I am Samoan but I love listening to this - Miss this old school singing and pure sound that our elders and ancestors had both in Samoa and Tonga. Anyone have a translation for this please?
This kind of tongan acapella was very common everywhere you went at kava drinking especially when young men would court a young girl at her house by bringing kava for her to prepare and serve as they drank they told stories trying to impress and drank the kava she prepared.This tradition was lost as common practise after the 90s.But acapella singing like this was common while working in the bush..or going for a rugby game or a team picnic..singing tongan songs..po hiva is replaced today by blasting sound systems..another cultural loss..today these songs thankfully are still sung at kalapu faikava..the tongan kava clubs .
This became my favorite song like ever in all Faikava history, im full Samoan, and i love this song soo much dearly singing it makes me feel like im at kava, and i wish to sing it at kava, but my dad goes to kava every friday and saturday. love this SONG!!!!!!
Sii lilio, a siene nofo io kamau mata tanginoa ki sio sino.... Kumi aa e koe, a siao tatau Mo ha taha kuo mo maheni fau e mailefihi, keke meai mai ko siemau ofa ni (idk the last word) he tangi oiaue (x2) kuo ikai teu ilo pe e anga fefe
IVE BEEN looking for this specific Song for years, beautiful!. i had it in the early 2000's as a young 20's and the cd got s scratched and was unable to retrieve it, ive been consistenly searching for Matatangi, thinking it was the name but nothing.... all these years.... thank you for the upload.
Malo 'aupito DeepSouLex for putting names to these beautiful faces.Hope they have watched this clip. You can't go wrong with these voices. I was 15 at the time and now living in Auckland, NZ and still have a soft spot for this 'faikava song'. Malo.
malie lahi e hiva...ma'alahi atu e kanokano pea toe uhuuhu mai hange ha heletui...kapau 'oku te 'ita ha me'a pea te fanongo ki he ki'i hivehiva 'ae matu'a ni, ko e vave atu 'ene malona e loa ko ia...'ofa atu ki he fa'ahinga ko eni neongo 'oku 'ikai kete si'i 'ilo ha taha heni... :)
Thanks Jane for upload this clip. It is a familiar song in any faikava at that time, even now in Tonga or anywhere, where Tongans are drinking kava. The sound and photo are good. I am wondering if the tou'a and these guys are still around. If they are, please put a name to these handsome faces. Malo
ko e ki'i fakatonutonu si'i atu pe 'o e tokotaha he kau siana hiva.Fakamolemole 'oku 'ikai ko e Palolo ka ko e Kalolo 'ae hingoa. malo 'aupito e ma'u hiva faka'ofo'ofa ko ha tukufakaholo lelei ia ke tauhi 'ofa 'aki 'a e ongo mei ono 'aho ki si'omau ki'i kolo 'ofeina. malo 'aupito sione laite langi Tau'ese.
Siʻi liliō ʻa siʻene nofo ʻIo ka mau matatanginoa ki siʻo sino Siʻi liliō ʻa siʻene nofo ʻIo ka mau matatanginoa ki siʻo sino Kumi ā ʻe koe ʻa siʻao tatau Mo ha taha kuo mo maheni fau ʻE Mailefihi, ke ke meaʻi mai Ko siʻemau ʻofa ni, te mau vale ai Kumi ā ʻe koe ʻa siʻao tatau Mo ha taha kuo mo maheni fau He tangi ʻoiaue, toe tangi ʻoiaue Kuo ʻikai te u ʻilo pe ʻe anga fēfē
