Ngatu, siapo, aute, masi, tapa… just some of the names from across the Pacific for barkcloth which reflect the rich variety ...

In Fiji, this linen-like barkcloth is called Masi ... The inner-bark (known at this raw stage as tapa) is soaked and softened in water. When it's become slightly pulpy, Taatoa lays it on a ...

It was given to Kew in 1881 as an example of barkcloth, similar to the tapa cloth of the Pacific. The heavily folded jacket was treated in 2006 by Konstantinos Chatziantoniou, a student at the ...

The film follows a 12-year-old girl named Agnesi Aafi from the Kingdom of Tonga, as she prepares for her cousin Fanny's wedding. Set against the backdrop of Tonga's rich culture, Agnesi shares her ...