🇹🇴 Tonga · Traditional
Tongan Traditional Massageトンガの伝統マッサージ（フォトフォタ）Fotofota
Coconut-oil massage of Tongan homes and healers, close to Samoan fofō, with regional variation.
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- Origin
- 🇹🇴 Tonga
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system / Traditional massage
- Techniques
- Oil / Pressure
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
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