘mehikitaga’ is much respected in her family.Īlthough she pays respect to her brother, to his children When the children want something, if theyĭo something wrong, the mother explains all this to theĪbove that is the ‘mehikitaga’, the father's sister. Our brother with the same mother and father, and then this Europeans have brothers, sisters, cousins, second cousins, and
Translated, means ‘blood’ and it is ‘blood’ connection. Section which is divided into the Family Planning, HealthĮducation, and Women's Clubs – all of which deal withĪ family in Europe would mean just a mother, a fatherĪnd the children. Now the government is trying to help our women by breakingĭown some of the culture. That most of the women in the Gilberts go to school and there are members of the House, members of Councils, and in government departments some of our women are working there. Women were not allowed to talk, but nowadays we know They used to just listen to the men talking. Who has a good background, someone who has a small family,Īnd someone who is a hardworking boy or girl.īefore there was no place for women to go and talk. All parents choose their children's partners. Prevent them from falling in love with their relatives.Īrranged marriage is one of our strong customs.
Important that the children know their relatives so as to Know that relations are very important in everything. She even goes out fishing or out to the bush.Įach family has a history and it is the duty of a sonĪnd a daughter to learn from their grandparents and also to She sees that there is enoughįood to eat, she does the washing, and other housework, and The mother'sĭuties include carrying all the family's worries. His family is safe and to fish, cut copra etc. In the Gilberts, we have in a family a father, motherĪnd five or six children.
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