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Ti Toefoki

Ti Toefoki

Tongan cultural historian and podcast guest on Bros and Cons, known for sharing traditional Tongan history, kava culture, and Polynesian heritage.

Jul 27, 2026

speaker_1UNKNOWN
9:13
So, so what's the, what, what do you, uh, what do you reckon is the reason why they would actually start for, uh, like a kava session in the first place? Like what would be?
9:23
Oh, so it is a taumafakava and that is for the king.
9:27
So the taumafakava is basically the word is, because remember you have different languages to the king.
9:34
Yeah.
9:34
And then you have a different language to the eki.
9:37
And then for us, we call this yinokava because you know, we're the common Tongans.
9:42
But when it comes to the dava mafa gava, that's when everything has to be done seriously.

26 MINS LATER

speaker_1UNKNOWN
36:04
You know,

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