Kau Faito'o: Traditional Healers of Tonga - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://der.org/films/kaufaito-healers.html This film shows the ancient traditional art form of healing and tries to capture the essence of being a traditional healer in an ever-changing environment. Traditional healers are shown collecting, preparing and administering herbal remedies that they have passed down from one generation to the next. Healers discuss where, why and how they gained their knowledge and why they choose to carry on age-old customs and practices despite the fact that Tonga is becoming a nation increasingly dependent on western medicine. Interspersed throughout the film are beautiful scenes of water, agriculture, rainforest and people, all of which comprise current island life in the Kingdom of Tonga.

a film by Melinda Ostraff
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tonga
• island
• healing
• healer
• traditional
• medicine
• custom
• herbalism
• documentary
• film

[kokonut1919]

just wondering where can I purchase this documentary. I would like to know more about the Tongan history. Get back asap thankyou

[docued]

@kokonut1919 Please see the video description above. There you will find a link where you can purchase the DVD of this film. Thanks!

[huikavapalangi]

could you post the whole vid? too poor to pay for the DVD ..lol, hahaha, i know that its ghetto but its the truth...lol... but good vid, malo...

[docued]

Sorry, we can't post the full length film for free. There may be a much cheaper download purchase option in the next few months through our website. Thanks for the interest!

[faga2kulolo17]

omg cant beleive i just see mi dad in hea..woohoo he was doing the soldiers flag march..hehehe..gud on u dad

[kronic04fli]

Omg! I Remember My Gma Used to Make Dat Medicine from Her Leaves that She Grows in thaa' Bacc' of Her House. Man, I Hated Drinkin' Dat But Now I Knoe Why She Made Us Drink It(:

[smat135]

i was just wondering, was part of this documentary filmed in vavau with the anitoni family..? it amusses me to see my aunties participating in thi documentary and expressing indigenous knowledge of tongan healing to the world...something that we shouldtake into consideration and should not be forgotten ..

[sakauola]

I'm now practising western medicine and having worked in tonga for a while where I witnessed firsthand the medical complications of traditional medicine. I will never recommend Traditional Medicine!! but the belief and trust in our tradition is so STRONG--even my own mother goes to Traditional healers occasionally!!

[hipehipa]

awsome.

[victoriaKup]

hey its my aunties voice

[Kamaka675]

Go Tonga.

[Lavulo187]

wen my mum was pregnant wif me, she wanted to go to the Kau m'uli but my father and his father stopped her from doing so..dis is because it was illeagal in NZ.lol...i wonder if i had ever live or died if my mother had went...

[falangarang]

no money can be accepted but a foi kumala or mei kava will do lol

[marcellin20]

I was wondering if the Kau Faito'os have thier own church if not in Tonga then in Auckland

[fine94]

ohhh..finally a more lovlier version of the kau fai'to'o...I remember I use to scream my head off when my mom threaten to take me to one of them if I didn't stop eating candy! LoL..dank you 4 da post

[lostfob]

i love this video, hope to see more, thanks for sharin!

[sthcrox]

when a job is done out of love, it is priceless! malo, kau ma'uli.