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Taha

Mālо̄ e Lelei! Mālо̄ e tau ma'u e ahoni!

This is a special invitation from TUITO'A to attend our show TAHA ; A development show by Rosalind Tui.

Friday 18th & Saturday 19th of November, 2022
7pm
Māngere Arts Centre

Please contact us to reserve your ticket (plus 1 may be allowed)
02108413007 / rosaa.tui@gmail.com

This is a new and developing show and we would love to have your attendance as a way to receive valuable feedback as well for a potentially bigger show next year with better funding opportunities.

About Tuito’a

TUITO'A is a Network of Independent & Collaborative Tongan Creatives who want to inspire Growth & Challenge Social Issues expressed through Pacific Performing Arts. The name TUITO'A is an ode to my parents' legacy they’ve left for me since passing in 2014 & 2017. TUI - Faith and TO’A - Bravery, both taken from the names of my parents and is what the journey of this collective has been birthed from.

About the Show

The word TAHA translated in Tongan means 'one, unity or togetherness'.

TAHA looks into the family of Uncle Siale Tau - a middle-aged Tongan man who continues to serve his family despite tradition weighing heavy on him and slowly transferring onto the shoulders of the ones under him. We get to see bits and pieces of the lives of his loved ones, who depend on him and who admire him for all he has sacrificed for the family. Although they are in a point and time where so much is happening for them, it seems as though the oneness or taha is beginning to show its cracks. Uncle Charlie can only say and do so much for his loved ones, but in the end sometimes the things people lose can only be found in unexpected places.

The position of Siale in his family is 'Fa'ē Tangata' or literal translation Motherman, which is mainly upheld by the younger brother, or brothers of women in Tongan families. Their duty is to serve, support and give all that they can financially, emotionally and mentally to their sisters and even sometimes the rest of their brothers in order to tauhi va or respect the boundaries of one another, whilst maintaining the idea of 'everything is temporary, but family is forever'.

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