Samoana - Popo dance - Japan

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Uploaded by on May 31, 2006

Samoans in Japan perform the siva popo (coconut shell dance) at the inaugural Polynesian Festival in Sendai.

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  • are these japanese ladies?

  • hahaha... no, samoans living in japan. one of them is married to a japanese man, speaks japanese fluently but was born & bred in samoa. the rest were in japan for work - teaching english or u.s. military.

  • Thats to funny! What the name of the song by the way?

  • Pe A E Siva by Pacific Soul

  • kiwi and mike......you 2 are all just LAPISI.This aint the Riki Lake Show.Save your thoughts for parliament and enjoy the vid

  • Eh, Lui... who you calling lapisi? Don't make me get Lena onto ya!

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  • Man I remeber this dance when my taught it back in the 90's to the Horowhenua afakasi girls!! Memories!!

  • this is so dumb!! like first of all, aint no "POPO" dance in the samoan culture!! second of all none of these actions match the words and thats the whole point of a samoan dance, to tell a story with your voice and hands!! this is a BIG disgrace!!

  • are there many samoan or just islander guys over in japan in general?? Do they get with japanese girls??  I never knew islanders and east asians intermarry

  • Hey!!there a alot`s of samoan lives hea in japan and most of them also marriage to a japanese peoples and they`re all speaks japanese fluently..but a few of samoan boyz and girls are came hea 4 work and school only them back 2 samoa after there 1.2.or 3 years..any way,,thanks 4 the dance..it`s a nice samoan dance.

  • @allanyay AWOII WOW FINALLY I MEET SOME SAMOANS ON THIS WEBSITE CHOOHOOO!

  • @kekepalmer8 WELL ARE U SAMOAN?

  • @iloveNT I KNOW RIGHT MALO...MALIE NA BECAUSE NEVER SEEN A SAMOAN IN JAPAN BEFORE AHAHA! IM SAMOAN AND I WANT TO GO TO JAPAN..AHAHAH!

  • samoans in Japan?? lol...

  • Malie!!!

    Wonderful to see Samoan culture in Japan!!

    Malo! Beautiful dancing

  • Samoan Representin! The siva was awesome. I am samoan also, and we did some dances too, but just not in Japan. In Germany we danced for the Asian Pacfic month. You guys did good still! I love how you danced! 5/5 ! :D

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