The Queen Will Visit Tonga -- Tongan woman making Kava. The national drink, made from the Dried Roots of plant belonging to the pepper family. In Tonga it is the woman who prepare the drink, unlike Fiji where the men are responsible. Section of the root are pounded between Two basalt stones. The fragments falling on the mat spread below. These are gathered together aid placed it the wooden bowl, visible under the girl's arm. H.M. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Tonga on December 19. Their second pacific halt. December 2, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper).
The Queen Will Visit Tonga -- Tongan woman making Kava. The national drink, made from the Dried Roots of plant belonging to the pepper family. In Tonga it is the woman who prepare the drink, unlike Fiji where the men are responsible. Section of the root are pounded between Two basalt stones. The fragments falling on the mat spread below. These are gathered together aid placed it the wooden bowl, visible under the girl's arm. H.M. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Tonga on December 19. Their second pacific halt. December 2, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper).