A Tongan stall organised by Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tuku’aho was among more than 400 booths set up at a multicultural festival in Australia last week.
The three-day event which ran from February 12 – 14 marked the 20th anniversary of the National Multicultural Festival in which it featured “key events and performances it’s renowned for, including, the Food and Dance Spectacular, Greek Glendi, Carnival in the City, Chinese New Year and Pacific Island Showcase”.
Photos seen by Kaniva News apparently showed Tongan art and crafts as well as mats, books, sculptures and paintings were being exhibited in the booth.
Some also featured the princess viewing the exhibition and holding up some of the items while posing for photos.
A Tongan delegation from the kingdom including True Tonga travelled to Australia to participate in the festival.
Tongan groups and performers from Tongan community in Canberra also took part in the historical event.
“the National Multicultural Festival provides the ideal platform to promoting Tonga and its peoples, promoting Tongan handicrafts and arts work, and is an excellent opportunity to advertise the Kingdom as a tourist destination to Australia and the world”, a statement said.
The festival hosted about 4500 volunteers, 2500 performers and more than 800 groups from various ethnicities and races in Australia
During the 2015 festival it was thought more than 270,000 people visited and attended the event.
