drums of the islands 2

[elphaba1977]

For the record the song is a Tonga song, but there are variants throughout the Polynesian culture.

[lfs72529]

Tonga -- Hawaii -- Samoa -- New Zealand -- Fiji.

[Tiaviolet]

Very nice! I love how the drums affect my chakras from my heart chakra down!

[Holonga11]

Theres Tongan play drums with Elvis

[shewolfish]

The main guy in the clip playing the logs was actually a Fijian 'king'. In Fiji they have many kings. An old friend of mine was married to a Fijian singer & he told me all about it.

[harlanronald]

I'm 6 six years old and I love this! Thank you dad!

[08kemitc]

CHEEHO i worked there @ the PCC!! my hubby who worked in the Fiji village knows this song :D

[ifa961]

Yes indeed its Bula Maleya coz the movie made in La'ie Hawaii thats y they put the name thea instead of Maleya.....u can hia the lingo is fijian ol the way especially at the end

[serpico56]

No matter how down you are watch this vid with El and Hawaii and welcome back to the world

[truscotsman45]

I've just came back from Hawaii the song represents the pacific islands not just Hawaii the Polynesian culture centre is well worth a visit they show u how all the islands have integrated with each other and how the influences of each others dance and musical instruments have came together to what we have today the culture centre is on Oahu on the north shore

[CrazyFellaFiji]

@ hawaiian Dragon - Mate, I am a Fijian, and it's Bula Malaya. there is no such word as Lai'ee in the language!

[ro2ma]

@CrazyFellaFiji Io. They say Bula Lai'e here because they're all performers at the Polynesian Cultural Centre on Lai'e (an island in Hawai'i). The original song was Bula Malea

[Denitoa]

The log players are Fijian, sweetie. In fact, the entire song is ... as you can hear when the Fijians take over the singing.

[shammmm1]

its nice to see. he was so happy there . life is so strange.time changes every thing hhhhmmmm. 1 of a kind R.I.P king and thanks

[merssci]

man, i had been searching for this song for a long time....thanks so much for posting this! ISA LEI, PASIFIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nitejay]

Starting at the 1:00-minute mark, the lady next to Elvis Presley is my aunt Patiola Tauteoli (Taufa). She danced in the Fijian and Tongan sections in the PCC night show. It's really neat to see her dancing and she even got a close-up of her dancing with the derua.

[acm13camille]

this is our song for our 2009 kihei elementary school

ho'olaule'a celebration for fifth grade,.,.,.

hula, tahitian, samoan, and more

[Steve181]

This song is shit

[islandguy73]

Thank you for posting this.. all my family is in the Samoan section.. they look so young and beautiful... some have passed on..like uncle amagi.. I see aunty Erena in the Tahitian section...

[amethyst48]

I wanna know where the log players come from, try as I might I can find no other Hawaiian music with that style of playing.

[kiwicockies]

sorry it has taken so long to reply but my comps been out. I have seen this type of drumming over in the islands around fiji years ago when I went over as a kid

[CrazyFellaFiji]

That's because it's not Hawaian! It's inspired from a Fijian song, called Bula Malaya.

[TheHawaiianDragon]

@CrazyFellaFiji : I think it is not "Bula Malaya" ... but “Bula Lā’ie” ( “Hello Lā’ie” )

[rockdalefijians]

we call it DERUA..made frm bamboo...

[FijiMeke]

@amethyst48 It is traditional Fijan Style of music.. All across the fijian Islands

[XLongbeachX]

@amethyst48 They are Fijian's from the South Pacific. And the ones with the girls swinging the Poi at 0:49 are New Zealand Maori's and the dancers at the start are Tongan. Dont forget the Polyunesian Islands are scattered throughout the pacific from Hawaii to NewZealand and have a diverse style of Dance song and art.

[XLongbeachX]

@amethyst48 They are Fijian from the south Pacific that is where Elvis get this song from its a fijian song (Bula malea) its a welcoming song.

[Lionheart475]

Awesome song, my dad and I sing this song like two crazy fools, lol Thanks for the video

[serabosau]

meke!!!!represent love this song!

[jimbreos]

The Cultural centre is a wonderful place to visit, visit Hawaii

[73JJ3NA]

i wanna go bak to hawaii :(

[lornauk]

thanks for sharing i love this song

[Tiger532]

YES!!! thank you for putting this song on youtube I been waiting for someone to put this on youtube I love this song THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

[TheMom1951]

This is my favorite Elvis song. Thanks for posting it!

[djgravity268]

MUSIC .... WHAT MAKES US LIVE LIFE