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Kasivaki

Also known as underwater rugby

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Ancient underwater team contest to carry a stone across the field.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Tonga.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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