STONY BROOK, N.Y., March 5, 2012 â Stony Brook University Hospitalâs Trauma Center has been named one of four trauma centers in New York State with inpatient survival rates for trauma patients that are significantly above the statewide average, according to the latest report from the New York State Trauma System for 2007 to 2009.
1 Tonga: the Tongan tattoo is similar to the Samoan tattoo. 2  The Cook Islands: the tattoo designs of the Cook Islands were spread over the entire body. 3  Each tribe had its own tattoo sign. 4  French Polynesia (Tahiti): traditionally, only people of a high social ranking had tattoos.he Samoan women also had tattoos on their hands. Getting a tattoo in the traditional Samoan way is a real endurance test. Instead of needles, the skin is punctured using a pigâs tooth or sharkâs tooth. Not finishing a tattoo once it is started is a source of shame.
The tongan dance is known as the tau'olunga it can only be performed by a girl who is a virgin.Tongans test this by putting tongan oil on her skin and if it does not shine the way it should she is advised to not perform the dance sparing embarrassment not only to the family but to herself.It can be performed at weddings but is mostly left for a girl to perform on her 21st. SÅkÄ, originally known as Eke, is a Tongan group dance performed with sticks, which the performers hit against each other to the beat of a drum.