On Tonga, girls in the traditional tapas tops and grass skirts wait to perform traditional dances.
The tapas is a cloth like material made from the bark of mulberry trees.
Before dancing the girls will smear oil onto their arms and shoulders, and money is attached by the audience in appreciation of the dancing. I found it rather like tipping a lap dancer, however it is expected and I was goaded into doing it by Tongan friends.
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