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The Langafonua Gallery and Handicrafts Centre located in the main street of Tonga’s capital city, Nuku’alofa is situated in a colonial house given by Queen Salote III (Queen of Tonga 1918-1965) in 1953 for the use of women, to preserve traditional craft in Tongan culture and to promote Tongan handicrafts.
Langafonua Gallery and Handicraft Centre stocks a wide range of traditional Tongan handicrafts and fine arts. Available is a range of unique, handmade items such as traditional tapa cloth and tapa crafts, woven crafts from Pandanus leaves, Tongan jewellery and wood carvings. All are made locally and reflect the proud culture and heritage of the Kingdom of Tonga.
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In 1953, HM Late Queen Salote Tupou III set up the Handicrafts and Cultural Tourism Support Programme which operates the Langafonua Gallery and Handicraft Centre with the vision to “Work in one accord” — “Ngaue loto taha pe" — to facilitate development and ensure a better quality of life for all women of Tonga, and their families. Local woman can display their crafts at the gallery and when sold they collect commissions from their sale.
The Handicrafts and Cultural Tourism Support Programme is a partnership between Tonga’s Langafonua Gallery & Handicraft Centre and the New Zealand Aid Programme. The programme aims to improve the quality and marketing of handicrafts and local tours for the tourist market including the impressively growing cruise ship market. It has plans to support the quality and quantity of handicrafts and also design of cultural tours so as to increase income for Tongan artisans and providers of cultural experience based tourism.
