Like a Lady: The Fakaleitis of Tonga

[mannecyberguy]

Does anyone know how to purchase this documentary on DVD, and for what price?

[anna59806]

cool fkleiti know how to dress up more than da girls

[Hinanatorable]

Very creative and love the beautiful ladies. Everything was just so perfect and plain beautiful. Loving the Tongan outfit!

[fobtongaikale21]

Ko fe eku helepelu ?? Moe me'a fana ?? LOL... Mou kai ta'e... komo tengaz

[Gille87]

Beautiful! Proud of u! U make our ancestors pride, bc before our people was brainwashed by the white mans religion, there were no such thing as gay, lesbian, or transvestite, only people! We were respected, treated like everyone else, some even better, we were part of the community, as much as any man or woman! U are amazing! :D

[msayofemi1]

love this song its called tutuki by te vaka

[matangiakeorange78]

@guttersnipe2000 The songs called Tutuki by Te Vaka:)

[amandabicas]

Hello, some ten years ago I read in a magazine about the culture fa'afafine and today I am researching more about this culture. I am Brazilian and I specialize in gender and sexuality. We know very little or nothing about this culture and I'm gathering material to disclose where in the course study and this video is one of them.

 Hugs Jana Vianna

[purua88]

hey thats my hubbys cousin!! ist to walk out....gos by the name amanda from the beautiful village of talihau aka ngaunoho........very beautful and kind in any means....miss em!!

Wooooooo!!!! GO AMANDA!!!!!!!

MALIE!!! MA'A ATU PE A NGAUNOHO IA!!!!!!

KOIA FOKI UR DA BEST!!!! NGAUNOHO UWAAAT!!!!!

[guttersnipe2000]

I love the song. Does anybody know the name

Aloha from Kauai

[CocoAlamoti]

shiana! be a siana dont be a fakaleiti! hahahaha si'i toko launoa aupito!

[THSguttachick23]

mmmm i want me a fakalady ... lol

[lole757]

soukeeeeeeeeeeeeee maalahi

[kalaikoa]

work it babes, im a mahu waihine from kauai and proud of it... love to my ohana in da pacific....

[polyeness]

they're one of the most spontaneous of human beings i know......rock on!

[Malikaleta]

fklata and keep up the good work...

[lalainiqaranipusi]

@kweenleenah28 excuse me have you even met my family????....i don't think so!!!!! my point is don't you fucking dare and point finger at us fijians, because you've got nothing on us.... be cause you are just a sad fat fokisi who's boyfriend left her for a fakaleiti.... suck on that bitch!!!!

[lalainiqaranipusi]

@kweenleenah28 the only thing that i can see in what's you writting is that you're person that lacks in understanding and un educated person who remained a virgin till her death!!!!.

[SuperFOILOLE]

fkaleitis are hella funny and great to be friends with, they can relate to women problems just as well as natural born ones......dont hate a ppreciate.....hahahahha

[Tofiskux]

I think I saw my AUnty Sabrina on it .. woohoo ! ;)

[BIGKILI808]

@Tofiskux that is sabrina

[Fobkw3eN]

LOL @ 'ipi :) Fkleiti means a boy in a dress!! :)

[lekilani]

fo'i treeeeeee!!!!

[erinngreen88]

can anyone tell me the name of this song?

[talalosia]

search under tutuki. gl

[SukahOhaa03]

lols no you egk .. a fakaleiti means to be like a lady .. faka(to be) Leiti (lady) im taking that your one of those tongans raised ovaseas huh? ... but yeah its not .. :D

[ohnoes300c]

I thought the translation of fakaleiti was poofter or homosexual

[SukahOhaa03]

Man! thanx ladies for sharing your side of the story.. and wish you all the best

xx

[187prettyboy]

OMG Shaniquaaa ! Is that you bro?

[187prettyboy]

hahaha funny shet

[indyguysf]

Very nice, Brian! Best of luck!! :) Marc

[Bratnay93]

This is awesome, I didn't know they did that in Tonga?! Well thats great, and i'm sure they are respected very much in the islandd! :D

[ralphy1226]

ahahaha em pretty sure i saw amini fonua lol...

[greentwenty2]

i give em props for just doing it for themselves :)

[kevindiditagain]

interesting... but.. I thought it was a little bland.. someone should ship them some rhinestones!

[GroovyKid07]

loved th video.....and very creative work! Good job, guys!

[georgemanu2002]

hahahaha don't show this film please

[c0c0nutflaver]

lol

[BuCnasty]

dog, we do the same shit in samoa there's a documentary on it

[Lucyannnnne]

they should out this on Nat Geo, pretty interesting

[indubitablyFLY]

you know wat

actually they are

couse they can cook clean and decorate faster then most gurls in tonga and honestly who are you to say that they arnt respected

wen i dought you have eva seen one and wat they go through

[lalainiqaranipusi]

november30girl pliz keep your comment's to yourself as they say no one is perfect so pliz don't tease some people give the fakaleitis respect even if you don't does not mean the rest of tonga don't respect them aswell and they are no liars.....pliz drop the nasty comments thats to offensive.

[maalahi78]

Longosikiai ki kweenleenah28 we all have a choice in life soo they chose that.

and they know fasion better then girls soo pretty dresses. plus the second one who talks and says"Some People Are Very Talented" datz mah uncle joey cccchhhhhaaaaaahhhhoooooooooo malie malie ave ave cccchhhhaaaaahhooo

[TeineMatalasi]

aaaaw,

the clothes are beautiful..

wats the name of the song?

[bugabuka]

da hell, there is no class when gettin it in da ass!

[siamoney06]

very well respected....i find this very facinating...im proud of my culture and its good that the island of tonga doesnt harass them like they do hear in the u.s.. malo...

[valentines01]

actually samoans have the most poofs in the world..its proven fact

[collegeguy2009]

u got a problem with that?

[valentines01]

my friend, i was merely stating. and even if i had a problem you wouldn't be able to do anything bout it..from the sound of your username "collegeguy2009"..u sound like your still in school! dont waste my time please if you saw me you wouldn't say that and if you gota problem drop me your cell ph no. and den we'll arrange for you to say it to me face to face! later lil kid

[queenzy90]

Let me add to collegeguy2009, you really shouldnt point fingers to those in Samoa. I can state my facts and they can be offensive. And I will if so you carry on referring to them as poofs.. bet you are one yourself

[collegeguy2009]

lol... amen. calin gay males "poofs" is like calin non-whites "niggas."

[taahinetapuala]

lmbo@"boy in a dress"

[falangarang]

Aunty Joleen I love you .....

[LOVELyyLADiE]

FUCK YOU BITCH ASS HATERS.LEAVE THEM FAKALEITIs ALONE MOE FANGA NAMU TA'E

[taahinetapuala]

MO'ONI FOKI!

[bjfavorite]

The 21 minute trailer/demo for this documentary was chosen for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival showing May 5, 2009 at 9:15 at the Downtown Independent Theater in LA. The final documentary is still awaiting post-peoduction funding. Peace! Brian

[kweenleenah28]

YOU "GUYS" ARE BUNCH OF FAGGS! THEY DO NOT RESPECT YOU IN THONGA! DON.T THEY TOSS EGGS AT YOU "FAGGS"! MAN YOU GUYS ARE A DISGRACE TO US TONGANS! YAH FROM FIJI AND THATS WERE ALL THE REO FAGGS ARE AT!hahahha..... YES ON 8!

[queenipi]

Hey kweenleenah,thankz for ur comment but we are the fagg that proud to be a Tongan,We only go for our goal,anywAY i love the fijian sisters,Hope that the god be with you whereever u go,Luv you n god bless

cheers

cruella

any further information just contact to me ee

[forzofdahorse]

heyy don't say that like heaps of people are gay not only fijians and plus were not fags

[kweenleenah28]

SADOOOO MOUF!!!!=)

[forzofdahorse]

Sorry what I don't understand what you said? :-)

any further information just contact to me ee

thanx m8!

[collegeguy2009]

wow... ur a dumbass nigga.

fakaleitis, fa'afafines, mahu vahines/wahines, etc. ain't no national security threats in pacific islands or anywhere else in de universe.

[lalainiqaranipusi]

@kweenleenah28 fuck you and your comment you come to fiji and say that you'll be surprise that your foot will end up your arse.......stupid numskull halu ki fale malolo kai tae.

[TISSNAA]

fakaleiti's are awsomes

[queenipi]

thankz Brian for that,cant wait to watch the last year pageant on the net,lol,luv u all n the crew too

[mannecyberguy]

Thank you very much, bjfavorite; I look forward to buying the DVD.

[mannecyberguy]

Does anyone have any idea when the documentary DVD will be coming out in stores, and which stores?

[bjfavorite]

This is the producer/director here. Thank you for your interest. The documentary has been shot and is in the funding stage for post production to happen. Hoping this summer to finish.

[soana14]

FAKALAIETI=DRAGQUEEN

[MaTaWoooZE]

buff ass girls

[Pkbubblegum]

this video is kool ..i grew up with alot of fakaleitis cos my mother use have friends that were in her papolo team back in her days and they always looked after me and i loved them .. it doesnt matter if they are gay straight or different colours ..Becos we are all Humans soo you go girls!!!!

[hoosipower]

hahahaha they do the job way better than women hahahahaha

[hoosipower]

theyre cool!!

[polyproud707]

Oh my goodness its Yanni...Ms. Galaxy. I miss her so much.

[CARE0FACTOR666]

No hate here, they make me smile & at times laugh! they are good people because they are judged by other Tongan's but come on i'm sure they can take a few seconds to learn how to speak proper english!

[jazm3n]

You stupid person... How many languages can you speak?

Their english is fantastic for a second language... Im impressed.. I love the way they treat themselves and how they treat others.. Forever turning the other cheek..

Maybe we can take a page out of their book.. To be able to still love even after being hated for who they are... God bless you guys... xo.

[samisamhuri]

@jazm3n The beginning of your comment doesn't exactly jive with your message at the end bro.

[CARE0FACTOR666]

They know how to dress how to walk, how to make people laugh..now its time to go back to school and learn some english! LOL hahahaha

[marcellin20]

you need to go back to pre school and learn the basics of tolerance and understand that not all countries have English as their first language.

[NITAD0EA0G]

lol dis wuz a cool vid n the funniest thing was dat dey said dey is respected bacc in tonga but mah pops said dey used to sling-shott da fkleitis!lol im jus sayin but yeah haha yall are beutiful...but da way God MADE YOU.lol.

[leenienz]

'ipi was juss funny....i'ma fakaleiti, and a fakaleiti means man in a dress....hahahaha... way to tell 'ipi....

[BobbieLeech]

choooohooooo..

i just love it how they all know how to dress more girl-ish than me lol..

=) xo

[lynmak87]

HAVE NOTHiN BUT LOVE

FOR YALL. DANG HOW

COME SOME OF YALL LOOK

BETTER THAN THE FEMALES.

LOL. OFAZ.

[lynmak87]

SEXY MAMAZ!!!!!

BWAHAHA.

[5mugu5]

congratulations Brian! I am so proud of you!

xoxo

[foipene]

malie tonga...........

[queenipi]

thank u brian for da interview,we love u in ur short term here in tonga,thak u very much for ur kind n ur hospitality,lol,u more than welcome to tonga anytime...........love cruella

[bjfavorite]

check out indiegogo for more details on the project and helping to fund it!

[ILBR28]

omg!!!..he man ladies!!!..weo i was a man but not anymore!!!..i had my sex change!!!..nd m a model of auzzie!!!..bt frm tonga!!!..u all know me!!!..alisha!!!!..bye systahz!!!