Te Vaka - "We Know the Way" Live with Orchestra Wellington 2018

[@OfficialTevaka]

Lyrics and translation to the unreleased extension to "Tulou Tagaloa": E IEI TE MEA TATAU NA FAI - there’s a task that needs to be done E IEI KOE - it’s all there with you TO LAGONA - you feel it KAUTU KO VE - it’s centred on that FAKAMAKEKE - stay strong TO LAGONA - you feel it KE ILOA FAIGA - and you know how E IEI TE MEA TATAU NA FAI - there’s a task that needs to be done E IEI KOE - it’s all there with you TO LAGONA - you feel it KAUTU KO VE TO LAGONA VENA - it’s centred on what you feel there SEI E VA’AI MAIA - so you can see MANAIA O LE TATOU OLAGA - our wonderful way of life For full lyrics and translations: www.opetaiafoai.com/translations

[@sisilolo3169]

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[@cashalayla3025]

Te Vaka ev Se Le s skew

[@cashalayla3025]

Te Vaka hhczK

[@Paola-jf2qf]

Te Vaka Thank you...How beautiful.

[@maejaucian3467]

❤️❤️❤️

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

When you realize how HUGE the Pacific Ocean is, you really get a sense of the bravery of the ancient wayfinders.

[@ivespoken8902]

the Pacific Ocean is the largest water mass on the planet. With a surface area of more than 155 million square kilometers (60 million square miles), this ocean basin is larger than the landmass of all the continents combined. Additionally, it contains almost twice as much water as the world's second largest body of water, the Atlantic Ocean.

[@jl.478]

@@ivespoken8902 everyone already knew tgat

[@ivespoken8902]

@@jl.478 you would be surprised

[@D1str1ct]

@@ivespoken8902 The Pacific covers 30% and the Atlantic 20% and I sure as hell would prefer to sail in the Pacific than the Atlantic.

[@thatoneguy022]

@@D1str1ct why

[@popsicles_emme1292]

Every song in Moana is perfectly beautiful but *THIS SONG* strikes my soul.. it’s as if it’s sending current in my spine that it gives me chills ... This song is my favorite in the entire movie

[@sarakeith2246]

It’s so beautiful 😍. I love this culture.

[@jesuschristislord77733]

I am with you.

[@mytolanny]

Same here, I so much love this song

[@pamelamorris3148]

Mine too!

[@rosemariequirimit8634]

me too

[@smeech5177]

As a Samoan boy who was born in Guam and then was raised in the states...I couldn’t help but cry when I heard this song in the movie. It’s truly inspiring to understand where I came from. Luckily, I was raised in a Samoan church and went to Vaisala in 2008. When I heard this song I couldn’t help but smile for my ancestors. We made it and we are still HERE.

[@sillau9]

👏🏻 facts..never lose sight of your roots

[@themicahmicah1845]

I cried as well when I heard this song in the movie. I'm a Maori girl far from home living in the US as well. It touched my heart in a powerful way reminding me we truly are voyagers still to this day!

[@christiangibbs8534]

(sniff)

[@hanawilliams2679]

Im a Samoan and so proud of our culture.

[@payableondeath9091]

@@christiangibbs8534 who's cutting onions😭

[@ashtonpope8430]

As a Hawaiian decendent this makes me very emotional, my culture is disappearing slowly and this helps connect us to our ancestors and traditions that is shared across all Polynesians islands. Mahalo and much love.

[@filipjphry3282]

As a Mi'kmaq I hope they make another film for native americans. I want it to be pre-colonial. If not, at least make it about reservation life like Smoke Signals.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@UCb_W8mipgssrf8xvOBKcoIw I don't see Disney doing that. For all of their desperation to appear inclusive and "woke", they're still a deeply conservative mega corporation and appeasing their white, cis-heteronormative, Christian fundamentalist audience and shareholders is still their top priority, and Disney does NOT want to lose them. So if they can keep getting away with doing the bare fucking minimum of effort for representation and being praised for it, they're going to do it. A good step in the right direction would be to hire Taika Waititi, or other native non-white director, and just fund whatever projects they have on the back burner but have not been able to focus solely on due to not having enough money to actualize it, and then step back. Fund the project, give the director access to all of their best equipment that they give to Joss Whedon, James Gunn, and other "prestigious" white directors, assure them that money is no object-- Disney will cover salaries, fees, transportation, lodging, meals, ALL accommodations. Let the director hire whoever they want for the project, that way they can have all native/non-white cast, script writer(s), editors, production team; every single position that needs to be filled working on the film, let the director hire whoever they want so Disney themselves don't have to worry about meeting a "quota" of hiring enough experts belonging to the culture they're basing their movie on, just let the director pick! Then when filming and production has wrapped, market the shit out of it! Promote that film with a bunch of advertisements everywhere! Create an official Twitter and have someone from the culture run that baby so Disney doesn't have to worry about any controversies that might occur from accidentally hiring a White Nationalist because Disney didn't bother to vet anyone before hiring them on. Smack down and fucking publicly humiliate any racist trolls who bellyache about Disney being "ruined by WoKe CuLtUrE" and cry about "reverse racism", "racist against white people" and "White Guilt"/"Self-hate" or other alt-right dogwhistles they like to toss around and call them out on their internalized racism and show up for their fans that are a part of those marginalized groups that are targets of hate speech. If China threatens not to show the movie in their country unless it's heavily edited to appeal to their market or scrapped completely, Disney would tell them to go fuck themselves and release the film anyway and show that they're above whatever kickbacks they usually receive from the Chinese government for sending their films to their cinemas as it's guaranteed easy money because they recoup whatever money they they put into making the movies (or if it's considered a "flop" here in America, they end up netting a profit when they send it overseas to be promoted and shown in China) or from Chinese co-productions. It would be awesome if Disney did even half of that, but the reality is that they're not going to. Pleasing Karen the white middle-class soccer mom that believes "God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" with her mini-van full of shrieking children (4 - 5 of which are her own) with a MAGA bumper sticker in the back window who brags about how "she doesn't see color" and that "we're all the same race, the human race" but will flip a tit if you even suggest that a (cis) black woman is as pretty or prettier than her and will resort to typical racist insults about "r*t this" and "g*****a that" and "mannish features" and brags in her Facebook Mommy groups about what a great subservient wifey she is to her military husband who 100% has her best friend bent over in the bed they sleep in and ramming her in various other places around their house while she's out running errands and herding children to different practices and appointments because their marriage that began right after high school graduation has gotten stale and routine, and since she can no longer please him as is her wifely duty, he's fucking her best friend, the barely legal babysitter, his female colleagues and coworkers and who will rally those Facebook Mommies into boycotting The Mouse and frozen Walt-sicle buried under the Matterhorn, or Pirates of the Caribbean (depending on who you ask) who was definitely a racist, misogynistic, homophobic guy... is Disney's main concern (after their white company shareholders and the Chinese government). The Walt Disney Company is not looking to sever that tie with their conservative audience even with all of their laughable attempts to "fix" their classic movies and make them more "woke" and "progressive" (because their understanding of "progressivism" and "representation" is a conservative one, but from a Conservative Democratic perspective which is far more conservative than the Left but nowhere near conservative enough for the Republicans, aka The Alt-Right). I don't hold out hope for Disney doing anything really that special when it comes to progressive representation. Hell I really don't expect that from any of the major studio labels. But I still hope for non-white creatives to get in there and take up space by telling their own stories and hopefully, a decent studio will deem them worthy of funding for their projects.

[@elenasogoba5485]

Ah why is it disappearing

[@nvwest]

The opening song to lilo and stitch is one my favourite disney songs and it’s how I first learned about Hawaii from the Netherlands

[@celfizy1512]

same im from samoa and hawaii tho really love it

[@tuiman5212]

I remember when I first watched Moana with my family, The Big boats appeared and my Tongan dad looked proudly at the screen, turned to me and pointed and said, “Those were our people” I’ve never felt so much pride in my heritage. Despite being Tongan and having a native Tongan dad, I was still widely disconnected from my culture. Seeing those ships and our people sail them was like hearing music for the first time.

[@lichtmehr]

I can feel it🤗 Greetz from Germany🇩🇪

[@eleniraitamata1362]

Luv from Fiji🇫🇯 to Tonga❤

[@eleniraitamata1362]

Luv from Fiji🇫🇯 to Tonga❤

[@eleniraitamata1362]

Luv from Fiji🇫🇯 to Tonga❤

[@thecarlob_007]

From one islander to another, greetings! 🇵🇭 🇹🇴

[@marisolfuentes8577]

“We tell the stories of our elders through a never ending chain” 🥺 As someone with Indigenous American & Mexican ancestry, this particular line hits me right in the soul and brings a tear to my eye every single time. So beautiful. Much love to the beautiful Polynesian people! I feel like we’re cousins lol

[@muumol]

I’m indigenous Alaskan, I feel that too. Rewatched Moana last night I felt so connected , so much joy that this movie gave me that Pocahontas did not

[@Chipito2005]

This song will hit you hard if you're indigenous also hello from your Maya brothers and sisters

[@jren3246]

@Priti Singer True, the chant in the beginning is a pretty common chant to tribes here in the Philippines. Just shows that there's more connection between Filipinos and Polynesians than the theory that the Polynesian ancestors came from Asia and sailed east during the age of early humans. And ancient Filipinos are closely tied to waters as well even to this day, i mean, the badjao people still exist to this day and they live in some sort of raft houses and they dive underwater for like 8 minutes to catch fish with no equipment but googles and a spear.

[@upuliedivisekera6779]

That line sends shivers down my spine

[@Julio-wc3vg]

man the scene with the ray, WHY NOONE TALKS ABOUT THE SCENE WITH THE RAY I FUCKING CRIED THERE JUST FOR THAT

[@MrsChiradee28]

I have to admit that every time I hear these traditional songs from Moana, I cry. Probably tears of joy. The beat just strikes my heart. Even though I don't understand the words, I feel happy. This is beautiful. ❤️

[@coffeebirdtree]

ha! you're not alone, i cry too

[@pookiesnooches1261]

this is not a traditional song, its a song from disney movie Moana

[@joemarmangubat5967]

I feel you 😂

[@jtomaha1730]

@@pookiesnooches1261 uhhhhh that's literally what she typed - "songs from Moana". 🤦‍♂️

[@DesolationofJake]

Pookie Snooches fail

[@Erik_Ahl]

Damn. We are all so rich of beautiful cultures around this world.

[@offtothenextadventure4048]

Thank you for this comment

[@lajuodatuwa-omagbemi3155]

Yes, isn't God wonderful?

[@hernanmaranan1154]

You know where you are..

[@Lulustucru2393]

Yes ! That's why I can't hate Humans and humanity in general, we have too much beauties around the world !

[@caratcute6364]

@islanti yeah but if they were not here, the song would not be the same .. they are the reason why this song is good .

[@m-edesharnais5409]

0:37 Can you imagine the feeling of that woman calling out from a boat at night, in the middle of the Pacific ocean, with not a island in sight, only the neverending horizon and the jaw dropping night sky above her head? Imagine the silence interrupted only by whooshing of some waves... And then her voice is answered by her own echo from a distant island yet to find!!! 😮 ...Did that beginning just gave me chills? My gosh, I think it did!!

[@lupitaa.castaneda9074]

Es tan imponente el mar...vivo a media hora de la costa...y es lo mas maravilloso ❤

[@forgedinink2546]

This culture just makes me cry tears of joy so much. Ugh this is beautiful.

[@TheHalofivebroken]

@islanti That song was written before Moana came out you are fake news

[@kevinhoward7194]

Because deep in your soul your heart you know the way too...

[@musiclover8097]

Me too. Even im a pilipino😭

[@solarsatan9000]

Especially the part where stepping into the shadow of a chief could get you executed

[@solarsatan9000]

@Mallory its true tho

[@sumtingwog1273]

The Aztec Descendants is my story. I wish we could’ve preserved ours like this. Much love from Mexico

[@elcaballeroandante1860]

Has un guión sobre ellos. Aztecas.

[@Lucky_Kounna]

Actually our stories are very well preserved and in fine condition as well, also as hawai'ians have their national language, we have nahuatl which is what we spoke and have words in modern spanish combined with it

[@sweetnsour3693]

@@Lucky_Kounna Exactly

[@yaaaaaaaaayo9808]

I'm here for the taino culture. Puerto Rico sends love to you

[@astrobirb9048]

Mine is from the Mayan's...Well half of my story is, cause I'm Half Guatemalan and my dad is pure Mayan Descendant...Anyways YOU TRAITORS!! 😆😆

[@avitaylor589]

I'm black, but popular movies in media like this and in the heights fill me with pride. Ancestor remembrance and veneration of any kind, really, is beautiful to me. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voices and culture with us

[@smaakjeks]

Yeah, makes you proud to be human. We are explorers.

[@FiiireLight]

I don't have a tribe. This makes me long for one.

[@wyomed]

we wuz sailors and sheeit

[@29.11plum]

@@wyomed🌽

[@charliek7896]

@@wyomed racism is a mental illness. seek help.

[@Mrs.C3]

I am not polynesian myself but 14 years ago I fell in love with a polynesian boy, my high school sweetheart. He taught me about his culture and traditions . Although it didn't work our between us, I will never forget how deep, rich, and beautiful the polynesian culture is. I fell in love with the culture, the history and the stories. The polynesian culture is the perfect example of how to keep values, traditions and cultural practices in tact through thousands of year. The rest of the world must observe and learn from you. We must all remember our past, to have a future. We must remember we are all people OF this earth, not the people who created it. It created us. Thank you for teaching me that.

[@keikogutierrez5707]

Polynesian cultureS. tonga, Tokelau, Samoa, Niue, Tahiti, Kiribati, Aotearoa ect all our culturs are different, as different as Inuit to Aztec. please don't use words like "the Polynesian culture" because thats trying to state the is only one culture.

[@jacold8451]

@@keikogutierrez5707 party pooper

[@keikogutierrez5707]

@@jacold8451 in what way...

[@jacold8451]

@@keikogutierrez5707 Dang why'd u respond? I was hopping that the comment goes unnoticed😞

[@xl_kiwifruit5507]

@@keikogutierrez5707 coming from a Samoan, Cookie and Maori, I don't think it really matters

[@amaliafitrybaruna8859]

as an Indonesian, moana brings me and my family together. My mom, a manadonese, often tell stories about how native manadonese like sanger and tanawangko always call the tagaloa before they sail. thank you disney for making me proud as an eastern indonesian

[@andiharlen4543]

@Sarah Conner Indonesian people is totally diverse... But most of culture in eastern part of Indonesia have so many similarities with pacificians. In language, sacred entities, also history..... You can see in many parts of Sulawesi, mollucas, Nusa tenggara, also many parts of Papua...

[@andiharlen4543]

@Sarah Conner yaps... Maybe you can compare how the Hawaiian or samoan people counting from 1-10 with my people (kei people, southeast mollucas) count those numbers... Hehe..

[@davodxsuperstar]

Andi Harlen indeed before Islam came in the Philippines and Indonesia, India and Polynesia were once the greatest traders and sea farers the world has ever seen.

[@andiharlen4543]

@@davodxsuperstar yaps.... the Polynesian people can map their location through the landscape of the sky and star... but the western (middle east and European) need to make sure that the earth is round so they can't loss their way... Hehehe

[@steveboy7302]

@@andiharlen4543 doesnt mean anything just similarities in language and thats it

[@learninghowto101]

I don't care what ethnicity you are from, these kind of music, traditional, no matter what country, tribe or ethnicity it came from makes me cry. The man's voice is just so soothing. it's warm, like a grandpa's loving and caring embrace.

[@lupitaa.castaneda9074]

Esas son las palabras que describen exactamente esto que se siente en el corazón cuando escucho estas melodías. Es una alegría inmensa y ganas de estar nadando en el mar...

[@user-ui8cz2hy5v]

Exactly you couldn’t describe this more perfectly I’m North African and this music , tradition, and culture tugs on my heart in a way nothing else can I always get chills whenever i see or hear beauty.

[@Sweetie4384]

​@@lupitaa.castaneda9074Por fin un comentario en español y sí, siempre que escucho esa canción se conmueve mi corazón y me brotan unas cuantas lágrimas, la mejor canción de la película. Aunque la del cangrejo gigante me gusta bastante también. Mi película favorita, desde que la ví por primera vez, aunque ya fuera adulta.

[@widedPanda9797]

same

[@okcommut3r]

I am just a Texas boy but every time I hear this it fills my bucket with happiness. It makes me want to go on an adventure.

[@alyannagraham3953]

This is so beautiful! I don’t understand why people don’t like it.

[@n8v_willie]

They have no culture, that’s why.

[@ghost-db4ok]

They have no soul

[@adelekeopeyemi2043]

I agree but you have to admit that the dancing was a bit weird

[@pinoyalaskador5216]

Talibanns?? 🤪🤪

[@EleazarCed]

Their voices are beautiful, but they are calling out to a false god, as much as you want to like it, it would be wrong..

[@jeanmichelvaubien]

So Proud and Honor to be the French singer of This Song. Makes me shivering in every languages... Thanks you, Thank You, THAAAAAANK YOOOOUUUUU !!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Oradyn]

an underrated comment he (Vaubien) really sang the french version in the Moana official translation

[@rubiks-a-doodle6400]

@@Oradyn Whoa, that's so cool!!

[@aestusmaris]

Listened to the French version and you did a beautiful job sir, and what a song to be featured on, one of my favourites from any Disney movie. Great job and best of luck to you sir!

[@elisabethbrand1903]

Wow so cool that you're one of the singers!!

[@maikakeaumoe]

Looked it up just to hear it. You did an amazing job.

[@literallyshaking8019]

I love the interchangeable wordplay of “Aue aue” (Oh! Oh!) and “Away Away” Both meanings are relevant in their respective languages in regards to a wayfaring song.

[@brentprim1]

I love that - in foreign dubs of "We Know the Way" it always uses "aue, aue"

[@neiahmataele7679]

God bless all the Pacific's Islands. POLYNESIAN PRIDE 💪

[@selmayusuf7787]

I know we strong 💪🏿

[@caratcute6364]

@@selmayusuf7787 definitely 💓

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

You also an inspiration to everyone who believes in discovery and exploring the unknown.

[@myralynabrinica7431]

Neiah Mataele Ayeeee

[@overhealing7691]

Do Filipinos count? I mean we do live on a lot of islands

[@aldiron8587]

Proud to be the PACIFIC ISLANDER. I’m a Moluccan boy from eastern Indonesia. We share the same culture, language as well as myths and beliefs with you guys. We’re all Pacific People. Molo’uku / Maluku / Spice Islands is an archipelago in Western Melanesia and indeed we know who we are🔥. Mena!!

[@lanapapas]

You are Asian

[@gillybertviernes2599]

I'm a Filipino living in New Zealand, and I'm deeply connected with this song. It gives me chills everytime I hear it. Philippines have 7100 islands in the Pacific, perhaps we can call ourselves Islanders too. We are all brothers and sisters. Well done Samoa, this song is so beautiful. Love it!

[@joesep9065]

Ako naman di ko maiintindihan baket naiiyak ako sa saya pag pinapakinggan ko to.

[@clydewilliammaritan2913]

Nakaka antig damdamin..

[@lanapapas]

Philippines is Asian. Stop trying to be Pacific Islanders

[@papabear7116]

No you're not an Islander. You're Asian, we share the same ancestry with Malaysian and Indonesians.

[@whenraindropsfall]

@@papabear7116literal definition of an islander is someone who lives on an island lol it's not that deep

[@katzillaaa85]

I love Moana soundtrack.There's something in that language that gives me the biggest goosebumps!

[@LiteralLeo]

Count me in 🙋‍♂️

[@dinihanikram6431]

Ikr,and Made me tears,tears of proud and joy

[@NyyyaMe]

You hear our mana (power) .

[@taareitiabiete4835]

the language of ancestors pass on and on it has deep and lovely meaning

[@CardinalKaos]

Tokelauan if youre wondering what language is it

[@pinoyalaskador9479]

As a Filipino.. We were thought how our ancestors sailed to the Philippines in boats called balangay or barangay.. Pinoys are Islanders..we had a very rich culture then the Spanish came and destroyed nearly everything..

[@WolfenmarK]

Spaniards... They did the same in South America sadly... I understand you.

[@sorchx]

British did the same to Ireland and Scotland

[@ThaisMaciel1990]

Oh God, I'm Brazilian girl and I'm so into deep for Polynesian culture, people, all of their history... Looks like so amazing and wonderful! 💖💖💖💖💖

[@uso_teej]

Yeah filipinos are our cousins from across the ocean. Love my pinoy usos. My kids are Filipino too

[@nighthaste4311]

Cheers too all voyagers!

[@isaacmarte3520]

I worked at an assisted living in Minnesota for some years. This song would move our Hawaiian resident to tears everytime, and she'd get up and move, and stretch towards the stars, and praise God. COVID took her away from us, but I know she is singing in heaven. God bless.

[@wereddafox3249]

When i was 9 yrs old i lived for one year in Tuvalu bc my dad was working on his research there. It was one of my best experiences i had in my life. Polynesian music, culture, nature and people are so beautiful and magical! at that time I discovered Te Vaka. My friends and i were dancing to the songs and i even bought a CD in Fiji on my way back to Europe. When the Disney movie "Moana" was released i had goose bumps and tears in my eyes bc i knew right away that the music is by Te Vaka. What a nostalgic moment for me. I hope that i will have the chance again to visit the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Sending lots of love!

[@sillau9]

Beautiful

[@sugarfara]

What a joy to read ❤ i'm happy for you and thanks for sharing ❤

[@martinomichael4967]

I envy you sis, as I have never seen the village that my mother's mother came from but your story fills me with so much joy that my ancestral home can spread the alofa. Makes my heart ache in the best way x

[@alanfoster6589]

I spent a week in Tuvalu in 2001. Beautiful place. Helped name some diving sights.

[@Lycius]

It's when the drums kick in, the rhythm starts, and the entire band begins to groove. There's so much to love about this. The language itself is seems like speaking in song. This is an amazing production. Orchestra backing. How must that feel? To be singing in front of a symphony. With a baritone lead, a perfect harmony duet. I bet it's exhilarating, each and every time. Thrumming deep vocals that strike right to the chest. You feel it, as it resonates, like a heartbeat. But... yeah, when the drums begin... I'm just... feeling it. Not to disregard the rest of the band, but the beat is enthralling. It pulls you in. It's a total group effort (that's why it's called a band, afterall). I'm just, "How do you do that!?" Then, i realize I played in our family band for years. Learning, singing bluegrass, banjo, and then I'm... "Oh... right. Practice and a passion to put that practice into action."

[@Lycius]

Oh... erm, sorry if this is kindof a zombie post. I'm ex-Navy. The most dedicated, professional, this gets kinda weird, "sail-worthy," are Filipinos, Polynesians, Maori. I come from Viking stock. Other ocean. But all of this strikes a heartchord in me. Like deeper than intuition. If that makes sense.

[@KrankyKranky1]

Fr

[@AloysioWisnu]

Greetings from Java island, Indonesia, to our Polynesian cousins! We are Austronesian people who sailed from Taiwan to the islands in Indian and Pacific Ocean. We share the same blood and ancient culture. Long live Austronesian people!

[@mommymj9529]

As an African American woman I must say this...I just love this song!

[@nicoleb7769]

Don't think I'm Polynesian at all, but this always makes me feel identified & the tears always come out

[@crisatonelli]

Me too. I honestly don't even understand(unfortunately) but it is so beautiful I can't stop crying.

[@MorganChaos]

SAME. i just think "we know the way" is a very powerful and meaningful sentiment these days. it's confidence, assuredness, accomplishment and competence and hope. not a lot of us have all those things these days.

[@LisaLisa-nf8dp]

Are u hapa?

[@lawabidinganarchist]

Be proud of your heritage.. i'm a Scots/Gael keep it alive where you can!

[@bumbinax]

I feel the same way. I feel identified even though this isn't my culture. This kind of validated how I've been feeling all along. Thank you for that

[@afowlerart]

I'm Black and have zero connection to Pacific Island people, but this is AWESOME and I LOVE seeing the richness of your culture!!!

[@jamaicaguanzon6716]

When I listen to this with eyes closed, I travel to paradise flying over the seas and mountains! Thank you! Loved from Philippines.

[@welliminitnowso]

🇯🇲

[@alfredharly6988]

We're the same I always 😢

[@Doooooooooooood]

Stop and just think about it for a second. Sailing the Pacific Ocean in wind powered, wooden boats! The scale is unbelievable. They did it. They repeatedly did it!

[@darmakusuma891]

As a Sundanese, I got goosebumps every time I listen to this song. Imagining how my ancestors sailed all the way from Formosa to Java. I'm proud to be Austronesian.

[@671medic]

Gave me chills... Proud to be a Pacific Islander and share the same ancestral roots of the ancient voyagers who settled the islands in the Western Pacific region!

[@stanmavericks]

very beautiful song.. greeting from malaysia, your long distance cousin

[@Koelleimherzen]

Not sure, what's more beautiful: The singers, their voices, the music or the whole culture itself ♥

[@kristalt.7404]

All of the above are the best ❤️❤️❤️

[@lupitaa.castaneda9074]

Todo es hermoso ¡¡absolutamente todo; el canto, los instrumentos, los cantantes, la danza...hacen que el corazon haga un viaje sin fin!! Que hermosa cultura. Saludos desde Chiapas, México.

[@moonlightchilds7684]

As a Polynesian woman from New Zealand this makes me so proud of my culture. POLYNESIAN PRIDE!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ketoboost2024]

The initial vocals feel as if we're standing in the ocean and swaying with the gentle waves of the reef. I Love it. My daughter is 1.5 yrs old and she calls baby Moana by her own name. She's friends with Moana!

[@philipalcazar]

i live in Austria - far away from Polynesian culture. yet my 4yo daughter absolutely adores this song. we listen to it every evening before going to bed. so i started reading about Polynesian navigation, their rich history and proud culture. i try to explain it to my daughter the best i can; the different languages and the meanings behind the song. i look up to your beautiful history & culture and tbh. this song brings me to tears.

[@yankees57]

I am not at all Polynesian but this is amazing. Watching this made me realize actually how many cultures there are out there. This song just spreads the best vibes and makes me want to dance! Love from an Italian! ❤️

[@gicach4631]

Proud Islander ! Literally any song from the islands in the Pacific makes my young heart feel the pride of being an islander, and being raised and taught about my culture. Keeps the heritage alive. Proud Micronesian 🇬🇺🇫🇲

[@No1sonuk]

It takes a LOT of talent to make a song work as good as this in two so VERY different languages.

[@MissAndyAUS]

Three languages. It has Samoan, Tokelauan and English lyrics.

[@Fforthai]

Although I’m not Polynesian I’m still proud of you Polynesians 😌 us pacificans will always love our culture. It is our pride. Our honor. Much love from Micronesia 🇫🇲

[@Izzybaggins]

I’ve never been exposed to this type of music before and I must say even tho I don’t understand the lyrics I felt this music and their voices in my heart, they just radiate joyful light, also very respectfully everybody on that stage are incredibly beautiful and good looking, I always envy indigenous people regardless of the culture or country just to be born into so much culture, history, traditions, meaning, spiritual connection is truly a gift from god, I wish I had their sense of belonging.

[@vincentleapai5409]

FYI this is Samoan 🇼🇸 and Tokelauan 🇹🇰 language. It is because Te Vaka founders are of Tokelauan 🇹🇰 and Samoan 🇼🇸 heritage and the culture is pretty much the same and also the language. So proud ❤❤❤ Pacific people stand up 🎉🎉🎉

[@kucingcat9385]

Love from Malaysia

[@Amandapwbean]

Not sure why I cry and feel intensely spiritually connected to the harmonies and chanting in these songs. All I do know is they are euphoric and make me feel happy.

[@Ta-ks6uc]

Me too, every time I hear this song it resonates deeply.

[@maikvosseler9407]

I'm so happy to see that so many of the Pacific people can identify with the moana songs. I studied in New Zealand and learned a bit te reo maori at Waikato University. I first was a bit scared of the big Maori rugby players but I soon found out, what a soft heart they had. I really enjoyed the culture, the chants, the dancing but most of all the sweet soul of the people of Aotearoa! The Moana movie has spread that pacific spirit all over the world and whenever I hear these songs my heart starts jumping and a feeling of joy is coming over me!

[@emiliareimann]

I am so happy that Moana popularized a little bit Polynesian culture, Thanks Disney. Thank you Te Vaka for the soundtrack. You did an amazing job. Listen to this song and see your ancestors sailing through the ocean to find new homes.

[@MikeyZ24]

As an anglo euro guy so far off from having any roots in Polynesia (that I know of) I listen to this amazing piece of musical art and emotionally feel the culture and spiritual essence of this song. As humans we have lost our connection to our true spiritual selves. Listening to this song brings peace and knowingness in my heart. Thankyou for your beautiful music and talent.

[@MotherOfHonnieBees]

I am Diné and Lakota. I definitely feel a sense of brother/sisterhood between other indigenous peoples. When I see or hear other indigenous people sing their cultures songs or share stories it just lifts my soul.

[@jonahs92]

I'm a Jewish Israeli and I completely agree. There's nothing like indigenous cultures! We have to stick together and support each other. 💚

[@CajunFyre92]

I’m Houma and Lakota, and I feel the same way.

[@syedali-rs8cj]

Ona Leigh Native Palestinians support all Native American cultures.

[@AlphaWolf096]

I’m white, and I feel that lift in my soul as well. There’s just something about them. That said, everyone on Earth is brothers and sisters. It doesn’t mean we don’t fight amongst ourselves, or anything, especially as that is common among siblings. We simply don’t see brotherhood between all people, since it’s not something we want to see. We would rather instead believe in the illusion of separation because it’s convenient. That brotherhood extends to everything on Earth as well, so it’s a shame much of modern Western culture does such a poor job of acknowledging that.

[@readyaimfire3454]

@@jonahs92 israeli ppl are not indigenous to that land. you colonizers forcefully stole land from the actual indigenous ppl there

[@foxmariota5047]

My People, my pride, my history

[@lazotowe5018]

Beautiful

[@tiffanybrooks-dumont994]

Lovely speech ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kukiig5961]

Ouaaa🇫🇯🇹🇴🇼🇸🇳🇿🇨🇰🇸🇧🇹🇻🇳🇺🇵🇬 🇻🇺 🔥🔥🔥

[@florenciobalagtas4419]

Tama po kau...

[@NatraNation]

where u from?

[@vixikie]

I have zero connection with the island but I'm from Scandinavia I have always find the Hawaiian culture so interesting and fascinating ever since I saw Lilo and Stitch. It has been a dream of mine ever since I was little to travel to Hawaii. I hope I do one day. I love this song, the language is so beautiful and the singers got amazing voices! This was beautiful to watch.

[@yulcho2403]

That’s my fav Moana song! It always touch my mind:) Thanks😀

[@nelsonazevedo9887]

What makes this so beautiful is simple. One word.......culture. Every single culture on God’s green earth has something to bring to the table. We’ve got much more in common than we realize. God gave us a beautiful world. We just need to learn to appreciate it.

[@navneelramlu350]

Proud Islander 🇫🇯 ...... One of the greatest pieces of art

[@jzie1626]

Filo❤️

[@Samantha-vlly]

Out of all Disney movies, this just hits differently. I love the nature and water elements throughout the movie. Part of me feels like I'm actually born close to the ocean because of this💚

[@ZeroAroundTheWorld]

I love how he made it a point that the Polynesians were the best sailors and navigators ever... like, Christopher Columbus WHO? He didn’t even know where America was 🤦‍♀️

[@ZeroAroundTheWorld]

Blindkingofbohemia1 idk how you missed my comment but I was giving credit to the Polynesians... history books have misinformed us that Columbus discovered “new land” when in reality it was already found. And I love how he informed everyone that it’s the Polynesians that were the best at navigating.

[@ZeroAroundTheWorld]

Blindkingofbohemia1 no worries! Thank you for your comment though because there was other things that I wasn’t aware of before so thank you 😊

[@tomascorreia4787]

@Blindkingofbohemia1 may I ask what is your point of view on the portuguese navigators? That's a very interesting point of you saying all that of Polynesian, I didn't know, and makes sense if you think about it. I've learnt that portuguese were able to roam through dangerous sea paths, that many ships were known to wreck, though they had more stiff boats, probably, they weren't that great to roam such paths (knowing Atlantic is more brave than Pacific, as their name suggest) portuguese were able to roam through sea to India and China and later Japan. Also reaching Timor and Papua Nova Guiné. All that pioneering those routes. Of course they were more literate, but they invented the astrolobe. Just curious about what other people think of the great navigators of the east(?)

[@tomascorreia4787]

@Blindkingofbohemia1 well, that's pretty cool to know. And it shows how here in Europe we learn things, of course we would learn more related subjects about each others, but we just hear about Italian Portuguese and Spanish sailors with their discoveries and achievements. Also shows we do not learn that much from the Nordics (meaning I'm southern European), the Vikings, great sailors too. That's a nice perspective to have about the other side of the world. Great to know, thank you! I guess the Portuguese only contributed to interconnection and relationship between different Nations, allowing time to progress and modernize, in some way, contributing to a spread of knowledge from all the corners of the world. In that way I see the importance of learning about them, but it's a shame we do not learn about others like Polynesian ones. But we cannot hope to learn everything, am I right ahah

[@obichangtell7263]

Blindkingofbohemia1 Micronesians were great navigators as well. Just like the Polynesians who sailed throughout the pacific. I would say the people of the pacific were once great sailors who used the skies to navigate.

[@mitchelgreenwood476]

As someone who have Māori DNA I can feel the goosebumps . Love from New Zealand

[@horus2779]

Can we please have another album like the one from Moana.. And another movie.. The Ancient ways reborn.. Crystal Tech , We are..

[@davidwilliamsphoto]

My four year old is crazy about Moana. I loved the soundtrack. A little searching and I found Te Vaka. I have fallen in love with your music and dance. It is so beautiful. My four year old sings along. She tries to sing all of the words in both languages. Thank you for sharing. Also, can we buy this performance in the USA? I'd love to have the full video.

[@moomoo-ke9yf]

I'm confused, buy the performance?

[@davidwilliamsphoto]

@@moomoo-ke9yf buy a copy of the video of the performance.

[@aesinam]

Maybe try their website

[@malek5155]

Same with me. My daughter just one years old, but like moana so much. Always watching moana, especially during small moana in the village

[@johnnhoj15]

@@mahoneys64 that's beautiful man for real! Music resonates with your soul. It's awful that she left you guys... I was left by my mother 28 years ago and I'm f**ked up in so many ways because of it still. She went and started a new family 10 years after she left us. She stayed with them about 15 years afterwards and up and left them all too. Got married to some new guy, left her other pair of kids and moved to Las Vegas. They now live with me. It's us 4 siblings/half siblings. 2 older, 2 younger. Abandonment is hard to cope with. 4 damaged children of hers she left behind... Do what you can if possible to get a mother figure in your daughter's life. A good woman that she can look up to and count on and to love. Everyday I wish I had that. Good luck.

[@favb7931]

My ancestry is of the Viking and Sami side, this is absolutely beautiful and much love from Scandinavia ❤️

[@hermitsunite953]

Same here. My ancestors are from Norway. We continue the tradition of sailing the beautiful oceans.

[@elmo8348]

we wernt to bad at navigating the seas ourselves were we my roots go back to denmark

[@pinoyprepper6530]

Your people are just beautiful

[@favb7931]

@@pinoyprepper6530 thank you brother ❤️

[@favb7931]

@@elmo8348 so true brother. We are of the same people, and together we once were known as some of the most fearsome warriors and voyagers on the planet. It's always nice to talk with on of my Scandinavian family 🇸🇪❤️🇩🇰

[@Gondolin76]

I am from Taiwan. Foreign rulers make us almost forget the culture of our ancestors. I really hope that my compatriots know "where we are", "who we are".

[@danielawesome36]

You guys used to be pure Polynesian... Then the Chinese arrived. I think.

[@dailealexander2055]

Believe it or not, the first settlers of Polynesia originated from Taiwan. You live in the original Polynesian homeland🇹🇼

[@firstofficer296]

@@dailealexander2055 the original land is america

[@SaltySev]

@@dailealexander2055 I'm Polynesian and noooo we did not😂 a lot of people think we did but we did not. We originated mostly from really ancient times from Laminites

[@vivianerodrigues9748]

@@SaltySev lamanites from the book of Mormon?? Lol

[@Hhun804]

I took my daughter to watch Moana when it first came out in the theater. Being far away from my home, its hard for my kid to understand what its like to be part Polynesian and when she watched the movie, she understood why I did certain things. I literally amongst cried for majority of the movie. As a Tongan, I was very proud of the work Disney done.

[@mariajennisabarca7741]

I'm a Filipino and I always listen to this almost everyday to calm my chaotic mind caused by stressed❤

[@f1j11slander4]

Much LOVE from FIJI 🇫🇯 🇼🇸

[@PutingPinoy]

I love Polynesian culture and this is sooo beautiful!!

[@nathanhulsey385]

I swam in the waters of the Gulf Coast at night as a young man, swimming and paddleboarding beyond the green and into the blue under the stars, with dolphins and tiger sharks. I saw the stars and felt the power of the sea. Moana really hit me hard, I was weeping during some of the songs. Hail from an Irish-American born and raised in the Alabama Gulf. We all know the way if we look.

[@shepardgEOD]

I'm a southern son, native of the Appalachian, but.... I know love and joy when I hear it, and I am so thankful to learn about this culture. Thank you 😊

[@lokate1000]

Woooow 😍 how powerful are those lyrics though? 😱 had me jumping. Im so proud of our Polynesian people 🇹🇰🇹🇰🇹🇰

[@dalastkanakamaoli9058]

🤙🏽

[@kennethsetiu4995]

Malo lava, nga mihi aroha Te Vaka! We DO know the Way. He is with us! Proud of my Samoan and Maori heritage displayed in song, story and the narrative of Moana. Aroha, alofa and aloha xoxox

[@hsinchen8103]

Love from Taiwan! To think our ancestors come to this beautiful island thousands of years ago and now I listen to this song just give me chill!! Love

[@marlonnartea7825]

I was born in the Philippines…and i know that i felt the connection with Moana as I too live near the coast and wanted to explore whats beyond that when I was a kid. This is the reason why I love Moana than any other Disney.

[@marileisoriano2037]

I'm a Filipino but whenever I hear this song, there's like a current striking my heart and giving me chills.

[@kennethfernandez2577]

It's like we are somewhat connected

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

As a eastern Malays. I feel the same too..

[@Auoric]

@@kennethfernandez2577 We Filipinos are also descendants of the great ancient Austronesian sailors. It sends me chills whenever I internalize that we came from such great people and culture.

[@steveboy7302]

@@Auoric polynesians never called themselves austronesians

[@sillau9]

​@@Auoricsorry..but you guys are not part of the Polynesian legacy 🙄

[@ginochristiano1397]

This makes me proud of our Austronesian heritage 😍. Long live the Pacific. Outrigger boats best boats!!

[@jakecalder8270]

I am just fascinated with the Polynesian culture the language/dancing and music are so beautiful!

[@robroy408]

I’m a proud Polynesian. Te Vaka unifies us all Pasifika ❤️

[@ElenTuf]

Cheeehooooo PROUD SAMOAN right hurr ❤️🇼🇸🌺 awesome job guys xoxo

[@wapogipofrog88]

Never fails to move me to tears. God I love you all so so much. Absolutely breathtaking. ♥♥♥♥ 😍 😍 😍

[@TrishaEvansLutterodt]

wapogipofrog88 I'm not surprised to find you here 😂😂😂😉😉😉

[@wapogipofrog88]

😂😂😂 Always!!!!! ♥♥♥

[@sachukrishnan6678]

I don't know how to express I love this music and culture very much

[@wapogipofrog88]

Same here!! It's.......I don't have words to justify it's beauty and how it lights up your very soul. ♥♥♥♥

[@aaronsmith9955]

I come here to listen to this music when ever I feel down😢 and this music always makes me feel like I am invincible 💓💓

[@norbigumaga6540]

I had goosebumps from start to end. I can't stop smiling and closing my eyes to feel the rich cultural vibe . The voices are also magnificent! This kind of music is what we need to hear. ❤️❤️❤️ Love from the Philippines ❤️

[@bncsmom1]

This song never fails to bring a smile to my face!

[@rachaelmorris3405]

The fact that the language has been preserved and current generations can speak it and sing it is a testament to their strength, perseverance, and pride in their culture. The US did a lot of damage to this beautiful people. I get so emotional hearing this song and seeing this beautiful culture represented in such a mainstream format and it is so powerful.

[@Simplyme9711]

I'm not even Polynesian, but this song caries so many things... It's a beautiful culture, you guy must protect it at every cost... this is too beautiful!

[@lanamedved7362]

I think I'll just grab my boat and sail away, even if I don't have one. :D But with this song, whole world is mine. Beautiful culture!

[@DanksterPaws]

Well once global warming destroys our planets, islands will sink, oceans become violent, and wind gets flunky. It wouldnt be the same anymore

[@patrizio_prospera]

I'm Manadonese from Eastern Indonesia🇮🇩 I'm so proud being Pacific Islander🌊 I love our culture❤️

[@walfreysimporios]

Guy in 2:41 is drop dead gorgeous!!!!! I'm in love!!!!!!!

[@vernelledouglas1801]

The tone, pitch and clarity of the first gentleman's speaking voice...I could listen to him speak all day.

[@beremizerazo4616]

I love this song. Coming from Bolivia, where we have a strong and old connection with ancestors through earth, I felt very deeply the references to ancestry, heritage and the oral passing of traditions.

[@manuhamoa]

Beautiful clip, thank you for the upload. I still recall many years ago Tau Henare (Tai Tokerau) in his maiden speech in NZ Parliament saying while the Europeans were hugging the coast of Europe and Africa, Pacific people were sailing from island to island in the vast Pacific Ocean. From the Mao'i (Tagaloa), to Ma'ohi (Ta'aroa), to Maoli (Kanaloa) and finally Maori (Tangaroa), Polynesia we are one family. Malo Opetaia & Te Vaka. Proud to be Mao'i & Polynesian.

[@lesunwin6620]

So true re one family. Check Nat Farsamoa's Aue Aue Rotuman version. Rotuma, a real paradise about 500km North of Fiji. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6C7k3WQp8-hjZo

[@joeyfragile2330]

Eh u know who encouraged u guys to do that right? The real life Maui, the voyages from Bronze Age Egypt commissioned by Pharoah to circumnavigate the globe, and who bumped into your ancestors in the islands and decided not to go home again. And prev to that you had the early Celtic people's from the ancient European west coastal sea trading empire, who also struck out eastward and landed in NZ giving ride to the redheaded maoris

[@manuhamoa]

+Joseph, see www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-10-04/dna-reveals-lapita-ancestors-of-pacific-islanders-came-from-asia/7893100

[@Tekai950]

We tha lost tribe of Naphtali

[@turricanedtc3764]

@@joeyfragile2330 - With respect, the notion of early Celtic peoples reaching the Pacific and making contact has been demonstrably debunked as pseudo-history backed up with pseudoscience, and the TV documentary covering this theory was removed from TVNZ On-Demand as a result : www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/106407948/tvnz-doco-claiming-celts-were-here-before-mori-has-been-removed-from-ondemand-service . While there is little in the way of evidence to suggest that the increasing presence of Western explorers and missionaries in the late 18th and 19th centuries resulted in deliberate killing of the islanders, it is an unfortunate truth that those explorers brought diseases with them - and these caused pandemics that may have resulted in the deaths of up to 90% of the islands' populations over time. This not only constitutes a human tragedy ranking among the greatest in recorded history, but for a culture and people whose own history and traditions were passed orally down the generations we're talking about an incalculable loss of knowledge - not just for the islanders to whom that knowledge should have been a birthright, but to humanity as a whole.

[@harukamisaki3022]

Why? Gave me goosebumps then eyes started welling. Thank you. Love you so much.

[@solmg6275]

This is why I really love Moana. This song somehow brought me into a really high vibe state. I feel so much joy I even cry.

[@NoelBarcelona]

Whenever I hear this song, I cry as I can hear the winds and the seas, from afar. We are from the Philippines, also a land of navigators. Keep the vibes of this planet, coming! Mahal namin kayo (we love you)!

[@sillau9]

No you guys are not the same ranking as navigators like Polynesians..quit trying to take credit that is Polynesian navigators 😬

[@jeksixten5751]

​@@sillau9 the Ancestors of the people of Guam came from the Philippines imagine sailing to Marianas trench in the Middle of the Pacific.. plus outrigger canoes originated in the Philippines.. the ancestors of Polynesians came from the Philippines.. y'all just have Papuan admixture we're not that different we speak austronesian language too..

[@juicynarwal6272]

Fililpinos were like that once, then the Spaniards came and erased everything. All we have is the faded memories and rare transcriptions and artifacts survived by those who were lucky enough to remember it all during the Spanish colonial period. Now we've even taken after our colonial oppressors tradition, and continue to kill and erase the culture of the natives that still live.

[@twystedhumour]

so negative. we still have our culture, even if it's not complete. remember the ones we have, and share it with others so they know our story. and when i speak one of the dialects (Tagalog), i try to use the native language and not the bastardized spanish word that is sometimes used.

[@ErikMyLove]

@@gusionparsley1491 I'm not Filipino or from a colonized country but I'd like to know: In your opinion what did the Spanish change for the better? Normally, I read or hear about how things changed for the worse (like the loss of culture, native language, legends, oral history and so on - which is just horrible. There are so many beautiful thing that are just lost because the colonizers wanted to gain power and riches . And that's basically what comes to my mind when I think about colonization).

[@danajeserio8744]

@@gusionparsley1491 filipinos were literally KILLED AND RAPED HOW WAS THAT GOOD IN ANYWAY??? put yourself in the shoes of your ancestors. imagine all of you right now having all of your freedom, your family, rights, and dignity take away by foreigners. They take everything away from you until you dont own anything anymore. Until you never get to see your friends anymore. that in one peaceful day everything you ever know changes. If that happens to you right now i dont think you would say the same. it was never about whats the "benefits" to us. it was about US being lesser humans than the Spaniards. our ancestors were real, living, victimized people.

[@codymcgee2499]

Idk what it is I've never been into musicals too much but this song right here just does something to me... The Pacific islanders have such an amazing culture

[@JC-sp4pb]

[Opetaia Foa'i:] Tatou o tagata folau vala’auina Le atua o sami tele e o mai Ua ava’e le lu’itau e lelei Tapenapena Olo, olo vaka Aue, aue Nuku i mua Te manulele e tataki e Aue, aue Te fenua, te mālie Nae ko hakilia kaiga e [Lin-Manuel Miranda:] We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze At night, we name every star We know where we are We know who we are, who we are Aue, aue We set a course to find A brand new island everywhere we roam Aue, aue We keep our island in our mind And when it's time to find home We know the way Aue, aue We are explorers reading every sign We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain Aue, aue Te fenua, te mālie Nā heko hakilia We know the way

[@rayasvoicepudding2257]

You know you're from the Islands when you feel so deeply for the songs from Moana. I miss my islands. Bansang Moro.

[@JohnGrit]

as a Cambodian Boy, no matter where you are from this hits home for the tropical people!

[@papakili1614]

Chehooooooo. Polynesian will always live forevermore. Our culture live through from old to new generation. Very unique. Tagaloa was the first Polynesian family that expand from one island to another. And they became our GODS because we believe tagaloa made us. Of course. Then came Christianity. We thank our Lord in Heaven who made tagaloa and became one family. Chehooooooo. Therefore we’re all brothers.

[@anncastro6740]

Love from PHILIPPINES!!!

[@manuhamoa]

+Mary, alofa from SAMOA

[@imbored2026]

Mary Ann Castro Aloha I’m from Hawaii 🤙

[@nicodasig5511]

Filipinos are Pacific islanders too! We are getting people to exclude Filipinos from Asians. In surveys they used to have the category of "Asians (including Filipino...)" now its Filipino/Pacific Islander.

[@lughanandi1743]

Nico Dasig i thought yall was southeast aisans?

[@thenamesniaa8384]

@@lughanandi1743 they are 🤣