Laʻulu Fetauimalemau Mataʻafa of Sitagata of lotofaga ATUA district

I was told this song was written by Taniela Nusifaifio Lolohea from Vavau for his niece who was his sister Melesungus daughter who asked Taniela to write the song for his niece boyfriend. Does anyone know if this is true or not?

I was told this song was written by Taniela Nusifaifio Lolohea from Vavau for his niece who was his sister Melesungus daughter who asked Taniela to write the song for his niece boyfriend. Does anyone know if this is true or not?

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I am Samoan but if you put on headphones and put it to all the way up it sounds like you are there ❤❤❤

Ma’a lahi beautiful

This songs reminds me of my Father. I shed a tear internally when i listen to this. He passed away 3 months ago. Hes a Holonga Man through and through. RIP Siaosi iloa'i Langikapo Kupu❤❤❤

Omg, this reminds me the faikava date lol

Being of both Māori and Tongan heritage, I find this to be truly beautiful.

Love this pulls at ones soul

I heard it’s a welcoming song? So could LA MAI (RA MAI) be .. the receiving end or a statement made to a traveller that came from somewhere else, or of someone who was once told HAERE RA by the people they left behind in their home? Tongans use the word HA’ELE, Maori’s use HAERE … Māoris says Haere Mai to welcome, and Haere ra to farewell (in rough terms, not literally I think) .. and so I believe that (not backed by research) that when someone left a place, the villagers cried out HAERE RA! Or HA’ELE LA (maybe, perhaps unlikely) to farewell them, and thennnnn, when the traveller arrived at his destination, perhaps he was greeted with a chant of LA MAI! Or RĀ MAI … In a small way, it makes sense, it’s just something I came to wonder about one day when realising Tongans even use the MALA’E (which is a noble dialect word used for cemetery or a sacred flat, meaning not trees or bushes, place…. Commoners use another word) meanwhile MAORI’s use the word MARAE .. MARAE - MALAE HAERE - HA’ELE RA - LA (this could mean RA, as in going outward or away, or could mean SUN ** RĀ & LA’A **

Malie e le’o e Kanokano 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

This sounds like the Samoan version of moenagonogo tau feao

Tonga Lapita Origin of Polynesia ❤

Tonga - Samoa and Maori from Filipino Taiwan

Originally Tonga black people and curly hair African Tonga

Tonga Polynesian from Filipino Taiwan

this sounds like anothor tongan chant Moengangongo tau fe ao

Malie fakafeta’i 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Siasi Fa Saute

This was when Queen Halaevalu came to SLC Ut in 1990

Colonial board lines has isolated our cultures. Compared to the past when the cultures would combine more naturally. Traveling freely between islands is more difficult. We are land locked waiting for airfares instead of traveling freely across the Moana.

amazing song from polynesia. love from china😊

Malie fa’u malie haka Malieeeee faiva Kaingalotu Siasi🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Malie fa’u Malie faiva kaingalotu Siasi 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️

Siʻi liliō ʻa siʻene nofo ʻIo ka mau matatanginoa ki siʻo sino Siʻi liliō ʻa siʻene nofo ʻIo ka mau matatanginoa ki siʻo sino Kumi ā ʻe koe ʻa siʻao tatau Mo ha taha kuo mo maheni fau ʻE Mailefihi, ke ke meaʻi mai Ko siʻemau ʻofa ni, te mau vale ai Kumi ā ʻe koe ʻa siʻao tatau Mo ha taha kuo mo maheni fau He tangi ʻoiaue, toe tangi ʻoiaue Kuo ʻikai te u ʻilo pe ʻe anga fēfē

Just beautiful! Vinaka valevu Tonga!

Glorious

Tonga Lapita Origin of Polynesia 😊 ❤

Magical.

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Children of Tagaloa will never have any independent day Toga will and will always be the birth place of polynesia ♥️🇹🇴🇹🇴

Fakafetai Eiki

IVE BEEN looking for this specific Song for years, beautiful!. i had it in the early 2000's as a young 20's and the cd got s scratched and was unable to retrieve it, ive been consistenly searching for Matatangi, thinking it was the name but nothing.... all these years.... thank you for the upload.

The chords of the melody played in minor key and chanted beautifully esp when comes to the last 3 verses they changing the key/tempo this will rekindle the fire thats what makes the dancers/singers feels mafana/tau e langi.

The old tongan language or dialect was similar to Samoan and uvean. Theres a chant lau fanga e is a great example.

Our Tongan and Samoan Ancestors didnt die for us to fight about who came first or who ruled the pacific nations. 🤦‍♀️

Home history N.Z tulaga Pele UA Sam Tapi Kauga people's ❤️🤍🍪

going to 2023 and still singing to this song during the time my dad , uncles & everyone have kava and sit down.

Smisi KOFELOA and SIONE Fonohea Ului Potolaka Vaisa Talakai Viliami Tilini Gana Potolaka

For some reason reminds me of my grandma Ofa Atu 😢❤ also ancestors one day hopefully get too meet the Clan !!! 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴 in the afterlife .

I hope my next life I born and raise Tonga

I hear your voice Dad 😭😭😭

Ofa atu

THE MOST FASCINATING THING ABOUT THE TONGAN CULTURE, THEY DATE BACK 20K YEARS AGO. LIVED OFF THE OCEANS AND VOLCANIC ISLANDS. EVERY TRIBE HAD ITS ISLANDS, AND ITS ISLANDS HAD THEIR OWN KING AND QUEEN. WARS AND WARS TOOK PLACE WITH 🇼🇸 AS ITS COUNTERPART. MANY KINGS UNTIIL THE LAST 200 YEARS WHERE THE FINAL KING THAT CONQUERED, HE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO UNITE NOT ONE BUT ALL 176 ISLANDS IN THE KINGDOM OF TONGA AS ONE. AND WITH THAT. THE CERIMONIAL GIVING OF THE KINGDOM OF TONGA TO THE "GOD" THAT HE BELIEVED, ALL TONGAN DECEDENT'S COME FROM 🤴 👸 BLOODLINE... AND IS WHY WE OPERATE AS ONE. FIND YOURS!

just a pure video ☹

2022 says HELLO!!!..😷💞💃.. SAME PLACE....**2023**..

HERRLLO 2022.💞😷💃 "..To The Ancients.." Inu Ki Ai.👏👏 💞..'A 'Eva he PaePae 'O Tele'a.. 'Ofa Ma'u Pe

Koe tangata Fasi ko Ului Potolaka,tenoa Vaisa Talakai,,kanokano Sione Tupou Taumalolo,koe Tama Fasi pe pe ne toki sii pekia atu,Vaisa kei faifekau holo pe I Tonga,Sione Tupou nofo Aussie.

I'm not of Tongan decent but had the privilege of getting to know members of the Tongan military while working overseas. Some of the most genuine and caring people I've ever met.