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Tongan cricket

Also known as Kilikiti

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Village-scale cricket variant played at community events.

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Part of the living heritage of Tonga.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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