Pōpao/en

The pōpao is the Tongan word for outrigger canoe, a hollowed out tree trunk carrying one or a few fishermen onto the quiet lagoon (not on the large).

Main parts:

• katea, the larger hull
• kiato, the cross beams connecting the both hulls
• hama (or ama), the smaller hull or outrigger
• tauama, the sticks and ropes connecting the outrigger to the crossbeams. The U shape is characteristic for Tonga.

When the 2 hulls are more or less equal in size (as for the kalia), they are called fakatoukatea. FOKI