Tangi Ke / Manea Hula for their Nana

Nana Paula’s 80th birthday in Brisbane 2023. This dance was put together by the girls after arriving from NZ and is purely an expression of love for their Nana who raised them. She loved seeing her granddaughters dance and they loved seeing her joy. This is their first time dancing for her.

[@itzjusjaz306]

Simply beautiful 🤌🏽 So much grace and love seen through your dancing, loved the ending tho 😂 Gotta have some fun with it 😁 My most fondest and happiest memories was dancing & performing. Well done girls, you done your nana proud 🙌🏽

[@kaiakostuff7041]

Awww such lovely comments. Meitaki maata

[@stuartjohn1044]

❤️❤️❤️❣️❤️❤️❤️

[@its_lxa6082]

So beautiful❤❤ my I ask what the song is please x the girls rocked this 💯💯

[@kaiakostuff7041]

Thank you. Manea and Tangi Ke by Rex Atirai

[@windingroad9678]

Beautiful ❤

[@kaiakostuff7041]

Thank you 😊

[@windingroad9678]

I am far away in NY but I listen to Cook Island music and try to dance even if I am a Grandmother lol. I am young at heart.

[@kaiakostuff7041]

@@windingroad9678go mama!! Age is only a number 😊❤

[@cupcakes767]

Im trying to learn this dance

[@kaiakostuff7041]

❤❤❤

[@AliteeWafi]

where can i find the audio for both of the songs combined

[@kaiakostuff7041]

My daughter just mixed them together on her phone

[@susiequsie1980]

Great dance but why do people come up to hug u guys during your performance? I saw several other videos where this happened. Thanks so much. What a beautiful culture

[@kaiakostuff7041]

Thank you and thanks for the question. In many pacific cultures it’s a way of families showing their love for the dancers and their families. We put money on them and Lolly necklaces to show our pride and to encourage them (the dancers) to continue learning and upholding our cultural traditions. When they feel our love and receive money, they associate that joy with our culture and who we are, and they learn from a young age to love it. It’s rather distracting but the dance is not really for our entertainment, it’s their expression of love for their nana, their family and their island. So we don’t really need to watch it uninterrupted, we just feel the spirit of joy, love and pride as everything unfolds. And that’s why we dance for our loved ones, to fill their hearts with pride. It draws families close and keeps us connected.

[@susiequsie1980]

@@kaiakostuff7041 Well said, u speak from ur heart❤️thanku for educating me on ur amazing culture and family.

[@mokafotu]

Beautiful dancing girls!!❤ If you don't mind, what's the name of the last song please, thank you

[@kaiakostuff7041]

Manea, my daughter dancing edited and mixed them together on her phone

[@mokafotu]

@@kaiakostuff7041 Thank you so much

[@mokafotu]

Oh sorry.....I'm asking about the very last song, I think it's an old song please thank you

[@kaiakostuff7041]

@@mokafotu the first song is Tangi Ke and the second song is Manea, she just mixed it in from the fast beat of the song and then it goes back into the choruses. Then the band just start playing their random beat and strum.