Funeral of HRH Prince Fatafehi Tu‘ipelehake at Mala‘ekula [1]
Monday, May 31, 1999 - 12:00. Updated on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 18:52.
From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 2, May 1999.
Photos © Pesi Fonua
Photos from the funeral procession of HRH Prince Fatafehi Tu‘ipelehake from the Palace to Mala‘ekula, on April 17.
Above, the royal undertaker, the Matapule Lauaki with the coffin on the catafalque.
Above, the funeral procession along Hala Tu‘i toward Mala‘ekula.
Above, from left, the mourners included Ratu V. Dreunimisimisi from Fiji, and Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata.
Hon. ‘Alaile‘ula and Hon. Ma‘atu, followed by Hon. Vaha‘i.
Princess Pilolevu picks her way over the slushy ground of Mala‘ekula.
Above, people wait at the intersection of Hala Laifone and Hala Tu‘i to say farewell to Prince Fatafehi Tu‘ipelehake.
Wearing huge mats expressive of grief were Princess Siu‘ilikutapu, with her sisters, and ‘Elenoa Mara from Fiji.
Ex-students of Tupou College with the casket.
Above,, the royal undertakers, the Ha‘a Tufunga, worked behind a tapa cloth held up by mourners at the Royal Tombs.