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Royal Tupakapakanava torch lighting ceremony lights up foreshore [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 12:15.  Updated on Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 23:43.

Photos by Peter Poulsen

School students take their positions along the Nuku'alofa foreshore as the sun sets.

A Tupakapakanava or traditional torch lighting ceremony was held along the Nuku'alofa foreshore yesterday evening, July 30, after sunset when students lit bark torches creating a line of fire around the coastline and rings of fire around the small islets visible from the capital.

The ceremony is a traditional honour accorded to the Royal Family and followed the installation of Tonga's King George Tupou V yesterday.

Another Tupakapakanava will be held on Friday August 1 the day of the King's coronation in the church.

Traditional torches are lit creating a line of fire along the Nuku'alofa coastline.




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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