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Students socialize by going to Church events, sports (during the season), and spending time with family. There are bars and nightlife but if any student from a church school is seen out at night, they could be expelled.
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Smoking is acceptable, especially by men and even by some women.
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It is not polite to be too drunk, but in the bars downtown you will most definitely see many Tongan youths excessively drunk.
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Drinking hard alcohol is not accepted by many church-going elders. However, Tongan kava is widely accepted for males, and they often drink kava almost every night until the wee hours.
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Tongans don't usually go on traditional “dates” like in or
Europe . Usually a boy will court a girl, and that starts with going to ask permission from the girl’s family, and it usually ends in marriage.
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Many couples will go out without permission and keep it secret. There is also lots of mobile phone texting and calling that young people do as a form of “dating”.
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