Anatomical-right joints — fofo contact

massage, movement, and release

The joint marker represents hands-on contact, movement, and massage attention in the fofo bodywork lens. One anatomical-right point stands for a bilateral family of joints and does not define a fixed Samoan or Tongan treatment protocol.

Head — tapu/status locusHeart — relational wellbeingBelly — bodily centreAnatomical-right joints — fofo contactAnatomical-right joints — fofo contactFeet — noa contact

Point 4 of 5 in Samoan/Tongan Healing Body

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Claire D. F. Parsons, ed., Healing Practices in the South Pacific (scholarly_modern)

The collection includes separate studies of Samoan medicine and Tongan healing practices; it is used here as a comparative source while preserving island-level variation.

Claire D. F. Parsons, Illness and Cure in Tonga: Traditional and Modern Medical Practice (scholarly_modern)

Ethnographic account of Tongan illness concepts, curers, cures, and case studies; the source supports a Tongan healing context but not a universal Samoan/Tongan body map.

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