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She Leads: Kilisitina Fehoko

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She Leads: Kilisitina Fehoko
SHE LEADS is an inspirational multimedia storytelling project presented by Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand. Rooted in the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, SHE LEADS highlights the great achievements women in places such as the Cook Islands, Tonga, New Caledonia and Samoa have made in areas as diverse as traditional dance, local art, fashion, business, photography and environmental protection. SHE LEADS inspires women to make meaningful contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Kilisitina Fehoko
Artist, Tonga

If you were to watch an angel being made – literally – you’d come away mightily impressed. Awestruck, in fact. And that’s what it’s like watching one of Tonga’s pre-eminent artists, Kilisitina Fehoko at work. She makes with practised ease miniature angels, using natural materials like palm nuts and tapa cloth and raffia fibres.

These are usually the figures that make up the charming nativity scenes that Fehoko sells so successfully through her business, Fehoko Art Studio in Nukuʻalofa, that she established with her husband, renowned sculptor, Steven.

They also run a successful arts tours business, which introduces visitors to the Kingdom to Tonga’s traditional art forms and handicrafts.

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To discover all 49 SHE LEADS videos in the series, view them at pacifictradeinvest.com

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