How to make Ngatu In Tonga

                                                                                                                                                         

1. After the hiapo is cut down, women and girls peel the bark off.

2. They hang the bark out in the sun to dry.

3. They soak the bark into the water to make it dry.

4. They beat the dried bark with a wooden tool called Ike to make it thinner.


5. They hang the bark out in the sun to dry again.