汤加文化中的Tauhi Vā

Tauhi Vāin Tongan Culture

Tauhi vā是汤加乃至太平洋文化中非常重要的一个概念,是指保持、维持或滋养社会关系。人们通过履行各自的责任(fai fatongia),来构建和谐美好的社会关系。这一概念深刻影响着汤加人日常生活的方方面面,同时也塑造了汤加人的思维和行为方式。然而近年来,人们在tauhi vā的过程中却逐渐偏离了其初衷而导致不和谐或不对称的产生。汤加人在转变现有观念的同时,也在积极探索tauhi vā的新方式,以期实现tauhi vā的良性循环和可持续发展。

Tauhi vāis a very important concept in Tongan and Pacific culture,which refers to the maintaining,sustaining or nur-turing of social relations.By fulfilling their responsibilities(fai fatongia),people build harmonious and good social relations.This concept profoundly influences every aspect of the daily life of Tongans and shapes the way Tongans think and behave.In recent years,however,people gradually deviate from the original intention in the process of tauhi vā,resulting in disharmony or asymme-try.While changing the current mindset,Tongans are also actively exploring new ways of tauhi vāwith a view to achieving a virtu-ous cycle and sustainable development of tauhi vā.