emphasized finger and hand motifs (following Samoan stylistics), until 1950 when queen Sālote personally integrated the distinctly Tongan wrist flourishes and lakalaka leg transitions into her song "Manu o Palataisi" (Bird of Paradise), leading to the technical composition and format of the contemporary Tongan tauolunga. References A.L. Kaeppler, M. Taumoefolau, N. Tukuaho, E. Wood-Ellem; Songs & poems of Queen Sālote; (various); Langi tauolunga and hiva kakala; Tongan culture Dances of Tonga Group dances