ALL ABOUT ME

ALL ABOUT ME

(This picture is an image of Vava’u)

This is the place where my

grandpa came from.

Malo e lelei my name is Vaimoana and I am proudly

named after my grandpa’s auntie, her name is also Vaimoana.

They named me Vaimoana because my grandpa wanted to

name me after his auntie. My nickname “Moana” is

what people usually call me and it means ocean so I

am named after the ocean too.

My last name “Sikalu” was from my

grandpa's side in Tonga, Vava’u. I am proud

to have this last name because I am proud of my culture.

In my family 28 people in my family live in Tonga and 1

person from my family lives in the United States of America.

My last name is hard for people to pronounce but all that

matters is that they tried their best to say it. The last name

is important because it identifies which family you belong to

and where your inheritance also comes from.

Names are important to our families

because they are memories of lost loved ones

or names given to make connections with a distant family.