TONGAN FOLK MUSIC refers to music derived from the island Tonga in the islands of Polynesia and today generally falls under the category of traditional music that has withstood the test of time, or into one of the two opposing genres of religious and secular music.

HIVA KAKALA as what is usually Tongan Folk Songs called is kind of sweet aroma, fragrant songs, meaning love poems) are an important part of the semi-traditional group. Many of the ones still popular nowadays were made by Queen Sālote in the 1950s and are the favourite tunes for the tauʻolunga dances. Another important part of HIVA KAKALA are the more formal songs, slanted towards odes to the chiefs and the royal family. They are the ideal choice for dances like the māʻuluʻulu or the lakalaka, Tonga's national dance form.

Tongan music can be either very emotional and somewhat modern with instrumental makeup including modern brass instruments, or conversely can be very primitive and consist of only drums and voices. In this way, Tongan music is very diverse despite the fact that it is contained to a fairly small island, which means that the different cultures and styles co-exist on the small land mass together without blending.


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