taidam song by Dara Rasavanh

[daraR21]

Thank you for your encouraging words. Lao and Taidam are in the same family. I was born in Laos and considered Laos as my homeland and root! We love and pray for the Country of Laos and Her people. Blessings, daraR

[amone6403]

ຄິດຮອດຫຼາຍ ເປັໍນບ້ານເກີດຂອງພໍ່ຂ້ອຍ ພໍ່ຕາຍແລ້ວ ຍັງແຕ່ບປູ່່ 2-3 ປີເພິ່ນຈະໄປຢາມເທື່ອໜຶ່ງ ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍໝີມາຢູ່ຕ່າງປະເທດບໍ່ໄດ້ໄ­ປນໍາປູ່ຈັກເທື່ອ ເມືອຢາມລາວເທື່ອໃດກໍຖືກຍາມໜາວ ປູ່ເດີນທາງໄກບໍ່ໄດ້ກໍເລີຍພາດ ຟັງແລ້ວຄິດຮອດຄວາມຫຼັງ ແມ່ແລະພໍ່ເຄີຍເລົ່າຄວາມຫຼັງບ້ານ­ເກີດເມືອງນອນສູ່ຟັງ ຍິນທຸກ ຍິນສະອອນຕາມສຽງເພງນີ້ ແທ້ໆ ຄືເວົ້າໃສ່ໃຈຂ້ອຍເອງ ມ່ວນຫຼາຍ ຊາບຊຶ້ງ ຢາກດຶງມາເປັນເຊື້ອຊາດດຽວ ລາວລ້ານຊ້າງຄືເກົ່າ ໄປມາຫາສູ່ກັນໄດ້ ສະດວກ ຄົງຈະມີຄວາມສຸກຫຼາຍ

[MrLaosuisse]

ສຽງໜ້າຟັງຫຼາຍຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ເຂົ້­າໃຈແຕ່ນໍ້າສຽງແລະສຽງດົນຕີມ່ວນເປ­ັນຕາອອນຊອນ...

ຟັງບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ......ແຕ່ຫຼົງຮັກສ­າວໄທດຳແລ້ວ.......ຂອບໃຈທີ່ເອົາມ­າລົງສູ່ຟັງ.....ຂອບໃຈດາລາ ລາສະວັນ

[phetlao]

What a beautiful scenary, can any one tell me what language is the song; i'm unable to understand the lyrics? thank you 4 posting

[aznwoo10]

LAO PEOPLES ALWAYS LOVE YOU DAI MY TAI DAM

[ThaoKh]

ເປັນວາສນາທີ່ໄດ້ຟັງເພັງທີ່ຮ້ອງໂ­ດຍຄົນໄຕດຳທັງພາສາທີ່ຜສົມແບບນີ້ ແຕ່ກະຫນ້າສອອນທີ່ສຸດ.ໄດ້ຝາກຕໍ່ໄ­ປໃຫ້ຫມູ່ເພື່ອນຄົນໄຕດຳ.

[phetpraseuth]

Dejavu for that where I grew in Laos, mountains,rivers, waterfall, and rice fields!!

[sawunh]

didn't know taidam language is this close to lao, i understood 80% of the song. very lovely and thank you for sharing

[khamkeothai]

pleng nee het hai koy kit hot khun ya lai lai.huk pun paw tai dam puak hau lai lai. khop jai der

[kala203]

Oh...Ngam lai der nong

I love it..

[1VienDanbvdcs]

Beautiful songs and beautiful people, interesting language? I noted the Vietnamese banner in background, whatever language this song may be, please preserve it as well as the culture where ever you go.

[kojpuasncokuv]

tai dum/tay dum/ from Dien bien phu, Vietnam. The language is Lao/Thai/Tai.

[Janphen72]

I've remember my grandmother use to speak like these long ago but i still remember and i can understand 80% is very nice song

[BukHumLae]

Beautiful song Mike, and your wife Dara sang it beautifully. Looking at the pictures, tears rolled down my face.

ຄຶດຮອດປູ່ຄຶດຮອດຢ່າຫຼາຍ ຂອບໃຈເດີ້

ຮັກແພງ

ສົມຊາຍ

[asianchurch]

Thanks, BukHumLae for your kind comment.

Blessings!

[gameover114]

this sound like music trinh cong son would write.

[camkhaoca]

Hello Comments,Taidam People coming in 8"th

from (Muang Om-Muang Ai)Jünnan China with Two Brother

Tao Xuong-Tao Nguam, to Muong lo today Nghialo

provinc Yenbai Vn

Taidam People Farmiliename Lo is this Village Name

[xiengkok3944]

Dear Dara, tell me again.

The start is 'DuyDtaeFarMurnGnurmHordMeuarn­gTai...'. Please tell me the meaning of 'FarMurn'.

Plus one question: What is the meaning of DienBienFu?

Thank you very much.

[taidamfan]

Dei thair = always

fei mone = dream/invision

Gnum hod=missed/thinking about

MeuangTai=Taidam homeland

DienBienPhu=One of the capital of Taidam land, it's also known as Meuang Thang.

Hope this help. Thanks for your interest.

Dara R.

[xiengkok3944]

Taidamfan, how to express my thank to you.

Dei Thair = DuyDtae

Fei mone = Fhuy? morng

Thank you again.

[Naxi2245]

Taidamfan,

Thank you very much for helping.

Good luck

[daraphoto]

Dara,please post more song .I really love the song.great work.

[khmercoconut]

im very unfamiliar with taidam? what nationality is this, no offense.

[taidamfan]

Taidam people are ethnic minority of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, and Mogolia.

More than 50% are in Vietnam.

[Naxi2245]

Taidamfan, you refer about Taidam in Mongolia. Can you tell me any (book or papers) reference?

With true mind

Thank you.

[Ceejaycav]

Hey Naxi, I am Taidam, actually, I am a Ca Van, does that last name tell you that I am Taidam? You can't get any references to where our people our from beyond Vietnam. Believe me, I've asked my grandparents when they were alive. I believe that our race is suppose to be (extinct) obsorbed into other cultures, so that is why there is no written record of where our people came from. Why don't you try asking your elders and see what they say

[kaoniaw]

If you listen slowly to the song, it is very similar to Lao. Really, it just the accent of how the Tai Dam people speak. We are from the same region of south China down to northern Laos and western part of Vietnam.

[apochi4179]

Hello Dara Rasavanh, I am learning Tai-dam tone. It seems to me that you just sing in Lao by shifting back to the northern tone. Of course, some words are still not digested by me. I know well about the rythm in Laos, but I am not sure that it is originally Tai-dam or not? If you can tell, please.

Thank you.

[taidamfan]

Hello apochi4179: The Taidam words in this song is sung to the modern music which made the tone even closer to Laotians. But Lao, Thai(Thailand), and Taidam language are very similiar since we came from the same language family, especially when it's put into modern songs/music, it's hard to tell which is which. Real Taidam song is very much like chanting only flute as instrument, then it's much harder to understand. Hope this help. Dara R.

[Naxi2245]

Taidamfan,

Thank you very much. Very informative. I may ask you about new words some days.

Really thank you.

[xiengkok3944]

Refer to Salexfr, learning about this matter, 'Coedes Collection (Indo-China)'(Google or Yahoo) tells almost everything. In a book 'Kingdom of Laos' by Rene de Berval with Coedes, France-Asia, Saigon, 1959, it is recorded that: Citizens of Laos are Thais with this hair style of the old woman and dark grey clothes. This color of Dark Grey is called 'Shee Seev' in Lao. The Seev or chisel history is related to the Pumpkin (Mharq-U) legend of the Lao. The U fruit is related to Tibet religion.

[nubchily]

nice, I understand only half but, this song made

me thinking about some one very special back in

laos.

[salexfr]

when I was young in Luangprabang ,I used to hear the old TaiDam people say that their king was king of Luangprabang ,and SonLA ,Dien Bien Phu( Muang Teng ) these areas were part of Laos.

[amphonester]

Thanks, asianchurch. Memories and emotions is so strong here. I got goose bump every time I hear her voice. Very good.

[amphonester]

Great song. I would love to have a copy of this song. HELP!!!!!!!!!

[tcfstcfs]

Great song. Nice work. Your last name prove that you were from Laos (I mean TaiDam in Laos) . But your song is definitely Tai's Vietnamese influence. Have you ever live in VN?

[taidamfan]

I have been to Sonla,VN but not lived there. It is a very beautiful place and that's where my parents used to live.

[sonny6789]

It such beautiful song that I never heard ( Taidam song),cause wording & editing.Any direct address that I can order througth. Beleived or not those pictures taken at Ban ca are my close relatives specialy Eam Pa Seua & her daugther Eam Pa Douane. I will do my research and keep you in touch. Proud to be Taidam!

[taidamfan]

Dear Sonny6789:

It will not surprise me if we are cousins.

Please email me direct, and I will attach the song for you.

Were you in Sonla? When?

[nelamith]

Thank you taidamfan for imformation about taidam.

[nelamith]

Anybody knows is taidam original from Vietnam? When I listen to this song,it is sound like Vietnam accent.

[taidamfan]

Taidam language is a combination of Vietnamese, Laotian and Chinese, the accent sounds more like Vietnamese.

[taidamfan]

Taidam people are part of the Tai(Dai) people group that originated from South China and migrated along the Black River over 3000 years ago, they settled mostly in N.Vietnam, some in Laos, and some in Thailand. After 1950, over 20,000. TD Rulers/officials, Soldiers, and their families from N.Vietnam seek assylums in Laos and S.Vietnam, and they settled there for over 20 years.

[taidamfan]

After 1975, the TD again seek assylums in USA, France, and Autralia. Des Moines, IA is known as the home of the TD of the free world of more than 5,000 TD currently lives. There are around 1,000,000. of Taidam people in the World, given that some are still in parts of China.

[taidamfan]

The TD people can be distinctively identified by their costumes, and language(both written and spoken words). A long black skirt, green belt, a long sleeve blouse with closely lined of front silver button is the trademark of the Taidam people.

[taidam24]

im half taidam and half lao. good work and music about sonla. i wish i can visit someday. i have family still in sonla.but i know more taidam cause i was race from taidam family than lao culture.

[pinkyq]

That is a beautiful song, thx, i proud to be thai dum

[tomhongvanlo]

hi' Dara.

I am glad that you went to muong, I hope you have a good time. Long time no see,

Hope someday I get see too.

Long lose friend always, LVL

[jcavan74]

Wow. Amazing.  Please guys keep sharing and capturing Taidum history in Iowa. I miss Des Moines. :O)

[lov909]

ຂອບໃຈເດີ່ເອື້ຶອຍ ທ່ີ ແຊຣວ​ີດີໂອ ເມືຶຶືຶຶອງໄຕ່ເຮົາໃຫ້ໄດ້ເຫັນນຳ. ເພັງກໍມ່ວນໆ.ພວກເພີ່ນທີ່ເຄີຍຢູ່­ພູ້ນຄົງຄິດຮອດຫລາຍ.ແ​ລະ ຂັບໄຕ່ ກໍມ່ວນໆ .ໂປສ ຕື່ມອີກແດ່ເດີ່ເອື້ອຍ.

ຂອບໃຈ ຢ່າງສູງ.

[mdrasavanh2]

Korb Jay Lai Lai. Thank you very much!

[kojpuasncokuv]

I have many relatives in north vietnam too. maybe someday i'm going visit them

[phillovan]

very nice video,kone tai forever no matter where u live.keep the tradition going thank for video

[oukham]

Khop chai der,chian chao dee lai. My grandpa is tai dum .

[mdrasavanh2]

Thank you for your comment. Are you in the US? Your Grandpa still living?

God Bless. dara

[ranchoadobe]

sabaidy, thankyou to share video it is very beautiful.i like so much that i will go back and live there when retier for good.....

[mdrasavanh2]

Thank you. Yes, it is very beautiful overthere, and the weather is just great! I hope your dream will come true when you retire. God Bless. dara