40th Kiribati Independence Celebration NZ - KWAI Item 1 Performance

[@williamwilliamz3000]

Brother/sister from the island of Kiribati, thank you for showing me your guy's dance ; it's beautiful: I came from the upper north of the Cook islands, watching you guys dancing and singing it's beeaauuttiiffuul 🥀💝🎂🥀💖🎂🥀💝🎂l

[@ritatitautua]

hello william its our pleasure and enjoyed introducing our beautiful traditional dance.. it is great to see we (pacific islanders) are connected in one way or another through the art of dancing

[@ritatitautua]

which island in the upper north may i ask?

[@williamwilliamz3000]

@@ritatitautua !!! Hello to you to Ritatitautua ; I came from the island of (Tongareva/penrhyn)

[@ritatitautua]

@@williamwilliamz3000 thanks William thats very remote similar to kiribati.. We are yet to post more videos once completed. And perhaps you may notice similarity to your traditional dance

[@Cs29685]

Brother and sister you all will always be in my heart we’re the people of the triangle, every year we’re seem to be being bush apart by the world of today soon they’ll take everything from us because we all have left our homelands for a better life far away

[@kiribatikareaua9222]

wohooo! Mauri im also kiribati and its fun seeing our traditional dancing of Kwai i was there too.

[@BwatikuIoane]

I aki kuba man mwerengaki te ngai ohh nte rabakau mai Moone.

[@gusnauci7795]

Love the costumes " Very powerful performance... The singing and the box beating is just beautifully done... Flawless

[@Tkassi]

Yo my dad is dancing😂I liked dancing in this group

[@cupcke28]

Yep dad was here sis

[@rutavitello7189]

I always miss my Kiribati I can not forget about you Kiribati you pretty you the Bom God bless

[@ritatitautua]

Mauri Nei Ruta Vitello, we hope kam marurung raoi mai ikanne e rabwa te comment ao e koaua anne e raroa nako abara Kiribati mai iroura ma tiaki kona n mwaninga taekana. Kam bon mena naba i HI? Tekeraoi mai ikanne :-)

[@HolyMoly686]

Wow so Beautiful to see more of these traditional dances from Old Tungaru (Kiribati) ❤️❤️❤️

[@Tkassi]

KWAI was one of the biggest group,Utill covid came and less people started showing up.

[@semaiakoba3454]

Beatiful performance😍...enag Kan

[@milann1521]

beautiful song,, from where i am we call this type of songs "peroveta anedia"...i wish you could share the lyrics too

[@tokateti]

Ruuta ngaia kanga ko a manga roko i NZ e rangi n raraba an tarena anne bwa e kateimatoa te rabakau ni kiribati. Tekeraoi ngkami ni kabane.

[@akinetimoataake5655]

auesa Nei Ruuta ko kakankan ao akea arom

[@Tamwaeri]

e nag itiaki te rawerawe Ritati ao gaia a oti nb aika a kakuii bwairia ma mataia n tain te maie lol