I like the Fijian version but imma stick with the original from tonga. Lol. Much love to nah Fijian tokouaz though. And if I happen to offend anyone with my comment, I apologize.
@F1J1SON -- no, not at all.....am 50% vanua levu, 50% tongan from tonga, have no Lauan connection, what-so-ever. Am proud to be part of 2 distinctively beautiful ethnic groups. Also proud to be a pacific islander...thanks for asking....cheers!!
Lot of jkatz up in here. If ur arguing over this song u just washed the song down da drain. Shuttup n enjoy great island tunes. Polynesian n Melanesian share a big history. We are Oceania and like it or not we FAMILEE! check ur origins and study ur history in histories favor n not yours. I know my history and happy to hold it with in because some ignorant f*** always has something stupid to say bout it. Learn da facts the right way. PolyNation One People. Jah bless.
@MakeupBummsxx ..don't worry mate..lol..you're always part of it :-)...polynesian and rest of the pacific islands are members of one big happy family.....let's just all get along like brothers and sisters do, eh! I'm mixed fijian &tongan.....common on guys, life's too short to be racist and arrogant....love your neighbor just as you love yourself...love you all my brothers and sisters....
FYI ... If you're Tongan, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Vanuatuan etc. Our Fijian ancestors were fairly recent arrivals to Fiji from Thebes in Egypt. When they arrived in the Islands the place was already populated by melanesians and Polynesians. In fact the courts of Kalakawa has records of 13 generations of their royal lineage from Wakea to Nanaulu listed as residing in Fiji then. Tahitians, Tongans and Samoans etc .. can still find their past there. Let's not forget that ... we're all family.
Us POLYS gotta stop this pride BS!! We all different races now but if you go back far enough we all came from ONE PEOPLE!! PEACE TO ALL SAMOAN,FIJIANS, and TONGANS!! Coming from a Tongan brother!! Life is SHORT!! SO STOP SWEATING THE LITTLE STUFF!!! Be Easy!
@tautafari808 I love what u said, your right, these idiots r such an insult, Fijians r our blood brothers and sisters. im so glad u corrected those idiots and i hope they get this message thru their heads.
I can see he's holding the Samoan Fue(flying whisk) in his left hand, must be from the Lau islands of Fiji when the Tongans and Samoans use to travel in the old days
Thats beautiful. Isa Lei, my mom use to sing this allot. We are Samoan but my mom attended the University of South Pacific in Suva Fiji, she had allot of Fijian friends and they taught her this song. The funny thing is that I am going to Fiji for two years and I am slowly learning the language. I love my Samoan people allot but I now I am going to have that same love for the people of Fiji. Since its Christmas here in the United States, Marau na Kerisimasi or Manuia le Kerisimasi. CHEEHOO!
@CPO3Solovi hey my mum used to sing this song too ! she still does at 70 years old sometimes 8)
its a lovely song and all islanders and the moari people are lovely people ....I still have family in Suva and Nadi and miss them alot ...maybe a day will come and I will be back there?
I miss you Suva AND THANKS MUM FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH ME WAY BACK THEN WHEN YOU WERE WELL....IM SO SORRY I COULDN`T HELP YOU, LOVE Mark, one of your 3 sons
can someboby give the wordings of this song pls , its so nice to hear the old songs i still remember when i was small and use to sing in school bishopkemphthone school in new town nasinu in 1973, thanks god bless fiji
If you type LYRICS ISA LEI into Google you will get several responses. When I did it the first response at the top shows the words in Fijian and English.
Found the Fijian and American translation of this song at the very back of my dad's war diary from 1943. He went to Fiji just after being sent overseas. He proclaimed it 'beautiful'--just like this song!
Beautiful...just beautiful...stay strong to your culture Fiji...you are one of the many people that never back down, you are proud people, full of hope and build bloody good rugby players...cheers.
@royalcourtier you have a big mouth on this net because we don't get to see you. Your attitude sucks and it shows how big your ass is when we meet one on one. Fuck you man! Fuck you!
I am a Samoan myself and I love old Polynesian songs like this one here. I have a some old school Samoan songs and others from other Polynesian Islands. It doesnt matter what language the music is in. It makes me cry, being born in Samoa but as a baby brought to the states, I have an absence of culture. I have made it a goal to return to Samoa one day and stay attached to my roots. This is a good video and I love the song. Stay attached to your roots my friends and appreciate the old school.
Junkfood has left the building due to lack of experience and knowledge of the south pacific ancestors. All south pacific islanders are all related and I don't give a damn if you like it or not.unless you are half Karean like JUNKFood from American Samoa.
Juhkful ! shut the hell up cuz you don't make any sense fat ass.Samoans/Fijians are brothers and sisters and we have the same ancestors and you must half Korean that was born in Samoa with no father..
WTF is wrong with you guys? Samoa, Tonga & Fiji are connected one way or the other stop talking shit putting each other down. We are all connected through Ancient times stop acting like Palagi's with this RACIST $HIT its 2010 grow the fucc up and move on.
@SacTownUso: Malo e lelei-I agree-partly to do with the missionaries and the mentality they gave us to literally to teach us by "putting each other down". Colonisation. Its true. This was not part of our culture.There was much respect then than we have today where competition strives to either get the better of us or not. Soifua and vinaka.
@opopo6 Actually before the missionaries arrived all of the pacific nations were independant warring tribes who fought against each other and part of that culture was putting your enemies down. Thats why many of the pacific islanders were cannibals to take a defeated foes mana. but also the haka, cibi and other war dances were performed to terrify the enemy. And the "Dele" or "Wate" womens dances in pre european Fiji, were performed to belittle the enemies.
well you dont need one becoz you got nz.even if samoa had one they would still be weak.and no one is talking about the U.S we are talking about the pacific and fiji and tonga dont rely on other 2 protect them.
salflashy13 here you are talking about ARMY's etc my brother do you forget that the Fijian Army are corrupting FIJI? They are taking over FIJI by Force and torturing and killing your own people who get in there way. Do please dont talk about an army unless your ARMY is perfect.
salflashy13 the same Fijian Army you are bragging about is the same Fijian Army who abuse there POWER in Fiji and are destroying DEMOCRACY in Fiji almost like a dictatorship. No one is perfect my brother but dont look at Samoa and talk less about us.
lmao they are not killing any one.they took over becuase people were selling land 4 peanuts 2 over seas buyers and the goverment were not doing any thing.you go 2 fiji and its peacefull as ever
lmao fiji will murder samoans even with just hands.fiji had tribal wars nearly every day.and yes fiji has the biggest military in the pacific and our brothers tonga would destroy samoa 2 haha.but lucky we got no beef wth samoa haha nah peace bravaz
@salflashy13 now why would you say some stuff like that? If you learn History you will see that both SAMOA & TONGA invaded Fiji back to 1000AD dont believe me read a book. As for Tonga do you forget that SAMOA slaughtered and beat Tonga so bad Anciently 1250AD that they never wanted WAR with Samoans ever again what is funny is all of Tonga's Ancient Kings were all half SAMOAN.
lmao i know my history and samo never ever invaded fiji you wouldve got slaughted.tonga never invade fiji.the chief of lau let maafu stay their after he was cast out of tonga.and because he was a royal the chief repctd him and he himself bcme fijian marrying in 2 the cheifs famly.his army were launs and they are fijians.samoa were invaded by tonga then samoa drove them back yub true.but if fiji invaded samoa.there would be no samoan men left.
salflashy13 my brother I have nothing against Fijians but you keep talking down on SAMOANS. True Samoa doesnt have a uniform with guns ARMY but trust and believe we are WARRIORS and will protect Samoa to the death the only difference is that SAMOA doesn't have a uniform for every one in SAMOA is a WARRIOR and will fight for SAMOA.
brah fijians are warriors.doesnt matter if we are in the army or not .samoans think they are the only warriors in the world haha i dont have nothing against samoans im half fijian/sa.just hate samoans that think that.
@salflashy13 nobody cares about that, u dont even know anything about samoan fiji uses weapon to kill people samoan dont kill people samoan r not violence but if fiji want to have war then well see who wins and who loses,doesnt mean fiji has more army than samoa that doesnt mean u guys r the best so yeah never know!
fiji only traded with samoa never had war with each other we let samoans stay in fiji becoz we traded with samoans.if it wasnt for fiji you woudnt have the art of tatooing.samoa didnt really give us any thing.lmao invaded fiji lucky you guys never tried
@salflashy13 learn Ancient History Samoa & Tonga invaded Fiji from the EAST lau group in 1000AD later Tongans invaded Fiji again. Also Samoans stayed in Fiji because they were givin land for building the DRUA Canoe for Samoans were MASTER CANOE BUILDERS Lesa and Lemai of Manono Samoa from the Saleiataua Family/Clan were known in Fiji as LEHA and LEMAKI there families were givin land in Fiji for building the DRUA.
haha samoa and tonga never invaded fiji.they didnt even invade lau.lau was where fiji and tonga came together.when maafu came to lau and tried 2 invade fiji.guess who his army was.fijian warriors from lau but he faild.he became fijian bcoz the chief let him.and fijians built drua b4 samoans even knew about it.fijians showed that family how 2 build it thats the real history.
@supersmasher99 you read a one page history book. That's how far Tonga and Samoa can go...LAU...the small islands. In Cakaudrove and Rewa, Nadroga, your ancestor retreated and the rest cooked and eaten. You never even penetrated the heart of Fiji, both in Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. BUT, your princess were married to the Cakobau tribe of Bau, and our present president is one of the offspring of those beautiful, soft, white, Tongan thighs...have a good day pathetic historian...go back to school!
@redecloudizatiocan you tell me about the SAMOAN MASTER CANOE BUILDERS Lesa and Lemai of Manono Samoa from the Saleiataua Family/Clan who were known in Fiji as LEHA and LEMAKI there families were givin land in Fiji for building the DRUA.
@salflashy13 yeah right many samoan people murder fijians and togans with hands and u guys murder some of our people with knife....and talking about military samoa dont depend on AMERICA FOR PROTECTION...IF ANYTHING HAPPEN TO AMERICAN SAMOA THE AMERICAN IS GOING TO PUT THERE NOSE IN OUR BUSSINESS WHY BECAUSE AMERICAN SAMOA IS OWN BY THE U.S....SO BEFORE U TALK ABOUT UR MILITARY FACE THE U.S MILITARY FIRST......LOL.......
lmao fijians and tongans would kill you samoans with hands, weapons wateva their ar more of us.and no yuo dont rely on america you rely on nz haha .niggaz talking about we are great warriors stop talkn shit and thinkn samoans are the beat thing in the world.ok then wateva yu think brah.people that are humble are the most powerfull and respected.
@salflashy13 hahahahaha american samoa dont depend on nz or other country but what ever happen to the pacific america will always protect american samoa even know that american samoa depend on them.....we samoa can kill u guys with hand...do the math our many times u guys kill our people with knife...u guys kill our people with knife because they cant kill us with hands idiot...
@salflashy13 you rely on nz haha .niggaz talking about we are great warriors stop talkn shit and thinkn fiji and tongan are the beat thing in the world.ok then wateva yu think brah.people that are humble are the most powerfull and respected.
You do the math Guns and Weapons can blow the crap out of ya hands hahahahahahahahahahaha thats rights yous are dependant on other countries so there you go God Bless and have a good easter
@Sambulafulei009 YEAH IF U SHOOT A GUN AT MY ASS ITS NOT GOING TO HURT.....FIJI AND TONGA IS TALKING ABOUT THE WRONG THING......HAHAHAHAHAHA......START NOW IM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT PEOPLE WONT EVEN KNOW ANY DIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We don't need a military in Samoa. We don't have problems like coups. And b4 u start bragging about ur military, make sure u top America's military first.
You do now look at the state of your Prime Minister making a decison to improve Samoan roads with about 8 million dollars then it goes down the toilets cause the tsunami ruined it hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Good work the Military should shoot his arse out of parliament hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Sambulafulei009 you dare disrespect the prime minister of SAMOA? Look at Tonga its the year 2010 and your people are still SLAVES to 1 man your KING the Tongan Concept the King stays rich the people stay poor so please dont talk about Samoa. What is funny is the current KING of Tonga is from a SAMOAN DYNASTY known as the Tui A'ano Upolu aka Kanokupolu (FLESH OF UPOLU) Dynasty. What Im saying is you cant claim to be WARRIORS if you cant stand up to 1 man.
@009 it's better than spending 8 million on an army that has established an illegal govn't in a country wherethe growing #'s of Indians have made you feel insecure & threatened.
@Sambulafulei009 LIKE WE CARE GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS SAMOA AND YES APIA, SAMOA ROAD WILL IMPROVE AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN FIJI AND TONGA'S ROAD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....HAHAHAHA.......AND BY THE WAY THANKYOU FOR SPENDING UR TIME LEARNING ABOUT SAMOA PRIME MINISTER HAHAHAHAHA.....LOL....
@Sambulafulei009 ....and talking about military samoa dont depend on AMERICA FOR PROTECTION...IF ANYTHING HAPPEN TO AMERICAN SAMOA THE AMERICAN IS GOING TO PUT THERE NOSE IN OUR BUSSINESS WHY BECAUSE AMERICAN SAMOA IS OWN BY THE U.S....SO BEFORE U TALK ABOUT UR MILITARY FACE THE U.S MILITARY FIRST......LOL.......
Excuse me what are you talking about oh! thats right you dont know what you're talking about you dumb fob. TONGA ruled the Pacific including Samoa kk so next time try to get your facts right before you humiliate yourself online kk
lmao ok first tonga never invaded fiji.if they ever did they wouldve got murderd.fiji had better weapons,sailing ships and way more man power etc.if fiji were under one rule back then they cudve invaded tonga and samoa.but why would they when our land had every thing we needed.
This sounds like the recording I had as a child! As I recall, this was recorded in an all-girl school. The lower voices are young girls as well, unusually low for children and the record cover pointed out that their voices changed as they matured, and they lost that lovely tone. I always thought this was a particularly beautiful song, and am so happy to hear the very version I so loved, so many years later.
@SingerToUnicorns this was at an all girls school called Adi Cakobau School....its a well known school in Fiji....we used to learn this kind of chants during our music practice...:)good times....
the 'minstrels' played this as a request when we stayed at the shangri la resort after getting married in nandi (if i remember right ) about ten yrs ago ! !
@tuituivao haha how it gon sound tongan uce wen tha words R fijian.lol
its koo tho, im tongan n fijian n i wud want it there ta b a connection. cuz we r tha same ppl of tha pacific islands. im love all my island brothers n sisters. One Love!! R.I.P LucKy Dube
This song melody was borrowed from an old german song. No doubt taken off the sailing ships or whatever. So therefore the song is actually of European in origin. The point being is that culture is alive and improvised through through sharing. As to who took it from the germans? I don't know...
yes solewomanse u fat ass ufa. 10,000 was a med size army in tonga back then. bout the size of the army that enslaved samoa. don't be mad cause we raped ur women and beat ur men. don't talk shit cause u probably got some tongan in u.lmao fuckin kefe
Composed in 1918 by Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba and sung on a boat leavin for tonga with the orgin.. 'isa lei Tupou' cut short to just 'isa lei' now days. Tupou being a tongan girl on board...
dis was sung by the Adi Cakobau School Old Girls.....sa rogorogo vinaka saraga....even i myself as a current scholar of ACS hardly hear this kind of chant in school anymore ....
To akuila: With all do respect the original melody of this song is called "si'i lile viola lose hina" from Tongatapu Island but Fiji adopt it and use the MELODY and change the lyrics in Fiji. Thank you.
A beautiful song indeed as a professor from China, behind this lovely song comes a wonderful history. Basically a love song from Tongatapu to Fiji. From the majesty Queen Salote to her half brother in Fiji Prince Ratu Edward Tungi Carobau. It shows how these two island shared many special common grounds and well respected by many other islands. With all respect from China to all pacific islanders please respect your sisters and brothers from other islands.
This is just beautiful
imamfollower 1 week ago in playlist 110818 viti
Love all versions. It was a white mans tune deported to Tonga then later adopted by Fiji and later adopted by Samoa. Malieee South Pacific!
HamoRoots 1 month ago
I wonder when this photo was taken.
PoptartzzofGorg 2 months ago
As my Fijian mother would say "Isa my lei ! This takes me back" Thank you for sharing.
fatzcatz 3 months ago
onz caaa! vinaka !
Fijiansameer 4 months ago
I like the Fijian version but imma stick with the original from tonga. Lol. Much love to nah Fijian tokouaz though. And if I happen to offend anyone with my comment, I apologize.
vaini9z 6 months ago
@F1J1SON -- no, not at all.....am 50% vanua levu, 50% tongan from tonga, have no Lauan connection, what-so-ever. Am proud to be part of 2 distinctively beautiful ethnic groups. Also proud to be a pacific islander...thanks for asking....cheers!!
Heilala2011 6 months ago
so back to the sonq, this is the 1st time i heard th Fijian version. I think its the oriqinal before th tonqan one ? But yeah, meaan jamm.
1LUV
TonqanBoy 6 months ago
Lot of jkatz up in here. If ur arguing over this song u just washed the song down da drain. Shuttup n enjoy great island tunes. Polynesian n Melanesian share a big history. We are Oceania and like it or not we FAMILEE! check ur origins and study ur history in histories favor n not yours. I know my history and happy to hold it with in because some ignorant f*** always has something stupid to say bout it. Learn da facts the right way. PolyNation One People. Jah bless.
USOLJAH650 7 months ago 2
DO U KNOW THAT THE WORD "FIJI" IS TONGAN. LOOK IT UP. VINAKA FOR THE PESE MANAIA.MOCE. IM SAMOAN/FIJIAN.JUST LETTING U KNOW.
KANASALUSALU 8 months ago
PROUD TO BE FIJIAN
MyDeStorm 8 months ago
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MakeupBummsxx 9 months ago
and Niueans?...remmbr us? lol
MakeupBummsxx 9 months ago
@MakeupBummsxx ..don't worry mate..lol..you're always part of it :-)...polynesian and rest of the pacific islands are members of one big happy family.....let's just all get along like brothers and sisters do, eh! I'm mixed fijian &tongan.....common on guys, life's too short to be racist and arrogant....love your neighbor just as you love yourself...love you all my brothers and sisters....
Heilala2011 6 months ago
ii stronqly aqree wit yhu 'SacTownUso'
kinahv 9 months ago
FYI ... If you're Tongan, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Vanuatuan etc. Our Fijian ancestors were fairly recent arrivals to Fiji from Thebes in Egypt. When they arrived in the Islands the place was already populated by melanesians and Polynesians. In fact the courts of Kalakawa has records of 13 generations of their royal lineage from Wakea to Nanaulu listed as residing in Fiji then. Tahitians, Tongans and Samoans etc .. can still find their past there. Let's not forget that ... we're all family.
beaumontmuni 9 months ago
This melody was wrote by tuivakano from Tonga look it up
gkuli28 9 months ago
@kisimai Bro that royalcourtier guy even said the same shit in the other Isa lei video
Lilzoify1 9 months ago
I like this!
Rasela61 10 months ago
respect! my brothers!
sepatulapar 10 months ago
cheeeehoooooo !!! VINAKA VAKA LEVU KEMUNI !
Fijiansameer 10 months ago
Us POLYS gotta stop this pride BS!! We all different races now but if you go back far enough we all came from ONE PEOPLE!! PEACE TO ALL SAMOAN,FIJIANS, and TONGANS!! Coming from a Tongan brother!! Life is SHORT!! SO STOP SWEATING THE LITTLE STUFF!!! Be Easy!
tautafari808 11 months ago
@tautafari808 I love what u said, your right, these idiots r such an insult, Fijians r our blood brothers and sisters. im so glad u corrected those idiots and i hope they get this message thru their heads.
CWMaua12 9 months ago
I agree with what Sac says, sa tui ono was related to samoa and we are all islanders no matter where we are located our hearts are in the islands
koranFatwa 11 months ago
I can see he's holding the Samoan Fue(flying whisk) in his left hand, must be from the Lau islands of Fiji when the Tongans and Samoans use to travel in the old days
kamahamo1 11 months ago
This is just beautiful.
JIKUereno 11 months ago
hmm beautiful as ever ..I love my homeland so pure as in nature and this song said it all ...........................vinaka
ana40563 1 year ago
Amazingly pure and beautiful!
TraditionalMusic1st 1 year ago
Thats beautiful. Isa Lei, my mom use to sing this allot. We are Samoan but my mom attended the University of South Pacific in Suva Fiji, she had allot of Fijian friends and they taught her this song. The funny thing is that I am going to Fiji for two years and I am slowly learning the language. I love my Samoan people allot but I now I am going to have that same love for the people of Fiji. Since its Christmas here in the United States, Marau na Kerisimasi or Manuia le Kerisimasi. CHEEHOO!
CPO3Solovi 1 year ago 3
@CPO3Solovi hey my mum used to sing this song too ! she still does at 70 years old sometimes 8)
its a lovely song and all islanders and the moari people are lovely people ....I still have family in Suva and Nadi and miss them alot ...maybe a day will come and I will be back there?
I miss you Suva AND THANKS MUM FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH ME WAY BACK THEN WHEN YOU WERE WELL....IM SO SORRY I COULDN`T HELP YOU, LOVE Mark, one of your 3 sons
weldon0m 1 year ago
bring on the rugby world cup 2011 go china
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maxh92 1 year ago
Adi Cakabau* such beautiful acapella .. isa lei .
maxh92 1 year ago
dont forget this song was written by tuivakano from tonga in 1915
chiuola 1 year ago
I'm Tongan, but really love the Fijian language. sounds cool!!
vaipato 1 year ago
can someboby give the wordings of this song pls , its so nice to hear the old songs i still remember when i was small and use to sing in school bishopkemphthone school in new town nasinu in 1973, thanks god bless fiji
pdmaheshsharma 1 year ago
@pdmaheshsharma
If you type LYRICS ISA LEI into Google you will get several responses. When I did it the first response at the top shows the words in Fijian and English.
Vinaka vaka levu.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
proud to be a fijian..
elvin7071 1 year ago
abOriginals of Australia, PapuaNewGuinea, Fiji, Samoa and every place else..
UNiTE!
CushiticSomalianMale 1 year ago
poly love
kanialamanzano 1 year ago
very nice. proud to have tongan, fijian and samoan blood running through my veins.
lmakg1 1 year ago
fuck anyone dissing fiji,
kaiviti blood runs deep <3
long live fiji (:
kaivitik 1 year ago
pretty tight..im tongan fijian
TonganNigaz808 1 year ago
@TonganNigaz808 choose, Tonga or Fiji....no burry half cast business. This is Fijian pride.
redecloudizatio 1 year ago
Went to Fiji 3 years ago, lived there for 6 months and since then never left my heart. Love this country and this song is everything it embodies
maartengooren 1 year ago
@royalcourtier
Yes we WERE cannibals.. and your attitude would have made you tastier!!
whats your problem against the Fijians??
sharksroq 1 year ago
T^T so beautiful. i miss fiji.
dinnerinasandwich 1 year ago
Found the words to this song in Fijian and English at the end of my dad's war diary for 1943. He proclaimed the place 'beautiful' like this song.
tinaandmark1 1 year ago
Found the Fijian and American translation of this song at the very back of my dad's war diary from 1943. He went to Fiji just after being sent overseas. He proclaimed it 'beautiful'--just like this song!
tinaandmark1 1 year ago
BAREWA GA NA SERE QO!!
jwase8 1 year ago
bau nanuma na noda lasa vata mai noda ,,,isa lei ,,vinaka na upload!
ilaivunibola 1 year ago
Beautiful...just beautiful...stay strong to your culture Fiji...you are one of the many people that never back down, you are proud people, full of hope and build bloody good rugby players...cheers.
TitimaeaKTT 1 year ago 13
@TitimaeaKTT Pity they are also racists and bullies...and formerly (?) cannibals.
royalcourtier 1 year ago
@royalcourtier you have a big mouth on this net because we don't get to see you. Your attitude sucks and it shows how big your ass is when we meet one on one. Fuck you man! Fuck you!
redecloudizatio 1 year ago
Old school fijian songs, rogo vinaka dina. Sa dri yani...
kaigaloa01 1 year ago
Ah - the good old days in Fiji! Such a beautiful place - good luck to Bainimarama
Fijilass 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
I am a Samoan myself and I love old Polynesian songs like this one here. I have a some old school Samoan songs and others from other Polynesian Islands. It doesnt matter what language the music is in. It makes me cry, being born in Samoa but as a baby brought to the states, I have an absence of culture. I have made it a goal to return to Samoa one day and stay attached to my roots. This is a good video and I love the song. Stay attached to your roots my friends and appreciate the old school.
CPO3Solovi 1 year ago 4
Junkfood has left the building due to lack of experience and knowledge of the south pacific ancestors. All south pacific islanders are all related and I don't give a damn if you like it or not.unless you are half Karean like JUNKFood from American Samoa.
TheGermansam 1 year ago
@TheGermansam talofae it's just a nickname for youtube calm down
juhkful 1 year ago 2
hahahahaha@that comment blow
islandCouture 1 year ago
Juhkful ! shut the hell up cuz you don't make any sense fat ass.Samoans/Fijians are brothers and sisters and we have the same ancestors and you must half Korean that was born in Samoa with no father..
TheGermansam 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
@TheGermansam hahaha thnx for taking ur time reading my comment dumbass haahahaha ufa
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juhkful 1 year ago
American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the United States
juhkful 1 year ago
WTF is wrong with you guys? Samoa, Tonga & Fiji are connected one way or the other stop talking shit putting each other down. We are all connected through Ancient times stop acting like Palagi's with this RACIST $HIT its 2010 grow the fucc up and move on.
SacTownUso 1 year ago 34
@SacTownUso yup i think ur right
juhkful 1 year ago
@SacTownUso so TRUE. LUV DIS COMMENT
fijianMonkey 1 year ago 2
@SacTownUso Pugi le guku
Juhkful1 11 months ago
@SacTownUso: Malo e lelei-I agree-partly to do with the missionaries and the mentality they gave us to literally to teach us by "putting each other down". Colonisation. Its true. This was not part of our culture.There was much respect then than we have today where competition strives to either get the better of us or not. Soifua and vinaka.
opopo6 8 months ago
@opopo6 Actually before the missionaries arrived all of the pacific nations were independant warring tribes who fought against each other and part of that culture was putting your enemies down. Thats why many of the pacific islanders were cannibals to take a defeated foes mana. but also the haka, cibi and other war dances were performed to terrify the enemy. And the "Dele" or "Wate" womens dances in pre european Fiji, were performed to belittle the enemies.
spiritfingers1 6 months ago
well you dont need one becoz you got nz.even if samoa had one they would still be weak.and no one is talking about the U.S we are talking about the pacific and fiji and tonga dont rely on other 2 protect them.
salflashy13 1 year ago
@salflashy13 mm ur wrong amerika samoa is part of the U.S so put the shut to the up
juhkful 1 year ago
salflashy13 here you are talking about ARMY's etc my brother do you forget that the Fijian Army are corrupting FIJI? They are taking over FIJI by Force and torturing and killing your own people who get in there way. Do please dont talk about an army unless your ARMY is perfect.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
salflashy13 the same Fijian Army you are bragging about is the same Fijian Army who abuse there POWER in Fiji and are destroying DEMOCRACY in Fiji almost like a dictatorship. No one is perfect my brother but dont look at Samoa and talk less about us.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
lmao they are not killing any one.they took over becuase people were selling land 4 peanuts 2 over seas buyers and the goverment were not doing any thing.you go 2 fiji and its peacefull as ever
salflashy13 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
lmao fiji will murder samoans even with just hands.fiji had tribal wars nearly every day.and yes fiji has the biggest military in the pacific and our brothers tonga would destroy samoa 2 haha.but lucky we got no beef wth samoa haha nah peace bravaz
salflashy13 1 year ago
@salflashy13 now why would you say some stuff like that? If you learn History you will see that both SAMOA & TONGA invaded Fiji back to 1000AD dont believe me read a book. As for Tonga do you forget that SAMOA slaughtered and beat Tonga so bad Anciently 1250AD that they never wanted WAR with Samoans ever again what is funny is all of Tonga's Ancient Kings were all half SAMOAN.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
lmao i know my history and samo never ever invaded fiji you wouldve got slaughted.tonga never invade fiji.the chief of lau let maafu stay their after he was cast out of tonga.and because he was a royal the chief repctd him and he himself bcme fijian marrying in 2 the cheifs famly.his army were launs and they are fijians.samoa were invaded by tonga then samoa drove them back yub true.but if fiji invaded samoa.there would be no samoan men left.
salflashy13 1 year ago
salflashy13 my brother I have nothing against Fijians but you keep talking down on SAMOANS. True Samoa doesnt have a uniform with guns ARMY but trust and believe we are WARRIORS and will protect Samoa to the death the only difference is that SAMOA doesn't have a uniform for every one in SAMOA is a WARRIOR and will fight for SAMOA.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
brah fijians are warriors.doesnt matter if we are in the army or not .samoans think they are the only warriors in the world haha i dont have nothing against samoans im half fijian/sa.just hate samoans that think that.
salflashy13 1 year ago
@salflashy13 nobody cares about that, u dont even know anything about samoan fiji uses weapon to kill people samoan dont kill people samoan r not violence but if fiji want to have war then well see who wins and who loses,doesnt mean fiji has more army than samoa that doesnt mean u guys r the best so yeah never know!
juhkful 1 year ago
@salflashy13 yeah right if fiji invade SAMOA THERE WILL BE NO FIJI MEN LEFT IN THIS WORLD SMART ONE
juhkful 1 year ago
dont make me laugg brah fijiians would slaughter samoan men and eat them lmao we breathed and lived war even though we are friendly people
salflashy13 1 year ago
fiji only traded with samoa never had war with each other we let samoans stay in fiji becoz we traded with samoans.if it wasnt for fiji you woudnt have the art of tatooing.samoa didnt really give us any thing.lmao invaded fiji lucky you guys never tried
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juhkful 1 year ago
@salflashy13 learn Ancient History Samoa & Tonga invaded Fiji from the EAST lau group in 1000AD later Tongans invaded Fiji again. Also Samoans stayed in Fiji because they were givin land for building the DRUA Canoe for Samoans were MASTER CANOE BUILDERS Lesa and Lemai of Manono Samoa from the Saleiataua Family/Clan were known in Fiji as LEHA and LEMAKI there families were givin land in Fiji for building the DRUA.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
haha samoa and tonga never invaded fiji.they didnt even invade lau.lau was where fiji and tonga came together.when maafu came to lau and tried 2 invade fiji.guess who his army was.fijian warriors from lau but he faild.he became fijian bcoz the chief let him.and fijians built drua b4 samoans even knew about it.fijians showed that family how 2 build it thats the real history.
salflashy13 1 year ago
@supersmasher99 you read a one page history book. That's how far Tonga and Samoa can go...LAU...the small islands. In Cakaudrove and Rewa, Nadroga, your ancestor retreated and the rest cooked and eaten. You never even penetrated the heart of Fiji, both in Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. BUT, your princess were married to the Cakobau tribe of Bau, and our present president is one of the offspring of those beautiful, soft, white, Tongan thighs...have a good day pathetic historian...go back to school!
redecloudizatio 1 year ago
@redecloudizatio beautiful, soft, white, Tongan thighs... hahahaha lmao thats some funny shit man hahaha lyteeko. What about fijian girls ?
umutangataking07 1 year ago
@redecloudizatiocan you tell me about the SAMOAN MASTER CANOE BUILDERS Lesa and Lemai of Manono Samoa from the Saleiataua Family/Clan who were known in Fiji as LEHA and LEMAKI there families were givin land in Fiji for building the DRUA.
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juhkful 1 year ago
@salflashy13 yeah right many samoan people murder fijians and togans with hands and u guys murder some of our people with knife....and talking about military samoa dont depend on AMERICA FOR PROTECTION...IF ANYTHING HAPPEN TO AMERICAN SAMOA THE AMERICAN IS GOING TO PUT THERE NOSE IN OUR BUSSINESS WHY BECAUSE AMERICAN SAMOA IS OWN BY THE U.S....SO BEFORE U TALK ABOUT UR MILITARY FACE THE U.S MILITARY FIRST......LOL.......
juhkful 1 year ago
lmao fijians and tongans would kill you samoans with hands, weapons wateva their ar more of us.and no yuo dont rely on america you rely on nz haha .niggaz talking about we are great warriors stop talkn shit and thinkn samoans are the beat thing in the world.ok then wateva yu think brah.people that are humble are the most powerfull and respected.
salflashy13 1 year ago
@salflashy13 hahahahaha american samoa dont depend on nz or other country but what ever happen to the pacific america will always protect american samoa even know that american samoa depend on them.....we samoa can kill u guys with hand...do the math our many times u guys kill our people with knife...u guys kill our people with knife because they cant kill us with hands idiot...
juhkful 1 year ago
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@salflashy13 you rely on nz haha .niggaz talking about we are great warriors stop talkn shit and thinkn fiji and tongan are the beat thing in the world.ok then wateva yu think brah.people that are humble are the most powerfull and respected.
juhkful 1 year ago
@salflashy13 yeah right u idiot
juhkful 1 year ago
your the idiot brah dumb twat haha
salflashy13 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
@salflashy13 hahahahaha look argueing wont make any different so just put the shut to the up.......
juhkful 1 year ago
@juhkful dumb ass
salflashy13 1 year ago
@salflashy13 come on bruhtha, dnt say dat, samoans r jus like us. its like fightin family. u only do it fer fun.lol
fijianMonkey 1 year ago
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Sambulafulei009 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
Well Tonga and Fiji have their own Navy and Army not like you's to Depend on other Country's Military and stuff so think about it
Sambulafulei009 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
You do the math Guns and Weapons can blow the crap out of ya hands hahahahahahahahahahaha thats rights yous are dependant on other countries so there you go God Bless and have a good easter
Sambulafulei009 1 year ago
@Sambulafulei009 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FIJI R JUST JELOUS
juhkful 1 year ago
@Sambulafulei009 YEAH IF U SHOOT A GUN AT MY ASS ITS NOT GOING TO HURT.....FIJI AND TONGA IS TALKING ABOUT THE WRONG THING......HAHAHAHAHAHA......START NOW IM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH AN IDIOT PEOPLE WONT EVEN KNOW ANY DIFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
juhkful 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
We don't need a military in Samoa. We don't have problems like coups. And b4 u start bragging about ur military, make sure u top America's military first.
theephraimite 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
You do now look at the state of your Prime Minister making a decison to improve Samoan roads with about 8 million dollars then it goes down the toilets cause the tsunami ruined it hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Good work the Military should shoot his arse out of parliament hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Sambulafulei009 1 year ago
Sambulafulei009 you dare disrespect the prime minister of SAMOA? Look at Tonga its the year 2010 and your people are still SLAVES to 1 man your KING the Tongan Concept the King stays rich the people stay poor so please dont talk about Samoa. What is funny is the current KING of Tonga is from a SAMOAN DYNASTY known as the Tui A'ano Upolu aka Kanokupolu (FLESH OF UPOLU) Dynasty. What Im saying is you cant claim to be WARRIORS if you cant stand up to 1 man.
supersmasher99 1 year ago
@009 it's better than spending 8 million on an army that has established an illegal govn't in a country wherethe growing #'s of Indians have made you feel insecure & threatened.
theephraimite 1 year ago
@Sambulafulei009 LIKE WE CARE GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS SAMOA AND YES APIA, SAMOA ROAD WILL IMPROVE AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN FIJI AND TONGA'S ROAD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....HAHAHAHA.......AND BY THE WAY THANKYOU FOR SPENDING UR TIME LEARNING ABOUT SAMOA PRIME MINISTER HAHAHAHAHA.....LOL....
juhkful 1 year ago
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@Sambulafulei009 ....and talking about military samoa dont depend on AMERICA FOR PROTECTION...IF ANYTHING HAPPEN TO AMERICAN SAMOA THE AMERICAN IS GOING TO PUT THERE NOSE IN OUR BUSSINESS WHY BECAUSE AMERICAN SAMOA IS OWN BY THE U.S....SO BEFORE U TALK ABOUT UR MILITARY FACE THE U.S MILITARY FIRST......LOL.......
juhkful 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
Excuse me what are you talking about oh! thats right you dont know what you're talking about you dumb fob. TONGA ruled the Pacific including Samoa kk so next time try to get your facts right before you humiliate yourself online kk
Sambulafulei009 1 year ago
@Sambulafulei009 YEAH EXCUSE UR SELF U GOT TO GO POOOOOOOOOOOOP HAHAHAHAHA
juhkful 1 year ago
@Sambulafulei009 Tonga only ruled themselves...big fat asses.
redecloudizatio 1 year ago
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juhkful 1 year ago
yeah true Tonga never did invade Fiji but this is a Fijian song put on youtube by a TONGAN.
manjah009 1 year ago
bula vinaka!
Julumkana 1 year ago
PURE FIJIAN...LOVE IT
saula1986 1 year ago
Beautiful. This is the sound of heaven.
ineebriate 1 year ago
bula! beautiful music it talks to my heart. :D
madmum23 1 year ago
Bula Vinaka,Malo e' lelei,Talofa, & Aloha !
Who cares where the song was originated,all we know is it was somewhere in Pacific Islands.
Just enjoy the song people
akz2204 1 year ago
lmao ok first tonga never invaded fiji.if they ever did they wouldve got murderd.fiji had better weapons,sailing ships and way more man power etc.if fiji were under one rule back then they cudve invaded tonga and samoa.but why would they when our land had every thing we needed.
salflashy13 1 year ago
what a wonderful music !!
pure feeling !
Charrua5 1 year ago
African are a global people!
4ways2go 1 year ago
beautiful song. HAWAIIANS IN DA HOUSE. FUCK ALL THE HATERS. 1 LOVE
jimboslice1994 2 years ago
@jimboslice1994 Hawaiians are American...no more Americunts...don't speak your King's statue in Honolulu is full of bird shits. I saw it so shut up!
redecloudizatio 1 year ago
Who is the guy in the picture?... Ma'afu?
usmc18D 2 years ago
This sounds like the recording I had as a child! As I recall, this was recorded in an all-girl school. The lower voices are young girls as well, unusually low for children and the record cover pointed out that their voices changed as they matured, and they lost that lovely tone. I always thought this was a particularly beautiful song, and am so happy to hear the very version I so loved, so many years later.
SingerToUnicorns 2 years ago
@SingerToUnicorns this was at an all girls school called Adi Cakobau School....its a well known school in Fiji....we used to learn this kind of chants during our music practice...:)good times....
tRiXiEkInG619 1 year ago
Do the Tongans usually repeat a sentence twice in their songs like Fijians? Interesting!!!
If you know Fijian Meke, the chants are always repeated like Hebrew poetry.
Also the Cibi/Dele/Wate Meke of the old days was similar to middle eastern practice.
Mind you Tongans and Fijians do share a common ancestry although the Fijians have more melanesian traits and tradition.
spiritfingers1 2 years ago
mai suva nou numa tiko ga
...makes me think of my fam in nadera,lami, 9 miles and toorak.
fijimonster 2 years ago
wow this an old version
fijimonster 2 years ago
isa this song makes me home sick :(
temmarraH 2 years ago
this song is saaad =[
cryingbored101 2 years ago
the 'minstrels' played this as a request when we stayed at the shangri la resort after getting married in nandi (if i remember right ) about ten yrs ago ! !
fijians wonderful decent people mostly .
bula
fingerscarr 2 years ago
nice ... tongans and fijians have the same ancestors.. but this is sound Tongan to me although am a Samoan...
tuituivao 2 years ago
@tuituivao haha how it gon sound tongan uce wen tha words R fijian.lol
its koo tho, im tongan n fijian n i wud want it there ta b a connection. cuz we r tha same ppl of tha pacific islands. im love all my island brothers n sisters. One Love!! R.I.P LucKy Dube
fijianMonkey 1 year ago
love to all my Nesians brothers & sisters
MelanesianMerdeka 2 years ago
i heard fiji peoples speak hindi but i think this is not hindi
zo0mmax 2 years ago
memories
ohemu 2 years ago
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spiritfingers1 2 years ago
funny how some have time for hate and retarded words. you need jesus
0482N 2 years ago 2
do not agree with the comment below. Which book in history can i find this? It pure island beat ;-)
liamitongamana 2 years ago
foreal liamitongamana. white ppl alwayz gotta try n take credit fer errythang.
fijianMonkey 2 years ago
naah but islanders can composed their own beat aye. We have the talent too.:D
liamitongamana 2 years ago
@fijianMonkey nope
grumpyswede 2 years ago
This song melody was borrowed from an old german song. No doubt taken off the sailing ships or whatever. So therefore the song is actually of European in origin. The point being is that culture is alive and improvised through through sharing. As to who took it from the germans? I don't know...
luvinwhitewomen 2 years ago
haha stop bustin their balls u know where this songs cums from
XLongbeachX 2 years ago
LMAO yeah you got me...I just made the german bit up, sorry folks.
luvinwhitewomen 2 years ago
That's right it's a Fijian song through and through...lol
ATLDRUELZ 2 years ago
bula
josefakororua26 2 years ago
Lived in Fiji for 1 year most beautiful song ever. Bula Taveuni
maartengooren 2 years ago
ni sa bula
Julumkana 2 years ago
bula vinaka thanks for sharing i love this song
beutilisious 2 years ago
ur rite there epdog. && all the kids being blah blah blah below better go get a life.
liamitongamana 2 years ago
yes solewomanse u fat ass ufa. 10,000 was a med size army in tonga back then. bout the size of the army that enslaved samoa. don't be mad cause we raped ur women and beat ur men. don't talk shit cause u probably got some tongan in u.lmao fuckin kefe
killahoe62 2 years ago
Composed in 1918 by Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba and sung on a boat leavin for tonga with the orgin.. 'isa lei Tupou' cut short to just 'isa lei' now days. Tupou being a tongan girl on board...
Ratu Mara...Pacific Way:
epgdogg 2 years ago
Sorry - slight correction - composed by a Tongan chief - I think Tu'ivkano with 'ise 'isa...
MokoDare 2 years ago
solemanse hasnt got a life . grow up you stupid ass . not all tongans eat horse .
xapplebottom 2 years ago
dis was sung by the Adi Cakobau School Old Girls.....sa rogorogo vinaka saraga....even i myself as a current scholar of ACS hardly hear this kind of chant in school anymore ....
tRiXiEkInG619 2 years ago
solemanse: who cares about horses? tell me what is palolo means? can you ask you dada or your granddada?
langlautuyu 2 years ago
to Akuila thanks for skipping the Melanesians. polies are just so .........
123456789qwertyqaz 2 years ago
To akuila: With all do respect the original melody of this song is called "si'i lile viola lose hina" from Tongatapu Island but Fiji adopt it and use the MELODY and change the lyrics in Fiji. Thank you.
langlautuyu 2 years ago
A beautiful song indeed as a professor from China, behind this lovely song comes a wonderful history. Basically a love song from Tongatapu to Fiji. From the majesty Queen Salote to her half brother in Fiji Prince Ratu Edward Tungi Carobau. It shows how these two island shared many special common grounds and well respected by many other islands. With all respect from China to all pacific islanders please respect your sisters and brothers from other islands.
langlautuyu 2 years ago