I DANCE AT A MARSHALLESE KEMEM (1ST BIRTHDAY)
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2020
- Join me and the Delap SDA gang as we dance in a semi-traditional Marshallese Kemem. We started off the night a little late and ended even later, but the experience was awesome and worth sharing! The night was full of laughter, food, singing, dancing, and turtles??! If you haven't already, make sure to like, comment, subscribe, and get that bell on!
Kemem: A baby's first birthday. Important in the Marshallese culture because it signifies that child has made it through the hardest part of its life. Following the US nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands throughout the '50s, miscarriages and "jelly babies" became more of a problem amongst the people of the Marshall Islands. This right of passage celebration now carries on the tradition with a fun twist.
Turtles: Turtles are not a common food in the Marshallese diet. They are seen as a rarity of sorts and are saved for very important events. In this case, the sea turtle in this video was hunted on Mili Atoll and brought all the way back to Majuro (82 mile boat trip to bring it back) for Marylynn's Kemem.
This is only a few snippets of the dance, check out the full dance here:
Music:
VLOG INTRO: Jarico - Retrovi ~ • Video
Jesus Ej Captain ~ / jesus-ej-captain
Check out my friends YT Channels:
Andrew - / xainiarb
Filipe - czcams.com/channels/HJ6.html...
Jon - czcams.com/channels/udq.html...
Chapters:
Tags: Kemem, Kemeem, Marshallese, Birthday, Marylynn, Majel, Majol, Rimajol, Rimajel, Majolese, Marshall Islands, 2020, Biit, Jepta, Right of Passage, 692, Rairok, Manit, Traditional, Majuro, Mili, Namu, Food, Mona Buroro Vlogs, Red Food Vlogs, Delap SDA, Rikaki, Rukaki
The way he dance like Marshallese who’s silly around while dancing! You a rimajol
bahahaa komool for the support!! I never want to be too serious when I am dancing cuz its all for fun 🤣🤣
@@JeffreyFennell692 yeah that’s how it is! When we Marshallese wants to show others how happy we are, than we be acting silly while dancing! Keep it up, thank you to be part of our community
Scheduled at 6pm but started at 10pm...the beauty of not being slave to time :-)
Absolutely! This is something that I will always miss about the Marshall Islands, so different from the nonstop-business of the US
Mans apart of the culture🤝🇲🇭💯
Fuegopapijon komol x2 bro, appreciate the support and emman ippa bwe aolep rimajol relukkuun jouj aolep iien
Jeffrey fennell, you nailed it way more better than how a Marshallese would've done done it!!! I am a Marshallese myself and I have seen it all and know that you are something special!!! Very entertaining!!!
You really got down like a true Marshallese bro! I dig it 😂😂👏🏽👏🏽
thanks for being a part of our culture , love you man ❤️✊🏾🙏🏻
lol you did the Majolese dance too well. I really thought you were one of the half-Majolese that are super light. You did awesome!
Ko lukkuun emool. I am truly blessed to have been apart of the Marshallese community. And I am so glad to share it with others spread out in the islands and in the states. Thank you so much for the support im haha ne inaaj ekattak kajin majel ainwot juon rimajol bolen renaaj lomnak k naij ripalle-majel but i still need to learn how to speak more marshallese hahaha!
I love watching your video cause my sisters and brothers are in it especially this cause almost all my family member family are in it too. Keep doing what doing, love that you really did experience my culture traditional a lot. Thank you for sharing the yokwe here on youtube and also tiktok.😊👏🙏
Maggie Riklon komoltata ñan support eo am. Ij kojatdrikdrik rijikuul ro ao remaroñ video ko im remember the fun parts of when they were in school. Ibar tell more people in amedka about Marshall Islands kanke e juon jikin aiboojooj
Oh WOW! That was fun to watch. You’re quite an entertainer. RiMajol love being silly and goofing around when dancing during parties. You are the best dancer when you’re the funniest or the silliest. It’s very awesome that you joined the community with Biit and you truly lit the party like any RiMajol dancers. Btw, my younger brother graduated from SDA while I graduated from MIHS, siblings but rivals🤣🤣. I sure miss the islands. Komol tata for this and awesome clip.
man, girls he a keeper if he repping the culture like no other ✊❤ keep up the great content 🤞❤
🤣🤣🤣🤣 bolen juon raan inaaj lo likatu in majel eo ao -- maybe one day i will find my marshallese likatu 🤣🤣
i want to thank you for the videos that you make on yt and on tiktok because i'm separated from my mother and i never knew anything about my culture until i started watching you on tiktok so thank you sooooooo much and i love you man
Wow, thank you soo much for the support and love. Your culture and community is so beautiful I am so glad to be able to share with those back in the states with these vlogs. Kommooltata nan support eo am. :)
YEAH YOU! LOVE HOW YOU BROKE THE DANCE FLOOR
Thank you for the support! My favorite part about every Marshallese gathering is always the dancing :)
Bro you a RiMajol boy for dancing like that! Jejjot ion jejjot! You just got yourself a new subscriber. Keep it coming!
HAHAHAHH komooltata bro, elukkuun emman ippa manit in rimajol. I appreciate the support brother! jeramman 🤙😎
Yessir u doin it good like e lukkun jejet
Love tht energy brodie. Now thts a rimajol right there
ko lukkuun emool bro. Thank you for the support! man i love the rimajol people and marshallese manit ❤️🇲🇭
Not him saying " all the decorations just like that ?!" 😂
much respect to you brothter
U dance better than my cuz n hes full blooded majolese😂😂😂 hes mad that I keep teasing him bout it....lol yall did good btw👏👏👏👏👏
i really love the way he you dance ur a real rimajol
I really love how you know to dance like a marshallese, eat marshallese local foods, and act like marshallese.....that's exactly how we live in the Marshall Island.....You're a 100% Marshallese
I’m from Lae Atoll. I’m at Ebeye at the moment. You need to visit other Islands to see the true beauty of the Marshall Islands. Not just Majuro or Ebeye.
inna, ikonaan tal nan namu im ebon ne inaaj rool lok ilo Majel! I have heard that the outer islands are so beautiful! Thank you for the support from Lae im Ebeye, kwon ba iokwe im jeramman nan baamle eo am
What’s it like over there I’m born in Arkansas lot of Marshallese here and I always wonder what it like at the Marshall island and u speak more Marshallese than me😂😂
I’m a simple guy, if I see a man of culture I click
I appreciate the support bro!! 🙏🔥
Just subscribed✊🏽
Woww love yoour youtube and tiktok alot
akku wase thank you bro for the support aolep iien 💜🔥
Marshallese time i hate it 😂 be there starving ready to eat
“Yeah we’re gonna eat chocolate” 😂
I knew you would get a kick out of that part 😂😂
tht ending doe when the boy said chocolate😂
AEET 🔥
Lukuun jejjot 🤣🤣
this is the song that i biit w/ but the dance was a bit different .
ahahahahah im a fan
CHEEEHOOO!!
Real marshallese time🤣
😭oh my
Wow wow nice dance.mol in rimajol ejjab ri-pella
hehe jejjot, kommool nan naan jouj eo am
Ehe so cute how u dance🤣
aww hehe thank you 2x 🙈🙈🤣
How did the guy who worked with mark harmoney ( Asian dude) get there during corona ? Just curious because I heard the airports are closed and I’m trying to fly out there lol
Yeah haha! This video was from 2019,, we were teachers at Majuro for 2019-2020 but now me and the asian guy are back in Amedka until corona virus is over. He is working on a movie with Mark Harmony/six9too productions and some other rimajol so thats why he was in Arkansas and for me inaaj wor motton ruo iio nan college so i have to finish before i can go back to majel.
Lol 2:50 island time!!
island time is a blessing and a curse!! its good because you never need to stress too much but bad because you never know when the parties will start 😂😂
My son is a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and is speaking Marshallese. If you want to learn about the church or just pray together I can hook you up on Facebook for a lesson/chat. I love this language
Yeah that would be awesome! I could always use some practice with my Marshallese haha. A lot of the students that attend my school are LDS so I go to their church sometimes to support.
I’m sure you found out real quick being “on-time” is a concept we don’t understand.
What's that song called
In Marshallese: Keboboje
In English: Jesus Ej Captain
Scheduled at 6 pm but started at 10 pm 😂😅
islander time!!! haha I love that because it means you never have to be stressed about starting right on time, better for your health 🤙
ripelle ejela beloke lol
ehe bro
Mona: Eat/Food
Buroro: Red 🙂
ko mool ako iban jeje “Food Red Vlogs” ilo palle bwe doesn’t make sense 🤦♂️😂
at this point, you're marshallese lol
komool 2x, lukkuun emman ippa manit eo an Majel
@@JeffreyFennell692 honestly I was trying to figure out where you went during the middle of the dance performance, only to realize you're breaking it down on the floor 😂 kolukkin mokadre biit im
mokadre manit in majol! kommol for appreciating our culture 💞
It's 'Kili Island' NOT Kili Atoll... Ur Welcome : -D
OOPS uh oh... ko mool haha i forgot Kili is an island not an atoll 🤦♂️