SAMOAN DANCE
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2007
- HAH! knew this video was gonna cause controversy. read on for an explanation please...
FYI, each year our school has a HOLOKU pageant that features hula, samoan, tahitian, and in some cases maori dances. all instructors for each style of dance are legit, experienced, and very pleased and eager to share their culture and knowledge with us. we try our best to learn the dance and everyone works very hard. obviously everyone doesn't know the EXACT way to dance samoan, and our instructors don't have time to critique each and everyone of us until we get if perfect, so basically, DEAL WITH IT. im hawaiian and i dont get mad when people try and learn hula because at least they are making an effort to enlighten themselves about my culture. if you guys were there at the actual show, when the taupo came out, the floor was covered with samoans. they were all supporting her even though she wasn't samoan, and they ALL had a good time. i wish everyone would be open minded and not be so critical/hateful towards a dance.
and in case you're wondering, im the girl with the fake tat on her back, and the one who leads the girl's dance off. oh yah, and im the one dancing hula too. the name's ILIMA MACFARLANE. if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via comments. TALOFA :)
Punahou Holoku 2007 Samoan Dance...minus the taupo. I'm making that a seperate movie. The beginning is sorta slow, but the dance-off at the end is good. And I edited the beginning alot so it sorta jumps around. - Zábava
Great job! I enjoyed both of your videos repping my Samoan culture. Always glad to see people having fun and taking the time to try out new things like learning dances of other cultures. Fa'afetai Lava (Thank You Very Much).
You guys did good. Wish i was there to watch it LIVE....Good job! In Samoa, We've been stomping our yards for a LOOOONG time....LOL
I really enjoyed this. I am Samoan and it was a pleasure watching your clip here. It looks like you all had a great time with this. I really hope so because I think you all did absolutely well for beginners. Thanks so mcuh for posting.
You guys did good. Wish i was there to watch it LIVE....Good job!
that was a great video. i am glad to see all the different people dancing...its good that they are open to new experiences! the last dance was great. it made me smile.
Wonderful job Ilima! Thank you for being an ambassador of our Polynesian cultures. It is a wonderful thing to share and then have others be a part of it. Good luck to you and thank you again.
its always nice to teach people different cuiltures, in my eyes just as long as they respect its culture and appreciate ones culture i see no wrong in educating.... just as long as they know what they are dancing about...
dayum i can watch this over and over again. really great job you guys. i am seriously inspired to try this next year for holoku
We have non-rotuman friends who join our dance groups too ... very flattering to see them sacrificing there time to come and learn.
Island culture is wonderful.
The drumming is ligit as!
love it.... everybody is on point !! no stragglers!!!! good job kids
Its good to see all cultures coming together and embracing each others background. I try and not be judgemental but it is in my nature, cant be helped. I applaud the girls and guys who took the time and patience to learn this Samoan dance. Thank you for performing it with the grace and passion it deserves.
Nice going guys! Dont pay no mind to the what people say about your guys dance. Im Samoan, and I love the fact that you guys got to experience what Samoan dance and culture is all about.
I love the Stomp battle at the end Culture with a little flavor!! LOL.
Malo lava le faamalosi, malo le taumafai. Manuia lava outou i le Alofa o le Atua. Tofa Soifua Le Torina.
man the siva rocks..im samoan..im ok with people learning our way of culture..i am just proud that u uploaded this video..and i think u lead the dance really well..it takes guts to do what u do..we are all islanders..so no hate..and plus help other people learn about our culture..
thanks..
I am heading to Hawaii for a funeral and my husband is Samoan it is nice to see some of this cultural dancing... thanks for posting!!!
good vid kids. when i was in high school, we did a similar thing but not with so many kids. we were mostly samoan but had a few other kids of different nationalities(palagi, meuli, spanish, asian). it was great. your performance reminded me of that and brought back good memories. well done.
i thought that this was legit .. great job to these non samoans that took the time and effort to learn and preform. Im a samoan dance performer and i say, seeing this makes me feel a sense of happiness that others are trying. I AM ONE PROUD SAMOAN, faafetai to these beautiful dances.
What a awesome show .....excellent
Great job!!! Diversity is a beautiful thing! Jah luv
Love the music and the dancing..people sometimes just dont get it..malo lava
WOW!! U guys did a great job :) All of you put in the effort and the performance was awesome. Malo lava le sisiva manaia (well done for the nice dancing) :) CHOOHOO!!!
beautiful dance and culture thanks 4 posting
A superb video! Thank you for posting this.
Great video!
You know, I grew up a palagi girl in Western Samoa, and one of the things I learned right away is you get up and dance with everybody no matter how badly you suck. Because that's fa'a Samoa, right? Everybody dances.
I had fun, though. And I learned a lot about a worth learning about.
That's what matters.
Good job. Fa'afetai lava for the good memories.
Sorry girl about all the negative comments you got on this video. I was born and raised in Hawaii and moved to Thailand to teach this year. Seeing this video really made me miss home and our diverse culture there. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful cultures in one and it is awesome that we can enjoy the things from each others culture. Keep sharing the aloha spirit there. I am here teaching the hula to Thai's, Filipino's, Indians, Sri Lanka people, Dutch... Dont let it die... Aloha
Manaia le siva. Who's complaining? It's nice to see people from different cultures coming together to learn n try out other cultures. Ya'll look lovely by the way.
samoan pride
cute. and looks like you guys had fun doing it so more power to you!
I'm Samoan and proud of it. I think its cool to see others learning our culture and dance. I give you guys credit for learning and putting on a show. Good job! Samoans and others who criticize are ignorant. It's not like you're slaughtering our culture and painting your face and running around like idiots. You're representing well and to the best of your abilities. Remember, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," and I support you guys!
manaia lava le siva. Faafetai Lava! Choo Hooo!! Nice vid, reminds me of school polynesian club. Beautiful dancing, nice sa sa. Manuia Lava.
Soifua!
This is AMAZING! Good job!
I can respect the findings of people who actually took the vogage, travelled the world, and figure it out for themselves but for someone who sits behind their computer, quote excerpts from other people's hard work, is to me nothing more than a mere perpetrator.
extremely amazing...
so manny ppl! omg.ness!! I love it!! yee!!
whatever we are, we do it and do it movin!! love da sivz!!
Hey, I be seeing alot of my Samoan people mess up the Samoan dances lol thanks for the video it is really nice Malo lava!
Great job kids, no one can say a samoa kid should not break dance if he can't do it right, or samoa girl should not dance hula if she can't do it right, and you kids are expanding your field of expertise in other cultural dances. congratulation well done music and dancing are universal language
Great job!!! Loved it....
This was really cool. As a Tongan from the family of a hou'eiki (of noble birth), I can understand why some purists might be offended, the siva teine is a sacred dance, it is a dance to respect the ancestors, it is a form of respect, love and honor for those who came before us, much like the Hula Kaahiko and the Tongan Ma'ulu'ulu. Still, we live in modern times and this is a modern interpretation of a cultural dance. I loved it, but I can understand why some in Samoans may be outraged. Malo Atu
After watching this video gets me homesick. Good shit. Talofa,Malo and tofa.
aww``the youngunz .. lols !
MALO LE TAUMAFAI ..
that was AWESOME ayee !
STOMP IT OUT NOW .. lmaOoo
good job boys and girls. The dance off at the end was a great addition!
i love that song!
I applaud you apikiflower for posting this. All cultures thrive on change. Ya'll executed the dances with confidence. I think its an excellent idea to get it across the world. It's not super sacred come one now. The siva is a free form expression that one does when happy. Structured siva is taught to anyone. Thanks again for posting the video. I never knew about Punahou's Holoku night. Go Buffan Blu.
Can't hate!I gottah admit they r doing something that is Samoan!
bless ur heart!! no one is perfect give 'em a break at least they tried...
That was cool, I wish we had this many volunteers for our culture day at my high school back then. Slap your choreographer for making a dance to Taelega Petesa, such a sad song to make a dance to lol. Oh and are you still planning on making the Taupou video from your Holoku you mentioned in your description? Anyhoo, thanks for the vid.
I love Samoa!!!!!
I agree, as a Chinese woman who has lived mostly in Hong Kong it seems real and as you said, fun also. 2008 will be a Chinese year though with the Olympics maybe have a look at some Chinese sites!
"Genuine Samoan hula with genuine Samoan costume from Hollywood"....that's the direction our dances are taking us...all for entertaining the world....but no substance!
There is a traditional siva on youtube, the way our great grandmothers did it.
All in all, kudos to these kids for performing and evidently enjoying themselves!
Here, from an online TAGALOG-DICTIONARY: head n. 1 the top part of the body of a person or animal: ULO 2 the top part of anything: ULO 3 something used as a head, top or front: ULUNAN 4 chief person, leader: PUNO, PINUNO, HEPE 5 head of state, president: PANGULO.
omg.... the last number was tiiiight... the girls killed it.... MALO MALO!
vedi vedi a nice performance
Beautiful Polynesian dancing. If you want to visit Samoa escape to Le Vasa Resort in Samoa a secluded luxury beachfront paradise waiting for you to relaxing and celebrate life. See Traditional Samoan siva and Fire knife dance up close
Pretty cool seen other razes show interest for your culture, I'm Mexican and It feels good the times I seen chinese and white people dancing Mexican dances, sometimes is funny but it feels good so SAMOANS feel good about your culture and be proud about all those that are not samoas but still take interest in your BEAUTIFUL CULTURE, I personally love your dances and traditions.
I WANA go hawaii man dis is REALLY kool
im samoan for life!!!
This from KANUHA86 in another video site. But I thought it's interesting, so I wanted to include it here. In regards to the Samoan knife, metalwork is not part of the culture, so he said, "true the weapon was actually a club, but with western influence, the club became the knife, and the dance was known as the siva nifo oti, most of the basic fire knife moves is actually war moves. fire was added to the knife in 1965 by chief letuli after he met asians on tour and saw them dancing with fire"
Niice..it's a like the modern day of traditional dancing. i love seeing other cultures try Samoan dancing...man..if only the guys in samoa looked like them boys performing :P I enjoyed it.
work it ladiezzzzzzz....lookin gooooood...hehe malo lava.
Just as long as they do it right.And they did!
Nice Video. Thank you for embracing our culture. Dont mind all the comments. You guys were magnificent.
Okay, we can agree that there is a CONNECTION or a link, if you will, between Samoans and South East Asians. Good.
nice ofu's.
love the colors:)
oh&the siva was
AWESOME:)
lets go!! samoan pride all day!!
pretty good stuff from a very proud Samoan in Japan
omg i wish i could do samoan for holoku.
but im in tahitian so i can't :(
it looks like so much fun though
oh yes, and since you seem to know so much about your samoan culture, let's see you post an instructional movie up on how to dance proper samoan, that way my classmates and I can learn the TRUE way of the samoan people. mahalo and aloha!
Man Mr Commentator's killing it!
i thought this dance was cute..alot of potential in it., very good performance..
thats pretty nuts how you guys have this every year! im jealous. i go Kamehameha&we dont have shit. you guys did cherryyy(:
&i agree with you though
local kids is always getting nuts with the haole/palagi for trying
but ehhh,they have respect for our culture
&atleast theyre doing their best
&half of them talking dont know shit about their own culture anyway!
HONEYGIRL206, this from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "The human settlement of Polynesia was the FINAL phase of the movement of humans of the globe" Plus based on DNA findings, most of the Pacific Islands are shown to be genetically related to South East Asian, including those with Melanesian strains found in Palau, Yap, and Fiji.
tight tight didnt know yall was gon get down like dat.....SAMOA MO SAMOA......
That was nice.But if u wana see a more advanced siva faataupati serch for: De La Selle Siva Faataupati Auckland nz
I like it! People should try and stop hating on others, lol i love all cultural dance, they're all beautiful in their own way. And those that learn it, even if they're not samoan, GOOD YAH MAAAANNN!! lol peace yo! ^_^
Great job!
In America how come my Samoan girls here don't get involved ?
Chooohoooo! I'm proud to be samoan and was not at all offended by this. I actually enjoyed it. Now days our samoans want to fia gangsta and forget about their real roots. When they're asked to dance, ia ua fefe. I give my palagi and saiga folks props! Another thing, poly girls are the only way to go man. haha
Good Job.
continued...plus if you look at the designs in the Lapita potteries, you'll see that they match the pottery designs in the Philippine Islands. Plus the tatoo designs, they almost look exactly like that of Samoans. Research it yourself, and you'll see that I'm telling the truth. Oh by the way, the word "tattoo" is an Anglicized word borrowed from the Tahitians (TATU) when Cook was there. Tatu is derivitive of the Filipino word "TATAK" which means "markings, designs, or family trademarks"
Some of these comments are really sad. This samoan dance is one of the most popular dances for the punahou may day program. We spend less than three months practicing for this celebration of culture. And you people have to realize that all these kids in the video are students! We have homework, college and a lot of other things to deal with at the same time.(punahou is a college prep school, and most of us work hard to get into the best colleges in the world)
aaayyyyyyeeeeeee!! is dat La? =)
my apologies sir...thank you for the lesson. of rather, fa'afetai lava.
This from online Encyclopedia Britannica: "Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan languages), and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the island of Taiwan. Before European colonial expansion, it had the widest territorial extent of any language family."...Encyclopedia Britannica, a good source to start off with, wouldn't you say so?
love the puletasis
Sweet as :) This is a samoan group activity for sure hehe Malo Sole ;)
I read your description & some of your oldest comments. FYI. "Talofa" means hello, not goodbye so you should try using it in the beginning of your comments, not the end (: But nice video.
malo lava. faafetai lava mo le faafiafiaga!
-palagi uso from utah.
she's from hawaii...her name is La.
eh ma dont mean to intrude but was wondering if that dude beating away on the apa is Amosa Amosa?
What's the name of this song?
we're from hawaii bu...
GET IT ILIMAAAA!!!! LOVE YOU SISTER :) :) :)
Hey, one more question you could fill me on: Where did the Samoan knife come from? I ask because metal works are not part of the Samoan culture, so where did the knife come from?
Agree!
Uh you're wrong. The word "TATTOO" is Anglicized spelling from the Tahitian word "TATU" which was aquired and adopted into the English language when explorer Captain James Cook ventured onto Tahiti and witnessing the art of tattooing. Now the Tahitian word "TATU" is translated as "markings, brands, family trademarks" just as the Filipino word "TATAK" is the same meaning, of which the Samoan word "TATAU" is the same. And if you look at all the spellings, they're closely related.
continued for TAUTUAKIDD, you're right in saying that "Samoans have a 'logical right' to be proud of their culture, because their language is absolutely particular to their people alone"...just as any culture in the world. But as you can see with not just your comments, there are many Samoans that disagree with you and I. So I'm going to continue telling the truth for them from now on. And I'm glad we can at least come to that agreement that Samoans do have links to S.E.A. I'll leave you at that
we should be proud of the fact that our culture is recognized bye other cultures.that goes to show that we are the shit!if we dont like the fact that other people are coping our culture!Then we need to step up on the plate or go back to the basics!
yah...im a hula dancer. sry i dont know how to dance samoan. and the majority of the dancers dont know how to dance anything, so yah...that's why we sucked so much. if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. talofa...hahahahaha :)
cont'd..comes from the SAMOAN word, "Tatau" not from a Tahitian or Filipino word as you so stated. So many researchers have made so many claims that we are descendants from this place or from that place. Some found pottery from South America that closely matches pottery found in Samoa.
Wow, you've finallY made my point. Yes, THEORY not FACT!!!!
I don't mind when people try to learn Samoan dances as long as it's an attempt to learn more about the culture, so this is pretty cool. It's weird though, but I hate it when Samoans try to learn hula or tahitian dance because a lot of the time (Samoan) youngsters these days prefer other dances over their own culture. Overall? It doesn't matter. We're all Oceania (or at least that's the way of thinking I hope to maintain). X)