# Mako (dance)

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{{About|the dance|other uses|Mako (disambiguation)}}
The '''Mako''' is a fast-paced dance from [Tonga](/source/Tonga) which is performed by young men. Accompanied by an extremely fast rhythm on a drum or tin can, dancers perform wild gestures involving their entire bodies; they point in various directions, run, sit, roll, or lie down repeatedly and in quick succession. The dance originated in [ʻUvea](/source/Uvea_(Wallis_and_Futuna)) and is only rarely performed in Tonga.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://atenisi.edu.to/documents/otuhaka.4.5.6.7.8.9.pdf? |chapter=The ʻotuhaka among the other Tongan dances |title=ʻOtuhaka, a Tongan Dance |author=Firitia Velt |publisher=Atensi Institute |date=1991 |location=Nukuʻalofa |page=4 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>

==Musical themes ==
The songs used with the Mako feature lyrics in [Tongan](/source/Tongan_language). Their themes are most often drawn from nature and daily life or occasionally from the [Bible](/source/Bible). Additionally, one of the best-known refrains, ''toli he siale'', is a [double entendre](/source/double_entendre); it can mean "picking flowers".

==References==
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*{{okina}}I.F. Helu; Faikava

Category:Dances of Tonga

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