FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2008 file photo the King of Tonga George Tupou V sits on his throne in Nuku'aloka,Tonga. King George Tupou V, who championed a more democratic system of government in the ...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga >> Tonga will hold a state funeral for its king on March 28. King George Tupou V died Sunday in Hong Kong at age 63. The cause has not been released. Government spokesman Paula Mau ...

Tonga will hold a state funeral for its king on March 28. King George Tupou V died on Sunday in Hong Kong at the age of 63. The cause has not been released. Government spokesman Paula Mau said his ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Tonga observed a day of national mourning on Thursday for the state funeral of Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva, known as a pro-democracy and climate change campaigner in the ...

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The funeral of Tonga's king, George Tupou V, has taken place in Nuku'alofa, with thousands of mourners lining the streets from the palace to the royal tombs. The body of the king arrived back in the ...

Funerals are of enormous cultural significance in the Kingdom of Tonga In contrast with the taboos regarding death in Western society death in the Kingdom of Tonga follows a highly ritualized grieving ...

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