Faluma - Ai Sa Si (Suriname/Sranan Original)

[mlguard]

A big thank you!

[NaturallyMystique]

LOOOOOVE THIS!

[denzmenke]

SRANAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!! 4EVER

[PinkhighlighterAndra]

Thank you for posting this. I was born in Trinidad, I grew up in British Guyana and my grandmother was from Dutch Guiana (aka Suriname). I've always loved this song but I haven't heard it or thought about it in years until a Persian-American guy started singing it at work today in California. Life is funny that way.

[TheeBajanbeauty]

Absolutely beautiful! Sounds like kompas! I was born in Chicago to be exact, but I from Barbados and Panama. I big up all those who hail by lineage from Africa, and that includes our bretheren in Surinam. Thank you so much for posting this. Yet another reason to feel proud. And that's real talk. God is so good. Look what He allowed us to do on the back of slavery and white supremacy!! You can't keep a good man (or woman) down!! RESPEK!

[RickyDavis1718]

I guess i recognize the intro cuz i'm a musician and very eccletic but the intro= Prince's diamonds and pearls.

[ujan0zbas]

@RickyDavis1718 OMG I thought that too!!!

[FroDtje]

this song belongs on every surinamese party.

with good weather lots of family and friends and you will have a true tropical feeling.

and every time it will make people dancing.

[csylla]

This song warms my heart. I love it! Beside the original, my faborite remake is the one by Yakki Famirie, a not so well known Kaseko band from Surinam. Square One and Allison Hinds did a good job too, but made it more soca like. With Yakki Famirie you still get that strong African essence. Yeeeeees!

[adnice2000]

love it u can meditate to this song.

[maxy104]

Lead singer reminds me of Denise Belfon. As a Lingustics major who has studied Creole languages of the Americas especially those of the Caribbean, this is the first song I was exposed to during the 4 week study of Sranan.

Keep the Heritage alive............greetings from Jamaica

[S124C41]

Niets boven het origineel hoor als Surinamer zijnde.. Het maakt me zo trots!! :)

[rovernio]

na wan switi dey

[boulderbeta]

bitchin!!!!!

[MrDancehallSoldier]

IK HAD DEZE NOG OLDSKOOL OLDSKOOL OP CASSETTEBANDJE GEAK:| ALLEEN MET VERHUIZING ALLES KWIJT GERAAKT OF DIE SLIMMERIKKEN HADDEN HET WEG GEGOOID!:( ThNx VOOR UPLOADEN(H)

[NaturallyMystique]

I love it!

[973cheryl]

sranang sani wi sani

[ceecup]

This is wonderful. I feel the spirituality. Thought it was just a good dance tune when Alison did it. Thank you for posting. Bless.

[jkliej]

anyone know where I might be able to find the lyrics of this song?

[bustitwydeopen365]

yes i luv it luv it pictures are mass

[Ariehuisje]

sweet:)

[surinamheritage]

Great song with great pictures. No matter wheter we are black, brown or yellow, we afro-surinam, hindoestani and Javanese people have build thid wonderfull country, SURINAME !

[catherineangel77]

although I don't understand what is being sung, being Caribbean I feel such an intrinsic almost spiritual experience with this song. A strong pulling back to my caribbean roots.

[Bonitaymorena]

@catherineangel77 I agree we all have African roots and It's cool to see what are carribbean cultures derived from and I thank Alison for exposing us to this culture when I was only a little girl when she re-recorded the song. I'm going to download both versions since i haven't heard this song since the late 90's!!!  Africa Unite!! Spread Love through music <3

[245kmh]

@catherineangel77 big up

[kikepasmen]

disculpen amigos surinameses, thuram no era, me referia a Jimmy Hasselbaink, tienen la materia prima, tienen muy buenos representantes en el mundo

[kikepasmen]

arriba surinam!!!!!!!!!!! desde mexico!!!!!!!!!!!, este pais te cautiva, kisiera conocerlo algun dia, ke lastima de mi parte ke mi primera referencia de ellos fuera ke aho nacieron Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf y Lilian Thuram... pero aun asi mi deseo x visitarlos crece cada dia mas

[chychy25]

I like the original Faluma as well as Square One's version. Square one did a good job at a remaking it.

[suradjsuri]

iemand een MP3 versie mischien ??

Top nummer dit !!

[wetsweet1]

moet je you tube downloader installeren en kun je alles in verschillende formaten opslaan

[suradjsuri]

Ja, dat heb ik wel, maar kwaliteit is best slecht ...

[missskiwiii]

Ik houd van dit nummer beter dan al de geremixede versies Mi lobi Ai sa si

[tharasta1]

wat betekend het liedje eigenlijk letterlijk heeft tog iets met dieren te maken?

[funkeyfact]

tidè o de wan switie dey,ooohooohhhooo

[fckfan156]

at brownskin12 i thougt the same... such an idiot... sry for my bad english BIG RESPECT from germany love this sound xD

[rootje24]

het blijft leuk ....woei

hahaha

[brownskin12]

Why does the autor of this video says that it is a bush-negro group....????

[ChandarDatt]

@brownskin12 and fckfan156

The autor says it is a bush-negro group because they were ran away slaves, that lived in the bush/jungle for years. Surinamese people call them the "bosnegers" which means bush-negro's if you translate it. In Suriname they also call them Djuka, but that's more rude I think. Some people also know them as Maroons or Marron.. So what I'm trying to say is, I think the autor just translated it literally from Dutch, and didn't meant it bad. I hope I made it a bit clear.

[loveklaasvaak]

ben blij dat er toch nog wat mensen zijn die onze geschiedenis kennen en zo aardig zijn om het delen met onze medemens

[assiebone]

People this a Surinam song, look on your map, in the north of South-America.

[nelsexybrown]

What part of Africa are they from or what part of the world? Theyre beautiful.

[jpr1084]

If i'm not mistaken, they're from Suriname. Suriname is in South America.

Some of people get it confused and say it might be either from Suriname or Guyana because before Suriname's independence, the country was known as Dutch Guyana.

That's just a little extra info.

[Yaxwitz]

I would like to know the lyrics of this song and understand what it says... please!!!

[cassasinamo]

muy buen y muy ilustrativo, me gustó mucho.......hopi bon

[manisha1205]

aaahhh i love this song man

(lll)

(K)

[sugapiehoneybuny]

Ja, echt hele mooie foto's van Suriname.. Makes me miss it even more..

You did good..

God bless you!!

[miwanschijt]

eii wakka surinam is original master in music everybody in the whole world loves this song faluma surinam to the max

[misdutchie]

sweetie sranang hiep hiep hoeree

[1012nikki]

Does nyone no wat dis song means ??????????

[danidenoord]

It's in a dialect that's spoken by people who's ancestors are African slaves. Most of the time these songs have kinda explicit lyrics, if you know what I mean ;-)

[Jusquifabio]

I love faluma...!!!

[Phuiala]

Very nice! Song and pictures! You did a great job!!

[buenavistadream]

Nice