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Our answers about tongan shelters

How do Tongan people make shelters? 
People make their own houses. The men make the house.


What do you make shelters out of? 
What kind of materials do tongan people use to makes their shelter? 
Traditional - old shelters are made of
straw, sticks, grasses, coconut leaves, other leaves
Modern - new shelters are made of
wood timber, concrete, iron, pipes to collect rainwater from the roof,


How do you make the shelter stand? 
With big logs

When do they build shelters? 

Why do tongan people build shelters? 
So they don't get wet
Be safe
When its sunny they can stay in there and not get burnt because they don't have sunscreen
When you don't have one


What kind of shelters are there? 
cooking shelters
bathroom
main house fale nofo'anga


Do you know the names of tongan shelters? 
In tonga is there only one type of shelter or is there more? 
fale
api - house hold
fale nofo'anga


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  1. Hi Room 5, I hope that you got heaps of answers about the Tongan shelter. Well done room 5 for answering some questions?

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