Lā mai lā mai pelee Traditional Tongan Chant

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
  • From "Chants From The Kingdom Of TONGA", Recordings By David Fanshawe...1978. Courtesy of Jane Fanshawe

Komentáře • 283

  • @lavalavaz
    @lavalavaz Před 12 lety +75

    As a samoan, I feel honoured. Our two cultures were a lot closer than our current generation thinks. Looking at tongan presentation at Malietoa's funeral showed glimpses of what it was like before the white man. God bless the Kingdom and the Independent State.

    • @TheChiefs8
      @TheChiefs8 Před 4 lety +3

      Definitely divide an conquer is wat , the "WHITE MAN" did . Took over the tuitonga kingdom when we were in civil war with ourselves . What is our ancestors beliefs an traditions these days , our people have been tricked by the masses to believe in White jesus .

    • @TheChiefs8
      @TheChiefs8 Před 4 lety +5

      Samoa is not even samoa its Hamoa unless u want to be a white man lol then samoa it is

    • @twinz8795
      @twinz8795 Před 4 lety +1

      That is true. Ofa atu uso!

    • @boxcuber
      @boxcuber Před 3 lety

      TheChiefs8 read the bible jesus skin was bronze black

    • @tasilua1051
      @tasilua1051 Před 3 lety

      @@TheChiefs8 its Samoa not Hamoa, we dont have H

  • @lataifaleofa6115
    @lataifaleofa6115 Před 9 lety +44

    SAMOAN N TONGAN ARE SAME PEOPLE AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN LANGUAGES BUT ALMOST THE SAME CULTURES WHICH IS SO BEAUTIFUL N VERY STRONG UNTIL TODAY .SO WE DONT HAVE TO WASTE OUR TIME DISAGREE N HATE EACHOTHER ,LOVE FROM TONGA TO ALL SAMOAN

  • @tngi08
    @tngi08 Před 11 lety +14

    These chants take me back to Tonga when old Tongan ladies would sit around making tapa chanting this as they went on with work...Tongan or Samoan, the connection between neighbors is still here.

  • @olivedinuss8564
    @olivedinuss8564 Před 4 lety +5

    Walking thru the hallways in jr high school, headphones on listening to this all day lol

  • @lafitaniomani8520
    @lafitaniomani8520 Před 4 lety +6

    This ia Tongan chant by the Uvean people resides in Tongan back in the days to serve the king and entertain his majesty, then they have become Tongan themselves most are from Vavau lahi. They are now known for Wallis and Futuna

  • @nvee9647
    @nvee9647 Před 4 lety +6

    Tuitonga Momo build pulemelei mounts around 800 ad lived in samoa from the story of Uno o Sangone as well as Tuitonga Fangaoneone Puipuifatu Havea 1 Havea 2 Lomiaetupua as Talakaefaiki 1 Tuipulotu Takalaua Ulukimata Telea Fatafehi Talakaefaiki 3! Peace 😊 ❤

    • @maliliete7517
      @maliliete7517 Před rokem

      Can you please tell me about Tui Tonga Momo please and pulemelei there's a pulumelei in my village in Vaitoomuli Savaii and one of the orators name is Momo

    • @paulinehalaifonua
      @paulinehalaifonua Před rokem +1

      @@maliliete7517 Momo is a Tongan King that settled in Niutoua where the Haamonga Thrillion is or known the gateway to where time begin nd gateway to the Tongan Empire he settled with Lo'au in Tonga as Tongan king and moved to Samoa he built Pulemelei the formation is like a mount because in Tonga we called it Lagi whereas the settlement of kings in Tonga nd they are buried in their lagi also

  • @biguce8570
    @biguce8570 Před 7 lety +27

    We have to remember that the royal family has Samoan blood amd this may be honoring part of their heritage. Tokouso!

    • @captainpeyton6378
      @captainpeyton6378 Před 7 lety

      Big Uce true dat

    • @mauifisi8720
      @mauifisi8720 Před 6 lety +2

      Just to add on to that, I think this was the language Tongans used before Tupou the first king re-modified it.

    • @longhairdontcare187
      @longhairdontcare187 Před 4 lety +7

      Smh that Samoan blood came way later. Tu'i Tonga had already taken over Samoa before the blood mixed due to our ancestors intermixing.

    • @hanzelloveday6231
      @hanzelloveday6231 Před 4 lety

      Big Uce lmao stop botzing it, this song is citing a form of prayer not talking about Samoa😂 you could tell if it talked about Samoa as you would hear “ha’amoa” in the chant, but you don’t! so stop tryna always claim Tongan things to be linked to Samoa

    • @HAMOEVACHEEHOOO
      @HAMOEVACHEEHOOO Před 4 lety +4

      @@longhairdontcare187 First of all the Tui Kanokupolu royal family of Tonga are known as Tui Kanokupolu meaning HEART AND FLESH OF UPOLU an island in Samoa where honorable TUI Atua Tui A'ana resided, even your first king Tui Tonga "Aho'eitu" was the son of Tui Manu'a a Samoan Tamali'is(King) so pls learn your history.

  • @DARUSTA254
    @DARUSTA254 Před rokem +3

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

    • @increasepeace4996
      @increasepeace4996 Před rokem

      Are you talking about Malua Lau Fanga E?

    • @DARUSTA254
      @DARUSTA254 Před rokem

      ​@@increasepeace4996 Sorry i meant the otuhaka opening Inu o le ava

  • @takinimo7933
    @takinimo7933 Před 4 lety +12

    Please do proper research on the history of the pacific and more specifically, Tonga as y’all are all hot & bothered in the comment section of every video pertaining Tongan history and culture! Do not pass your own personal opinions as FACTS with no substantial evidence backing your OPINIONS! Relax and enjoy the beauty of these ancient chants or indigenous knowledge that these videos provide ~ kaki te 😁

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      You may wanna check out Morgan Tuimalealiifano and Niel Gunson🤣
      Tuitonga Takalaua and successive Tuitonga held the TuiManua title at the same time with Tuitonga title taking precedence 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      Dear TuiManua Empire people.... explain how there were foreigners who held the TuiManua title???
      Scottish TuiManua Alexander Brown
      Or how about TuiManua Matelita and Chris Young's dad being a palagi Authur Young 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now who's really trying to cover up history 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      Even after the Tuitonga supposed expulsion of Talaaifei'i 🤣 Tuitonga was still ruling Samoa🤣
      Tuitonga was Ruling Samoa as TuiManua 🤣🤣 until the time of Salamasina 1500s🤣🤣🤣🤣
      The expulsion is supposedly 1250AD🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      And Salamasina is 1500s🤣🤣🤣

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      Its really sad ....because this fake story of TuiManua as an Empire has begun to unravel 🤣🤣🤣 it was a spineless lie to begin with... Dr. Albert Refiti in a recent interview says SaTagaloa were not Samoan foreigners to Samoa they were from Lagi 🤣🤣🤣 Samoa is not Lagi🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @adekim3740
      @adekim3740 Před 2 lety +1

      Samoans are always kaimumu’a under Tongan videos 🙈

  • @nesiasitauveli8629
    @nesiasitauveli8629 Před 6 měsíci +1

    This was when Queen Halaevalu came to SLC Ut in 1990

  • @paia852
    @paia852 Před 12 lety +17

    They Singing in Samoan.. wow.. Tongans really have samoan blood.

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 7 lety +19

      Masta Kafao I think that's because Samoa back in the day was part of the Tu'i Tonga empire. Same with Futuna, Uvea, Rotuma, Tuvalu, and several other island groups. Tonga during this period spread it's culture as well as picked up culture from each of the islands they ruled.

    • @biguce8570
      @biguce8570 Před 7 lety +5

      Kainoaoko'ukanaka That's true most of Samoa except Manu'a was under the Tongan yoke through 5 TuiTonga titles which could be approximately for 200 years.

    • @HAMOEVACHEEHOOO
      @HAMOEVACHEEHOOO Před 4 lety

      @@omahawarrior1 You're so wrong first of all your royal family are known as Tui Kanokupolu meaning HEART AND FLESH OF UPOLU an island in Samoa, your first king Tui Tonga was also the son of Tui Manu'a a Samoan Tamali'i(King) so pls learn history.

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 4 lety +4

      HAMO4EVA 685 CHEEHOOO lol

    • @MarketAndChurch
      @MarketAndChurch Před 3 lety +7

      @@HAMOEVACHEEHOOO I think Hamo4eva is triggered lol. Tonga ruled the pacific, and Tongan royalty (Tui Kanokopolu) is heavily influneced by Samoa through intermarriage and royal customs. You happy lol

  • @semilangi5432
    @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety +1

    Dances were imported adopted incorporated .....these verses are verses from what they call Otuhaka.... which could mean a mixture or combination of haka(dance performance) from throughout the Otu motu Polynesia or otu motu moana ....

  • @leKbmk11
    @leKbmk11 Před 12 lety +1

    missing the kingdom right now! hooooooooi :) :)

  • @ewwsione9822
    @ewwsione9822 Před 6 lety +1

    Im in love with those old vibes😫 Like damn if only I was in a choir singing old Tongan hiva like this

  • @dire67
    @dire67 Před 8 lety +23

    It's a Tongan number but the lyrics sound Samoan.

    • @mauifisi8720
      @mauifisi8720 Před 6 lety +7

      I think it's the ancient language Tongans used before George Tupou I re-modified it for reason I don't know...

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 5 lety +7

      @@mauifisi8720 there was and still is an old tradition of sharing songs and dances between islands for special occasions. I think this is an actual Sāmoan song being sung and not one in the old Tongan language because old Tongan sounds closer to 'Uvean than to Sāmoan.

    • @tasilua1051
      @tasilua1051 Před 4 lety +2

      @@mauifisi8720 this is samoan definitley i can understand all the words but dont know what they are pertaining to

    • @RaidersK
      @RaidersK Před 4 lety +4

      Nah it doesn’t

    • @Lishmaa
      @Lishmaa Před 3 lety +4

      It's a Tongan song a very old one in fact, pretty sure it's used for one of the oldest dandes we have the Otuhaka.

  • @monef618
    @monef618 Před 9 lety

    Salt Lake City represent. Malie!

  • @KoiNadi
    @KoiNadi Před 12 lety

    So Beautiful!!!!

  • @mypoo6790
    @mypoo6790 Před 10 lety +21

    e la mai la mai pele, pu iai la mai pele, la mai la mai pele, pu iai la mai pele, matou sua nau fa'alogo i le po nei le pule le pu iai la mai pele

    • @increasepeace4996
      @increasepeace4996 Před 9 lety +4

      My Poo Translation?

    • @francesb5092
      @francesb5092 Před 7 lety +1

      Increase Peace Increase Peace it sounds like a praise about the sun "e la Mai la Mai Pele" sounds like , ah the sun comes, the beloved sun comes" the rest sounds something about the beautiful sun does not have a hole, etc doesn't make too much sense to me

    • @increasepeace4996
      @increasepeace4996 Před 7 lety

      uFrances B Thanks. Is it old Samoan? Explains why it might not make much sense.

    • @francesb5092
      @francesb5092 Před 7 lety +1

      Increase Peace, I don't think we have a old Samoan language, alot of the Samoan language comes from stories and mythology and it's told generation to generation still, so I think Samoan is almost the same as it's always been

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 7 lety +3

      It sound like they're saying "tue le" rather than "pele". Pu iai lā mai tue le, e lā mai lā mai tue le, pu iai lā mai tue le, matou sua nau fa'alogo i le po nei, le pule lei=The day(light) will not end, the day(light) the day(light) will not end, the day(light) will not end, tonight we've heard the good prayer? Or maybe the light comes, not darkness, the light the light comes, not darkness the light comes, tonight we've heard the prayer?

  • @Levai_vera676
    @Levai_vera676 Před měsícem

    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 **

  • @lewiskalaniuvalu2280
    @lewiskalaniuvalu2280 Před 5 lety +8

    This is how Tongans used to speak kinda like Samoan's they would sit and they would dance like Samoan dances (Sasa) but Tongans called it Otuhaka it's an original Tongan language that they would dance in front of Tui Tonga but now a days it is almost forgotten now only a little percentage of Tongans (Mostly the old ones) would remember or understand it

    • @loloheimuli6939
      @loloheimuli6939 Před 5 lety

      Hey are u kalaniuvalu?

    • @loloheimuli6939
      @loloheimuli6939 Před 5 lety

      Lewis Kalaniuvalu I’m the grandson of a Kalaniuvalu

    • @boxcuber
      @boxcuber Před 3 lety +1

      this song is from uvea THE TONGAN LANGUAGE WAS ALWAYS THE SAME

  • @mamaloavtu3279
    @mamaloavtu3279 Před 3 lety +3

    Through the diplomatic relations made between the two islands such as a samoan princess marrying a Tongan prince the two cultures mixed and spoke the same and lived the same. This is ancient Tongan language which through the tui tonga empire where most of Samoa was under Tongas control we brought to Samoa and they had adopted this, the same with other islands the tui tonga empire had power over like Fiji, Niue, uvea, futuna

    • @rickjames2661
      @rickjames2661 Před 3 lety

      It's Samoan not Tongan. Some of the other lyrics are in Tongan but not this verse.

  • @foniseholani4896
    @foniseholani4896 Před 10 lety +5

    Old Tongan language - meaning lost in translation....La in La mai- the only word i know for that is "Sail" could it be talking about sailing the seas???

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 7 lety +4

      It sound like they're saying "tue le" rather than "pele". Pu iai lā mai tue le, e lā mai lā mai tue le, pu iai lā mai tue le, matou sua nau fa'alogo i le po nei, le pule lei=The day(light) will not end, the day(light) the day(light) will not end, the day(light) will not end, tonight we've heard the good prayer? iai is samoan for ikai, and fa'alogo is samoan for fakalongo etc.

    • @paulinehalaifonua
      @paulinehalaifonua Před rokem +1

      @@omahawarrior1 yes but it is our Tongan acient language

  • @fatafehisuka6586
    @fatafehisuka6586 Před 3 lety +1

    Brotherly love is a fight before a hug 🤙🏾😎

  • @kaiukamea
    @kaiukamea Před 12 lety

    if every samoan an tongan had the same mind as you we would be one big succesful islanders

  • @pepeji4215
    @pepeji4215 Před 5 lety +4

    I think i should correct this so the mistake wont happen again. THIS IS NOT A TONGAN CHANT, THIS IS A FUTUNA AND UVEA PERFORMANCE SONG. A CHANT IS DIFFERENT, A PERFORMANCE IS DIFFERENT. ACCORDING TO THE LYRIC, IT IS A PERFORMANCE SONG FOR A GROUP. hope you correct this..it will make some confuse in future. [HALA FATAFEHI, TG]

    • @rickjames2661
      @rickjames2661 Před 3 lety

      It's Samoan not Futunan or Uvean.

    • @venitakanavulautogia625
      @venitakanavulautogia625 Před rokem

      It is Samoan

    • @paulinehalaifonua
      @paulinehalaifonua Před rokem

      This is Tongan people of Lapaha what the hell and the language is our old ancient Tongan language dont ever come up with irrelevant correction we Tongans know our history please just back off

  • @mapatukuafu7337
    @mapatukuafu7337 Před 7 lety +12

    Is it only me that's hearing Tue lē not pelee 😳😳 ...
    Like I'm no pro but I'm sure when Tongans pronounces a P it don't sound like that.

    • @toppa4504
      @toppa4504 Před 7 lety

      Hey it actually does too

    • @increasepeace4996
      @increasepeace4996 Před 7 lety

      Maybe because it's sung in Samoan.

    • @mapatukuafu7337
      @mapatukuafu7337 Před 7 lety +6

      Increase Peace I know but Samoans don't pronounce T's as D's which is what I'm saying

    • @increasepeace4996
      @increasepeace4996 Před 7 lety +4

      Back in the days we did. There's an old Samoan song here on CZcams, where the women singing pronounce the T like D. This dance is VERY old anyway, so it would make sense.

    • @omahawarrior1
      @omahawarrior1 Před 7 lety

      It does sound like they're saying "tue le" rather than "pele". Pu iai lā mai tue le, e lā mai lā mai tue le, pu iai lā mai tue le, matou sua nau fa'alogo i le po nei, le pule lei=The day(light) will not end, the day(light) the day(light) will not end, the day(light) will not end, tonight we've heard the good prayer?

  • @seladalziel
    @seladalziel Před 10 lety +1

    Malie malie

  • @tiotigeorge4794
    @tiotigeorge4794 Před 7 lety +6

    Some words sounds like Samoa

  • @OmAcC650
    @OmAcC650 Před 6 lety +9

    The old tongue was very close to the Samoan language. I'm sure this is the old Niua tongue.

  • @DARUSTA254
    @DARUSTA254 Před 2 měsíci

    This sounds like the Samoan version of moenagonogo tau feao

  • @menitua
    @menitua Před 4 měsíci

    this sounds like anothor tongan chant Moengangongo tau fe ao

  • @leonehalahigano1087
    @leonehalahigano1087 Před 6 lety

    Malie.malie.

  • @IzVesi
    @IzVesi Před 12 lety

    ah this comment.. if only

  • @penulemalu31
    @penulemalu31 Před 3 lety

    lyrics pls ???

  • @Sia_Robloxgaming
    @Sia_Robloxgaming Před 3 lety

    lyrics please

  • @nokeahz
    @nokeahz Před 3 lety +1

    Samoan lyrics

  • @iupelichangsualatu4387
    @iupelichangsualatu4387 Před rokem +1

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

  • @honeygirljulie
    @honeygirljulie Před 3 lety

    I gave ur merzad my macbook pro go bother the solemanyi famliy

  • @semilangi5432
    @semilangi5432 Před 3 lety +2

    TuiManua TaeoTagaloa Folasa WAS NOT the Tangaloa Eitumatupu'a father of Tuitonga Ahoeitu.
    And here's why TaeoTagaloa who's name btw doesn't translate well in the tongan🤣🤣🤣 TuiManua TaeoTagaloa was the 5th TuiManua.....the last TuiManua Elisara #40 passed in 1909 ...so 35 generations from 1909 is not going to predate the Tuitonga to be its progenitor....
    Langi mounds are associated with Tangaloa ....there are none in Manu'a
    Nothing in Manu'a's landscape says it was an Empire....People been talkn Dr. Mahina said and Semisi and whoever it's all been a theory that people ran with as factual...
    Its contrary to oral traditions it doesn't fit timeline of historical events ....it never existed.... fact check what ya read on Wikipedia, social media and doctorate thesis papers ... And please copy this comment and forward to any scholar that may say otherwise....
    Tavatava ki Manuka...Manuka/Manu'a the Maui clan journeyed via canoe to Manuka/Maama/earth
    Maui could have traveled from either of the three establishments Pulotu, Langi or Lalofonua.......
    Maama/Manu'a is neither of those three🤣🤣🤣
    Samoan story Lu , fled Tagaloa to earth(Maama) finding islands he named Samoa honoring his uncle Moa .....Samoa is Maama and not Lagi home of Tagaloa Lagi .....

    • @moefiki9901
      @moefiki9901 Před 2 lety

      Maama is light 👀

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      @@moefiki9901 yeah if you know tongan oral traditions tala tupu'a
      There are settlement names..
      Pulotu (Havea Hikuleo residence domain)
      Langi (Tangaloa residence domain)
      Lalofonua (Maui residence domain)
      Ma'ama ( people settlement) earth
      Ma'ama does mean light ....and it means earth where the inferior people lived ....

    • @moefiki9901
      @moefiki9901 Před 2 lety

      @@semilangi5432 that's the problem with you commoners... you always try and be "Royal" and divine.. lol please please.. listen to your monsrchy... they know the true links lol

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety +1

      @@moefiki9901 you know this fake narrative painted with snippets of letters supposedly Taufaahau typed on a typewriter 🤣 you probably would be believe TuiManua Elisara typed letters as welll🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Do your due diligence of research and investigate what you've been told🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Tuitonga's progenitor is not from Samoa🤣🤣🤣🤣 definitely not from Manu'a 🤣 41 generations from 1909 doesn't predate Tuitonga ... When Elisara ceded Manu'a he was documented as #41 🤣🤣🤣
      Tuikanokupolu doesn't have its progenitor from Samoa🤣🤣🤣 the first Tuikanokupolu Ngata's mom was Samoan...but his Father TuiHaatakalaua 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      You go off snippets of a letter post the entire letter🤣🤣🤣🤣 Tuitonga Fuanuniava didn't type on typewriters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Anyone who knows Tuitonga lineage and Tuikanokupolu lineage knows the links🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Post the lineage if what you believe to be true is true🤣🤣🤣 you can't 🤣
      TuiManua TaeoTagaloa Folasa 🤣🤣🤣🤣#5 in the succession... nothing in Manu'a says it was an Empire..and no proof of ruling outside of Manua

    • @semilangi5432
      @semilangi5432 Před 2 lety

      @@moefiki9901 uce fact check what you read....infact put your TuiManua empire on a timeline and see what was going on during that time...lol

  • @sione43
    @sione43 Před 4 lety

    As a Tongan, this song is not Tongan!!

    • @luititoa4563
      @luititoa4563 Před rokem

      Well finally someone said it lol

    • @lat6767
      @lat6767 Před 10 měsíci +1

      maniee it is tongan it's just spoken in our old dialect