(dance):TUBOU VILLAGE LAKEBA FIJI LAKALAKA 1957

[spiritfingers1]

The lauan people have a mixed Fijian/Tongan heritage and they are known as Lautonga by most people of Fiji. Beautiful to hear the Lauan people singing/performing tongan chants/dances. Also there used to be a tongan fort on Viti Levu and the people from that area claim Tongan heritage. Bauan Chiefs have close kinship with the Tongan royal families & whenever the Tongan royals have a formal engagement there must be a Fijian warrior guard present to escort as at the late King Taufa ahau funeral.

[10ooh3]

@rockdalefijians sorry then u history book geek dahahahaha. Cool video btw:)

[jaimcy]

These men and women are from the chiefly village of Tubou and this footage is part of a film called "The Two Men of Fiji". Tubou and Lakeba as a whole has deep cultural and blood relationship with the Kingdom of Tonga. This particular lakalaka was especially prepared and given as a gift by the King of Tonga to the late Tui Nayau (Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba).

Note that Lau was never a part of Tonga - just related.

[manutaufonua]

cheerz fiji...luv frm tonga

[AdiVulase]

No doubt, the Lakalaka dance is from Tonga. Influence from Tonga to Fiji

is through strong bond of Family, blood relations & Island cultures of the

South Pacific Islands. This is the beauty our people share.

[jononjonjon]

they have very strong Tongan features and they sing in fluent Tongan. dats weird man lol....

[rockdalefijians]

@jononjonjon please..have you read the history book yet....i guess you havent

[LeSiPeKi03]

@rockdalefijians youre right=]lakalaka is originally Tongan but has been embraced by other islands.the tau'olunga and mauluulu R of Samoan origin.the kailao is originally from Uvea (Wallis) & the Fijian warrior dances are one of my favorite! It upsets me that sometimes Polys can get heated as far as the origin of dances, especially when some new dances R being made as speak. In reality we should appreciate our bond & realize how close knit we R as a poly family.im Tongan but Love my poly folks!

[islandguy84601]

@jononjonjon You're WEIRD...and totally Clueless..

[islandguy84601]

Some of the Tongans who are commenting on here are so Vale Kai Ta'e!! Can you please do some studying on history before commenting on things that are already obvious kae tuku e vale kua fiepalangi mo e siko tata!!

[wyomon1]

the dance from futuna or wallis island is the kailao right? thats the dance for the men.

[fijimonster]

those guys & gals are fijians from lau, we call them the kai lau or from lau. lau is a group of islands in the south easter and eastern fiji that was once part of tonga. today alot of tongan traditions are still practiced in lau or slightly changed to meet the times,preferences, or to make a little different....keep in mind i said slightly and also some lauans consider themselves tongan first since some islands are closer to nukualofa than suva......

[boogernana]

are these Tongans or Fijians doing the lakalaka because the song is definitely Tongan? awesome footage regardless

[rockdalefijians]

Boogerna..lakalaka is tongan dance originaly..which brought by ur forefathers bak in the days..till today Lakalaka still perform using Tongan language..jst like u guys..copy mauluulu..frm samoa n wat the other dance u copy frm Futuna?? kun remeber th name..

[aisokulaguy]

these are fijians from the eastern islands of lau doing a tongan lakalaka this group of islands have a close connection with tonga some of the islands are closer to tonga then to our own capital suva

[WaveSliders]

My my.......Such a wonderful culture.. I will never forget it. I cannot understand the language, but the interpretation speaks for itself. It still looks the same as when I was there in 1975. And also I must say that the Fijians are some of the best pool (billiards) players I have known......I still have a hand carved cue stick that was given to us from the locals. It has been over 30 years, but I will never forget Fiji and it's wonderful people.

[rockdalefijians]

hahaha@play pool...thx 4 the compliment Wave sliders..

[ilexvunibola]

I used to play that when I a wanna miss school back in the day...love Billiard I sometime play it here reminds me of home ...thats funny you shared about pool ..yep thats fijian haha!

[max2shay]

malo malo....vinaka valevu