Wake up! Team Wallis & Futuna - "Seleone"

This video is part of the Wake up! Project, designed to mobilise the region’s young people (18-25 years old) on the non-communicable diseases issue and use more dynamic communication techniques to deal with this health topic.
Video description: Meet Seleone, an elder from Hihifo district on Wallis Island. He is interviewed by Lotana, a nurse, who asks him about traditional ways of life, and how to integrate this knowledge into methods of teaching young people about non-communicable diseases. Through interviews with Seleone, the film shows how modernisation has profoundly changed the Wallisian way of life, with a focus on the abandonment of subsistence farming, hunting and fishing, and the introduction of imported processed foods.

[@lisekivalu9264]

Ofa atu Seleone from Tonga🇹🇴. Proud to be an half Uvean-Tonga....

[@ericpetersen5334]

I’m Samoan and I can pick out words he’s saying… beautiful language. It also has Tongan tendencies

[@shenglongisback4688]

This could be uvean language the brother/sister island of futuna together Wallis/Uvea n Futuna. Futuna ancestry is from Samoa Listen too Futunan language is sounds more closer too samoan.. Wallis/Uvean sounds more tongan both are from same ancestry.

[@NORF90805]

Lol 😂 nigga they str8 speaking Tongan .... lol 😂 stop it guy .....

[@dstan4549]

Futunan ancestry here. Futuna people & lingo is closer to Samoan. Uvea is closer to Tongan. Its all in oral history.

[@Cuyt24]

Eric Peterson doesn't sound like a Samoan name. 🤔 smh.

[@ericpetersen5334]

@@Cuyt24 lol no disrespect but, your point is?..

[@davidtaliai996]

I understood quite abit. Very similar to Tongan but also very distinct. Beautiful island and people. 'Ofa atu.

[@iiroamaorii1]

Interesting, alot of there language/words are the same as Maori & also has a similar sound as The Tongan language, beautiful. LOVE to all OUR PACIFIC Islands & People.

[@malmotumotu5218]

Fakalata e fanongo ki ho tau kainga Uvea mo Futuna pea oku te lava pe mahino’i e nau talanoa. It’s so love to hear our Uvea and Futuna relations talking as can understand them really well.

[@semisilopeti7124]

Mālō e fakatalanoa. 'Aonga e talatalanoa pea faka'ofa'ofa. Lahi e fanga puaka ee. Kai mai ha ki'i puaka 'Uvea. 'ofa atu. Love to visit Uvea one-day

[@elleeyvengeance66]

their dialect is very distinct. like tonal. as a tongan i could understand what they were conversating.

[@touie1404]

Words of wisdom from our elderly!!

[@cilm6546]

Bless him, I love watching videos like this. Elders passing on their knowledge.

[@sbashtn3393]

Beautiful segment. I’m Samoan and I just love watching videos from Wallis and Futuna Islands. What are the names of the first and last songs please?

[@inconnuinconnu9655]

MAKAOTALA

[@aganese4030]

This is the closest to the the Tongan then any island in the pacific, i can understand exactly what they are talking about, and I'm Tongan/Samoan,

[@haumoleagalufakahautaufana12]

Faka uvea

[@ChrisEAdlay]

What about niuean? Sounds like Tongan to me

[@augustinaraea8409]

@@ChrisEAdlay lea fakaniuafo'ou is a dialect of Tongan.

[@ChrisEAdlay]

@@augustinaraea8409 not according to linguists. It's a samoic language

[@augustinaraea8409]

@@ChrisEAdlay lea fakaniua has both tongan & samoic roots in addition to Wallisian & Uvean

[@fujiamatuua9356]

Aloha visiting Wallis Island, is on my bucket list❤️🙏

[@tuiatagasuiula5976]

Love the language

[@soldoutforjesus5469]

I'm Tongan and can understand what they talking about.wow wow wow

[@Sina_and_Soni]

Sounds similar to Tongan

[@pheonixguy33maneha99]

I just found out my birth great great grandmother was from Uvea. I know I dont look it but I've been mistaken for Tongan by Polynesians multiple times in the past. It all makes sense now.

[@akunkerator7655]

I am from East Timor Leste🇹🇱

[@nevilleanitelea1372]

Wallis et Futuna is Tonga and Samoa with the umbrella of France. My grandad is from Uvea and emigrated to Samoa. I understand them, sounds like a mixture of Samoan/Tongan

[@sepetisionelatu5539]

I remember back in the days in Tonga some of the band (tame'a) that were playing on the radio were from 'Uvea and they were good. At first l thought they were just Tongan band but it wasn't and Niue was another one if l remember correctly.

[@vilisave3751]

Hi I am Tongan and I understand everything you say

[@streetgospel133]

Thats a trip im tongan and understood everything theyve said...wow

[@villnow4294]

Maloo mu’a Seleone. ‘Ofa atu mei Tonga. Koe fitungofulu pe tali ki he teau tupu. Kai pe talo moe luu ke lahi pea ‘oua ‘e ofi suluka pea fanongo ki he toketaa. ‘Ofa atu

[@josealfonso1720]

Tuvaluan here, I can understand almost 80 percent of what they’re saying

[@jmjm1920]

Why you guys copy our Ancient Tongan Empire language lol 😆

[@BarHawa]

​@@jmjm1920they didn't copy anyone you weirdo, we're all one people anyways lol.

[@ebisu.4815]

damn mix of moari, tongan & samoan sheeeeeeeeeeesh

[@trollinghaters9093]

Sounding similar to niua language

[@HermelJaworski]

Yes, it's very close to the Niuafo'ou language!

[@Kamaalohalani]

Their accent sounds like cook islanders

[@Paul_Saint-Aubin_Plamondon]

Really?

[@leremythe4083]

Malo Seleone tau kataki, he'eki la kaku he Hihifo kite Pacific Community, malo ia. When you scroll down ytb and randomly find people from your village, sheesh.

[@HermelJaworski]

...et que tes potes commentent parce que eux aussi ils ont trouvé la vidéo par hasard ^

[@normalcc]

Im Tongan and I can understand everything.

[@gracehuni7324]

Mani ofi aupito lea ia koeni he lea fakatonga.. Malie lahi

[@luiss5648]

Uvea and tongan language is very similar

[@sionefifita993]

6:33 for all my Tongans, iykyk

[@jaqenhghar2970]

ko e kovi haa masi'i?

[@micakingsea9031]

😊

[@sweetierockybean5400]

Sounds like niuafo'ou language

[@nicholaspalenapa1998]

Its buzzing how i can understand everything they are saying very similar to the lea fakaniua in tonga which is a dialect in tonga😅😅😅

[@willnautical2774]

What I was thinking sound very much like Niua group 🔥

[@Geminiintuition27]

Bula. Whats the first two songs called?

[@11onme808]

1) soamako makaotala 2) hiva Faka uvea

[@MrSicc274]

Heaps of Aroha from Aotearoa

[@moneybeatz1494]

I'm samoan lol but I know the OG was talking shit about palagis and all the BS they brought over lmaoo

[@ChagossianCheetah]

The irony is that Poly women weigh like 500 lbs and chose the palagi diet (not fit for them) over traditional one. If Wallis and Futuna was independent, they would be more blubber like than Nauru

[@liemalekotaumatagi6288]

Malie 'aī le koga nei e fakamatala 'o uiga mole ma'uli faka la'aso na lasi aī le faka'aoga o ne'akai o le tausi 'afea ....fk feta'i matu'a seleone ki lau ta'ofi....leko

[@sayoubataspsonba4348]

Pale

[@williamturner8296]

Lea Niuafo'ou

[@tuuluamaliefh9743]

0:27 can i have the name of the song please ?

[@kalanimaiokalani]

Malo uso, here is the link to the song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpDchGqbg7CGatU

[@tuuluamaliefh9743]

@@kalanimaiokalani Didn't see your comment thanks brother

[@Paul_Saint-Aubin_Plamondon]

@@tuuluamaliefh9743 no problèm sista

[@jmjm1920]

Tongan Empire from ancient Tongatapu island! Ata the first Tuitonga which means dawn or mafoaaeata now Easter island Ahu o Tongaliki statue moai was built for the highest and closer to Chile and Peru! Kohai koau mo momo were 3 powerful clans live in Tonga or Maui the navigators tangaloa o langi mounds and pulotu with kava ceremony! They mistakenly said that maui and tangaloa from the langi sky but they lived in the stone mound langis in kolonui toloa mua the ancient capital of Tongatapu, They were the highest title but not God! Tangaloa tufunga made the IeTonga for the highest Tuitonga! The mounds builter langis and siaheulupe and Carving styles sacrifices etc not from Chinese Thailand's languages What a joke! Lapita was from trading tonga and samoa with the black people fijian Vanuatu Solomon etc from western Peace 🤗👑♥️ Ata from the East!

[@Centrifugal-]

This is true I have been to Peru and their ancient customs are a clear direct descendants for our Polynesian peoples.

[@westufa2162]

ufa

[@josemacbeth1641]

The Tu'i Tonga's were Gods and everyone was mostly slaves except for those that was appointed in rank.

[@ChrisEAdlay]

Fark up with that rubbish

[@jmjm1920]

@@westufa2162 Laso

[@sepetisionelatu5539]

Koe me'a ia 'oku ha'u ai e 'u mahaki kovi 'elo lmao that's exactly how Tongan would say it too 😂😂

[@ChagossianCheetah]

It's ironic how she weighs like 400 lbs but interviewing him about health, and he never addressed her poor health directly

[@lifeisgood9474]

Such a negative comment which reflects the type of person you are. Through her interview, people can get an insight into how to be healthy like him and hear his wisdom, then there's people like you who miss the meaning and pay attention to the specks. Also be realistic with your assumptions on the lbs lol

[@lawnworkshawaii2418]

Mo'oni aupito. Wisdom. Malo