Neiafu Market

Neiafu is a relatively new Saturday^[1] market and shopping centre on Vava'u, Tonga. It is regarded as a municipal market and sells a range of items, including handicrafts, ancient headrests, kava bowls, stone adzes, old whale teeth and other craftswork.^[2] Also sold are taro, alocasia, manioc, yams as well as bananas, amongst others.^[3] The market is well connected by bus and minibus to surrounding villages on the island.^[4]

Neiafu Market

References

1. Hunsicker, Steve. Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps: Stories from the Kingdom of Tonga and the United States Peace Corps. Steve Hunsicker. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-4581-7847-3. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
2. Grijp, Paul van der (2009). Art and exoticism: an anthropology of the yearning for authenticity. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 216. ISBN 978-3-8258-1667-4. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
3. Grijp, Paul van der (2004). Identity and development: Tongan culture, agriculture, and the perenniality of the gift. KITLV Press. pp. 45–6. ISBN 978-90-6718-215-7. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
4. Stanley, David (1989). South Pacific handbook. David Stanley. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-918373-29-8. Retrieved 16 October 2011.