HUA'AKI (Gao'i o Uvea) Mu'a WALLIS ISLAND

[tonganfoilole69]

Malie Wallis; i'm half Tongan n half Wallis, but born in Tonga, never been to Wallis, only New Caledonia 3 times...love my Wallis side of family.

[tahiti676]

Indeed faka'ofo'ofa!!Awesome peeps and culture!!

[mhokafonu15]

Malie aupito faiva ae kainga and i never seen people dancing in d ocean before and i really enjoy watching it ! Fakaofoofa their costume mann fakaofoofa aupito their fabrics too ! I seen man and women wearing beautiful costume and leis necklace everything is perfect !Like i mention before ! On my husbands vacation next year we will be there at the island of Futuna /Uve.Malo aupito Ofa lahi atu .God Bless Your Country !!!!!!!!!!

[vaitupulava1]

MALIE MALIE ! thanks for uploading this video wallisFiaevanoa...i love my country Wallis and Futuna...sioku fenua fakagalogata'a..alofa atu mai New Zealand !... God Bless !

[takafalai]

tatau pee a e tauolunga faka Uvea mo e tauolunga faka-Tonga. Ofa lahi atu mei Tonga Eiki

[LAVELUA22OKE]

malie malie, teuteu faktahi ke faiva fakatapu. uvea sioku fenua fakagalogata'a!

[MOKOTEAHE]

malié!!malié!! kalolo çà va va chauffé au falé (faré tahitien) çà va souker

Enorme à tous

[LorenzoMMartini]

C'est resemble beaucoup au soukous,c'est super :)

[LAVELUA422OKE]

Hey, my friend is from Ha'atofo and he said to me that these dancers are from Ha'atofo! Malie!

[AZFANYUVEA09]

that's true "THePASIFIKa" definately it show some beautiful part of some Wallisian people!!!i reckon then!!

[mailetoa]

aena la malie hua'aki ko tona fai la aia merci pr la video plus particulierement le realisateur!!

[ThePasifika]

fantastic!!! I think this video shows a true wallisian dance!! isn't it! Lovely one!! malo uvea sii mako mote hiva malie

[MsFizou]

je dedie cet vidéo a mon couz UVEAKOVI tu'usihau et sa femme mafoata de dieep car ils sont ds le clip bissssssssssou

[22871987]

The country Isle of Wallis and Futuna less then 115miles away from Cikombia Island, Fiji. Every moves they make on the dance has a meaning and they share a similar traditional Wallisian attire with Rotumans in Fiji. Other then claming land and introduce of French does not really mean a thing. Of course there r French speaking island nations in the Pacific like New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesian but we are still proud 2 b Nesians and maintain our native language, song

[ro2ma]

@22871987 Noa'ia from your long lost relatives of Rotuma! Yes we share many parts of our culture, such as attire, but also our dancing styles are very similar! Despite the modern day difference because of the way we were colonised, many of us acknowledge Futunan ancestors. I know my great-great-grandfather was a chiefly man of Futuna called Mojito who travelled to Rotuma with the Catholic missionaries but returned to Futuna after fathering my great grandfather. Malo and god bless your culture

[mystikalone808]

@ro2ma I have heard of Rotuma. It's very similar to Uvea and Futuna, right?! If I remember correctly, my mom met this Rotuma Lady @ the Polynesian Cultural Center ... years ago! They were able to communicate. And I do believe that she told my mom that she had family that came from Uvea. It's a most awesome thing! =)

[ro2ma]

@mystikalone808 Mystikalone yes we're very close and so very similar, Rotuman culture is much more like Wallis and Futuna than Fiji which we're now part of. People always used to travel back and forth, but the languages are very different. Rotuman is like Uvea ma Futuna because we're kinda in between the Samoan and Tongan influences. Both beautiful cultures! I hope we can learn some of our old forgotten ways from our cousins of Oceania

[mystikalone808]

@ro2ma Sweet! Thanx for the information on Rotuma. I've heard about Rotuma, but I did not have any other knowledge of Rotuma. I've been to Fiji in the 80's, and often travel back and forth in the pacific. If I remember correctly, I do believe that Air Calin flies to Uvea (via Fiji). I haven't been to Uvea since 1988. My grandparents lived in New Caledonia, so I usually just go to N.C. when I travel. Im sure the similarities that our cultures share will bring all the forgotten ways back!!

[urienzero]

sounds like good ol polenesian/melanesian music to me... tho the instrumentals might b african influence, everything else (dancing singing n attire) is pure islander

[thotsins]

"tho the instrumentals might b african influence...everything else is pure islander"

Well that's about a 1/3rd of the whole video. LOL!

By the way we having singing styles in Africa that sound just like this as well..

so that makes it 2/3rds LOL!

Interesting fusion though.

[thotsins]

hmmmmmmmm, interesting. wallis island, french speaking country,

sounds like they've been coming in contact with african music somehow, maybe through france since african music dominates there.

The guitar rhythmic style in this song mainly the solo from 2.46-3.23 & also periodically throughout the song is a style commonly known to be unique only to africans. So many other non african french speaking countries are picking up on it. But nice influence here, it added a nice twist to wallis music.

[thotsins]

However this seated style dance isn't the style of dance we do to it. The seated dances we do are done to a different style sounding music. The music we have with melodious guitar rhythms like this one have their own unique style dances done standing.

[thotsins]

very interesting though. Thanks for posting.

[aulolelei]

Malo pe ia mo si'i vaévaé malié, aouhhhhh que D SVNRS!!!

[gtokotuu]

matu'a!!!!! hage pe ko tau 'ui, fia eva noa!

[TagiKiUvea]

Hua'aki mai Fenua!!! Kau nofo mana manatu atu mai Amelika!!! Malie! Malie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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