I'm Tongan and I have lots respect for fiji and all I know we are brother and don't matter what color are we but we all know when we come together and one love to the fijian family
RIP to your Tata. We call our dad also Tatay, Mom Nanay. I'm fascinated with your culture, features and Ancestors. We grew up knowing we are Asians but somewhere along the line we are probably blood brothers. I'm Filipino but me and some family members and your dialect too almost the same.
Doesnt matter whos doing the dancing,we re all from south pasific...beautiful......ps.same students whos doing fiji nite,tongan nite,samoa nite even hawaii nite.....malo
I really don't like this Melanesian vs Polynesian business, especially when it comes to Fiji. Fiji is the meeting place of both and you can see it in the culture and people, my grandmother is from Bau, and even there they acknowledge ancient ties with the people of Tonga. The relationships in the pacific are far more complex than just skin colour, that simple division only came about when Europeans came. I'm glad to see bros from other islands doing our dance, it acknowledges our unity and shared cultural heritage.
very it goes down to even how we say our numbers the similarities and even some of the outer islands in the lau group the speak tongan they follow some aspects of tongan tradition we have more in common with them than any other island as far as to say we are a bridge of two cultures
Geeze first time I see your dancers. Culture totally diffierent but faces almost similar to us. Now I'm wondering if my Ancestors came from your islands or yours came from ours. You have a great amazing culture and dancers. My siblings look Chinese but me and my Aunt looks from your Islands. From Las Islas Filipinas.
Exactly what I've been trying to say :) I personally don't like using the Caucasian man's terminologies (respectfully) eg. Polynesian, Melanesia and Micronesia. Come on now! We are the Pasifikans who navigated the seas without the use of nautical instruments! Why then should we care about 'labels' that are given by others, who are not even Islanders? Love to all my Pasifika brothers and sisters. God bless 😘💗😊
Guys, it doesn't REALLY matter, does it? Remember that "Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia" are all terms coined by Europeans. We're all islanders and that's what matters :)
This is years ago💜 I remember when my Mama Mao sat me down and told me to watch this.. she said it's The PCC. I asked her what that was and she told me. The first performance I seen was this one here💕 I was so happy to see this performance. She told me the PCc is in Hawaii but this Dance represent the Island of Fiji where Bula comes from. Since I was a little girl I admired this beautiful dance and songs. I love the beauty of the Culture and I deeply love my family that's Fijian💕 some will feel this video isn't enough but those dancers did beautiful and more then alot of people on here complaining. We are one! We are God children. We entertain for the people but We Dance for God! 🌼✨👑✨🌼With Love
Does it matter whether the person performing the Meke is Fijian Or Not. Whats important is that we keep this beautiful Tradition for the next generations to come. I Stand Proud to watch Island Brothers and Sisters immerse themselves in my culture. Thank You very much... May Y'all Be Blessed :)
I have Tongan blood though I like to call myself Fijian. To me, there is no difference...we're pretty much related to the Fijians, especially the ones in Lau and parts of Nadrogna
Belau Idid Yes The only Polynesian Pacific Islanders who related to Fijian a Tongan.Blood a the same Culture and language. The Tongan in Ancient times where very dark like their Brothers Fijian. but when the Samoan Came to Tonga our blood started to mix with Samoan. That's why Tongan and Fiji a more darker than the rest of Polynesian.
LAIONE MEIHE TAHI KOULA KANATEA. They all related fiji ,tonga ,samoa, we can learn it from their culture, artifacts and food,,,,even their tapa design,, tatoo,,, in fiji they farewell a person or when you leave a place you put back something for your rememberance , fiji callef it tatau when the palagi came they change it to tatto,,, the tatau that fiji left in samoa,,,, gb to all pasifika
@@sekaiavuniwaqa2919 it's not really Pacifika when you just say fiji, Tonga or Samoa you always forget Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Papua etc
This is brilliant. As some have said in comments below, I too believe Fiji was the meeting point (or melting pot) of the three Nesians - Melanesians, Polynesians and Micronesians in ancient times till todate. You can see these in the features of indigenous Fijians, they embrace all three Nesian people. You can also see these in the dances and the cultures and ancient stories by our forefathers said so too. But somethings that are undoubtedly uniquely Fijian in this video are the songs and dances.
Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia is the white mans way to separate us we are all the same. Lets not let these groupings separate us from one another. We are all brothers and sisters of the South Pacific.
RATU Junior tui nope. Tonga is basically a mix of samoan and fijians. The first kings came from fiji and samoa fiji being Tui Bulotu and samoa being Tui manu'a. They were the first rulers of polynesia. Samoan islands populated the pacific islands starting from marquesa to tahiti to cook islands to tahiti again then to rapa nui from rapa nui to hawaii from hawaii to aotearoa. These are recorded by kings of hawaii kings of cookislands kings of tahit and kings of tonga as well as white historians. The tongan kindom maybe the only monarchy is polynesia but it isnt 100% royal reason being there is white blood that runs in that kingdom. White people or as you people say " nobles " married some of your royal families which makes tongas monarchy less royal. And i have more to teach you but for now this will be enough for your small brains to take in
RATU Junior tui nope The first ever painting of a Polynesian sailing double canoe was done by an artist in the crew of the Dutch Captain Jacob LeMaire, who encountered a Samoan canoe between Samoa and Tonga on the 8 May 1616. On the sail was a big picture of a MOA. The POLYNESIAN PAUSE in Samoa & Tonga, provided the period of the Samoa Polynesian genetics purification as the pure Polynesians from SAMOA, UPOLU & SAVAI'I moved into (FATU HIVA) MARQUESAS 100AD and then TAHITI 300AD ( Uporu & Havai'i ) and to HAWAII 500AD ( UPOLU, HAWAII & HAMOA, MAUI ) again from Tahiti & Samoa 1000AD according to King David Kalakaua 1888. And then from SAMOA & TAHITI to Cook Islands to AOTEAROA 1000AD New Zealand. Yes Tongans, Samoans and all Polynesians this is your history as revealed by Science and Kings of Polynesia in King Taufaahau, King Malietoa, King Kalakaua, and King Kamehameha. Greetings, Island, Time of settlement, Native Polynesian People's native names. The Polynesian History & People. Samoa Birthplace Of Kings
RATU Junior tui Ancient Tonga Structure Haamonga & Migration from Samoa to Tonga. Rev. J. E. Moulton was the creator & founder of the Tupou College in Tongatapu which was established in 1866 he stated: The migration from Samoa to Tonga took place in the days of Aho-eitu. According to two genealogical tables showing the descent from Aho-eitu to the time of death King George Tubou (1893) the number of generations is 34. Therefore it would have been about the year 1050 that this second element was added to the inhabitants of Tonga-tapu island. These people came from Samoa, and first landed on the east end of the island near Lafonga, where they settled, and there built the celebrated Trilithon called Haamonga, which has remained a puzzle to later generations. These people, after living there for many years, eventually removed to the east entrance into Mua inlet, and some of them still live there.
RATU Junior tui Tongan History Scholar Dr. Okusitino Mahina: Over time and space, Tongan society became more settled, shaped strictly by both internal pressure and external influences. The external influences came in the form of imperial activities beginning with the Tui Pulotu empire in Fiji and followed by the Tui Manua empire in Samoa. In other words, Tonga was under considerable influence from the imperialism of both Fiji and Samoa. However, Tonga was able to free herself through bitter and bloody wars from the imperial domination of the Tui Manua -- which eventually led to the formation of the Tui Tonga empire around AD 950 in the person of Ahoeitu, the first Tui Tonga -- whose father was a deified Samoan high chief, Tangaloa Eitumâtupua, and mother a Tongan woman, Vaepopua, of great noble birth. This double origin entitled the Tui Tonga to hold both divine and secular offices. In principle, the close cultural and historical interlinkages between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga were essentially elitist, involving the intermarriage between regional aristocratic families.
RATU Junior tui Original History of Tonga states the Original Kings of Tonga came from Eastern Samoa (Manu'a). Dr. Lambert a palagi man wrote a book on Tongan History. Dr Lambert spent a lot of time with the Tongan Royal Family and Tongan People he wrote: The Tubous (Tupou's) have a past longer than that of any other ruling dynasty to-day. Their kings first came from eastern Samoa, probably from Ta'u, which seems to have been the cradle of great Polynesian kings. The Tui Tonga was the spiritual and temporal head of the state, and Aho'itu was the first of the Tui Tonga.
Nice performance! strange little nuances not particular to Fiji but I guess thats what happens with artistic licence lol! Well done to all the polynesians/non fijians that were performing this show :)
The reason why some Fijians look Polynesian and have similiar words is because a lot of them are half Tongan. Tonga and Fiji usto war a lot before the palangis came and of course we'd mix and share out cultures with each other. Thats why Fiji and Tonga have a close relationship because we go way back. Hell my dads half Fijian from his dads side and hes straight up fob tongan lol..
toolowtoolow 😆😁😂😃😄 I'm a Fijian Tongan Born in Suva raise in Lami nemawi street. brought up in Fiji and Tonga. I know bouth culture. I speak Fiji and Tonga.My family came from lomaloma. mosquito Island just right the conners from my house in Lami.1982 Me and my nana and my older sister and brother, walk from Lami to mosquito Island,When is low tie. But now the low tie a no longer excited because of the weather has change.:((
Fiji and Tonga never usually went war witj each other.......they are related though. Fiji is more like a big brother to Tonga.........same people but there skin colour changed when the Samoans settled in Tonga.
People like this Chinese Mei Natuna needs to be reminded that Fiji has a strong Melanesia n Polynesian cultural influence. Examples of Polynesian influence is evident in some parts if Lau which has strong connections to Tonga.
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia specifically Tonga and to a certain degree Samoa (Tatau) but be reminded that politically as a nation and an economy in this 21st century, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua. These are all the countries with Melanesian presence. If you as a Fijian don't like this, go and live in Tonga or Samoa with your descendants.
Fijians don't really care about this Melanesia, Polynesia categorising. It is irrelevant in Fiji. Fiji is Fiji. From dark brown chocolaty skin to Light brown golden skin people, Frizzy hair to soft, curly or straight hair, tall and slender to short or broader built, hundreds of dialects. We are proud of who we are and our history. We all gonna keep living our normal lives building our nation, irrespective of this Melanesian or Polynesian category. So no need to argue about us being poly or Mela. We don't need this bullshit.
If it is more cultures then one and it's beautiful. People always try to make a race thing to try make it ugly. It's sad but I agree with you. I didn't even know about the two tell I seen this post. I had no idea people was making it a problem between the two ...I know their both Beautiful
Trues up. I am a native Fijian. I have a light skin with a frizzy hair texture as that of a melanesian. I don't give a damn on which catergory I belong to. I am a proud Fijian🇫🇯. I am a proud Pacific Islander. Lets not be separated by these catergories. Lets be proud of the way we look and just see eachother as pacific island brothers. ❤🌴🌺
are you implying all Fijians are dark skin? "Only fijian face i saw was the chief" Well he was darker skinned than the rest of the "Samoans and "Tongans" oh no no my friend we are not, we are very mixed people you see, Tan, Light, Dark etc. Different dialects for each clan, and unique 'culture' to those groups. You see we are a melting pot of people, We have the Lauan Tongans from the East, the Kioa people who are indegenously Tuvaluan, even the Indians who were originally labourers from India, and the Polynesian people of Rotuma. But if you want to talk about Indegenous dark skinned Fijiians, than lets not stop there coz' the real first settlers were the "Polynesian Lapita People" who were a variation of Light and Dark skin. You see a Race of people aren't subject to a certain color of skin.
do you think you can find samoa and post it? thats the only one missing and this video like that year's performamnce is my favorite if all time! the dvd was in my pocket and i sat down and i killed it so im so sad smh
@ 0:29....where can I find this map? I looked online, googled it and I cant find it for the life of me. I want to frame it for my home. Someone help me please
hahaha !! i thought so too !!..but hands down they did a great job here even though there were no obvious representatve !! Just like Fijians in Fiji doing the hulla dance without the Cook Islands or Tahitians ..lol
The origin of the last song (or more like a chant) is called Bula Maleya, a song/chant composed for the Fijian military forces when they went to war in Malaya in the early 50s. It's still very popular in Fiji today and has metamorphosed into a welcoming song for tourists when they arrive in Fiji.
no, maybe to you and in your culture but to some it is drunken at get togethers or lounging with friends. But the KAVA CEREMONY is a where you see the sacredness of Kava really displayed. Other than that yes it is sacred but it is also a gift most of us islander appreciate.
+moesha pempengco you'll be surprised that the Fijian language is quite similar to the Tongan language in quit a lot of aspects. Being the gateway between Polynesia and Melanesia, the Fiji language and its dialects can be septerated in two - the West Fijian (more Melanesian sounding) and the East Fijian Language (Polynesian sounding).
Kate Patterson This is the Night Show at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii. This show is the old Night Show. The show is different now but still good.
@@lynettesmp Nah ive seen some of those same performers do other cultural dances like hawaiian, or Tongan. It seems like wherever they did this performance don't have a lot of Fijians so they just use the other race of islanders who are already there to dance. I'm Fijian myself and I know how mixed we are, but it's different for this one because I've seen some of the dancers here perform other cultural dances.
@@lynettesmp . I love what you guys said, first that Francois said that 90% other race, and you said that no 90% Fijian mix. Some says they not Fijian and some says they don't look like Fijian but 4 me as a Fijian, they all Fijian. I live in Aussie n one time me n my friends went to church and waiting 4 the train. We all dressed well with bible on our hands. We saw this beautiful girl is walking towards us under the other side of the station. Next mnt she was standing next to us bullshit looking at the time table. So, as a man,we just look at each other lift our eyebrows and forgot that we are going to church. She was standing there that whole time with us n my friend came up and said, ok boys, I'm going bk home with my wife, so I ask him where is she?he said to me in Fijian that the one next you. We all said probably 100 times that she is so gorgeous. Right in the middle of the hot topic about her, the bitch just turned around and said to us in Fijian, dou veicai ga. You know what?she's a dam good looking Fijian girl. She's from savusavu. You may not look like a Fijian but we all Fijian and all islanders blood through the pacific. God bless us.
fijian are melanesian but we got influence by polyneisan that were first on fiji before the first melanesian came adn also by samoans and tongans which is why people mistake fijian as a polyneisan because are culture is polyneisan. And if you go to fiji Lau they speak fijian tongan which is crazy
greenelephant1231 I'm a Fijian Tongan Born in Suva from Lami Nagoro kolo.And I speak both language Fijian and Tongan.Because their Language very very similar the same.
Around 2000 or 3000 years later, the Melanesians started arriving and probably settled in among the Polynesians that were already there and intermarried with them, and adopted their tradition and culture.and that was where the Fijian people today came from. I didn't make this up. I did a little bit of research. Still want to know more.
The Homo Sapien main divisions are Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negroid. There many sub-divisions as results of mixing over thousands of years. The Peoples of the Pacific reflect perfectly the three main divisions I mentioned above ie the Melanesians could be identified as of Negroid stock, Micronesians/Indonesians as Mongoloid, and Polynesians as a Caucasoid sub-division. The mixing of races have resulted in the diversity witnessed in the Pacific Island peoples today.
This video was taped in Hawaii. The people dancing are not Fijian, but Polynesians dressed in tradition Fijian cloths. Indigenous Fijians are Melonesians although there are certain parts of Fiji that have a Polyensian mix (as those Ilsands were overtaken by the Tongans)
There are A lot of debates going on about whether Fiji is Melanesia or Polynesia. I would say that Fiji is more Polynesian than Melanesian based on their traditions, language, built, that are not Melanesians.but not the color. The first people that settled in Fiji were the Polynesians around 3000 BC. And that is where the Polynesian people we know today started from
123 jump THE FIRST POLYNESIAN WHERE BLACK LIKE THE FIJIAN, UNTIL THE WHITE MAN CAME MIX THE SPEM UP THAT WHY SOME LOOK LIGHT SKIN AND SOME LOOK MORE DARK. THE FIJIAN AND TONGA FIRST SATTLER THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDERS BEFORE ANY POLYNESIAN STARTED TO SATTLER OUTSIDE THE ISLANDERS.
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia but be reminded that politically as a nation, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua.
okay first of all..the dance was great but to be honest twas not as i had expected. Kava ceremony was also good. m a fiji born part samoan and tongan but m proud to call mself a fijian. malo to the dancers and all but i didnt see any real fijian face except for the Chief. but anyways good job though!
Total population of Fijians is around 600-750k, Yea Fijians are Melanesian, but their culture has been influenced by Tongans, and geographically, and archeologically considered the "Cradle of Polynesian civilization"
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia but be reminded that politically as a nation, and a modern day economy in the 21st century, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua. If you as a Fijian don't like this then take your family to Tonga and live there forever.
Niecey Denise That performance is in Hawaii bro.Culuter festival. in Hawaii. The real Fijian and Tonga did not make it to Hawaii festival bro.Those a some hafl cast Fiji and some half cast Tonga mix in with foreigners to make the show for the ordeance.
But the person acting as the chief is a real native Fijian. I'm pretty sure some of those dancers too have some Fijian blood in themselves while some are from other Pacific races.
no it dosen't... the whole theme of the show is the coming together of cultures and here different cultures perform each others culture......and the essence of the fijian culture is respect......which is what i see here.......our tongan and samoan brothers happily and humbly performing a meke......
No, I just see there are nuances that are missing, the way Fijians move in the meke is different, rapid twitching movement yet graceful but the performers did well since it's not their traditional dance.
I don't even get what is so special about polynesia, that nearly everyone in here trying to ostracized Fijians from this group. Who gives a flying fuck about it. If it's about colorism then it's so sad, to see Pacific islanders fall into the traps of the Palagi; the "Eurocentrism" ideals, of being fair or light skin is of higher hierarchy. Oh please people get off this misconception, yea of little minds. Do not allow the "inferiority complex" syndrome eat you up. As a Fijian I really don't care about these groupings. This divide was a colonial thing, before we were all Oceanians, and our ancestors are great seafaring people who navigate this vast Pacific Ocean and call it home. Iya ni sa malo bula.
I love how fijians sing!!! it gives me goosebumps..the harmony/melody...
I'm Tongan and I have lots respect for fiji and all I know we are brother and don't matter what color are we but we all know when we come together and one love to the fijian family
I remember watching this Horizons show as a kid live and we eventually got it on VHS. Hands down the best PCC show era ever! ❤️❤️❤️
The chief is my grandfather. Love and miss you forever Tata!!
RIP to your Tata.
We call our dad also Tatay, Mom Nanay. I'm fascinated with your culture, features and Ancestors. We grew up knowing we are Asians but somewhere along the line we are probably blood brothers. I'm Filipino but me and some family members and your dialect too almost the same.
Wow the traditional dance is so beautiful
Doesnt matter whos doing the dancing,we re all from south pasific...beautiful......ps.same students whos doing fiji nite,tongan nite,samoa nite even hawaii nite.....malo
yes exactly 💯👌
Perfect show of grace and humility combined with controlled aggression. The Fijian way
Glad to see they still keep alive their traditions!!!
I really don't like this Melanesian vs Polynesian business, especially when it comes to Fiji. Fiji is the meeting place of both and you can see it in the culture and people, my grandmother is from Bau, and even there they acknowledge ancient ties with the people of Tonga. The relationships in the pacific are far more complex than just skin colour, that simple division only came about when Europeans came. I'm glad to see bros from other islands doing our dance, it acknowledges our unity and shared cultural heritage.
Totally agree- I love how islanders take on different roles of the pacific. It really emphasises our unity as Pacific Islanders
ktownlad We got lots of Tonga in tonga look more Fijian and very dark in tonga. special Vavau Island and ha'apai.
very it goes down to even how we say our numbers the similarities and even some of the outer islands in the lau group the speak tongan they follow some aspects of tongan tradition we have more in common with them than any other island as far as to say we are a bridge of two cultures
Geeze first time I see your dancers. Culture totally diffierent but faces almost similar to us. Now I'm wondering if my Ancestors came from your islands or yours came from ours.
You have a great amazing culture and dancers.
My siblings look Chinese but me and my Aunt looks from your Islands.
From Las Islas Filipinas.
Exactly what I've been trying to say :) I personally don't like using the Caucasian man's terminologies (respectfully) eg. Polynesian, Melanesia and Micronesia. Come on now! We are the Pasifikans who navigated the seas without the use of nautical instruments! Why then should we care about 'labels' that are given by others, who are not even Islanders?
Love to all my Pasifika brothers and sisters. God bless 😘💗😊
Fijians our older brothers an sisters and all over the Pacific. Malo an alofas to the pacificans
Guys, it doesn't REALLY matter, does it?
Remember that "Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia" are all terms coined by Europeans.
We're all islanders and that's what matters :)
This is years ago💜 I remember when my Mama Mao sat me down and told me to watch this.. she said it's The PCC. I asked her what that was and she told me. The first performance I seen was this one here💕 I was so happy to see this performance. She told me the PCc is in Hawaii but this Dance represent the Island of Fiji where Bula comes from. Since I was a little girl I admired this beautiful dance and songs. I love the beauty of the Culture and I deeply love my family that's Fijian💕 some will feel this video isn't enough but those dancers did beautiful and more then alot of people on here complaining. We are one! We are God children. We entertain for the people but We Dance for God!
🌼✨👑✨🌼With Love
LadyAB Brown do u know where i can find the whole show at?
Totoka vakakoti. This is so true and beautiful.
Does it matter whether the person performing the Meke is Fijian Or Not.
Whats important is that we keep this beautiful Tradition for the next generations to come.
I Stand Proud to watch Island Brothers and Sisters immerse themselves in my culture.
Thank You very much... May Y'all Be Blessed :)
KoiNadi You stupidity bitch the meke a Fijian culture only ok.
+LAIONE MEIHE TAHI KOULA KANATEA. She never said it wasn't
I have Tongan blood though I like to call myself Fijian. To me, there is no difference...we're pretty much related to the Fijians, especially the ones in Lau and parts of Nadrogna
Belau Idid Yes The only Polynesian Pacific Islanders who related to Fijian a Tongan.Blood a the same Culture and language. The Tongan in Ancient times where very dark like their Brothers Fijian. but when the Samoan Came to Tonga our blood started to mix with Samoan. That's why Tongan and Fiji a more darker than the rest of Polynesian.
LAIONE MEIHE TAHI KOULA KANATEA. They all related fiji ,tonga ,samoa, we can learn it from their culture, artifacts and food,,,,even their tapa design,, tatoo,,, in fiji they farewell a person or when you leave a place you put back something for your rememberance , fiji callef it tatau when the palagi came they change it to tatto,,, the tatau that fiji left in samoa,,,, gb to all pasifika
@@sekaiavuniwaqa2919 it's not really Pacifika when you just say fiji, Tonga or Samoa you always forget Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Papua etc
@@sekaiavuniwaqa2919 and plus Vanuatu also has our own style of Tapa
Dont know where these beutiful island brothers and sisters are from but what a brilliant job representing Fiji! Proud fijian here
This is brilliant. As some have said in comments below, I too believe Fiji was the meeting point (or melting pot) of the three Nesians - Melanesians, Polynesians and Micronesians in ancient times till todate. You can see these in the features of indigenous Fijians, they embrace all three Nesian people. You can also see these in the dances and the cultures and ancient stories by our forefathers said so too. But somethings that are undoubtedly uniquely Fijian in this video are the songs and dances.
Fiji is the gateway to melanesia and polynesia
Samoa is the gateway to micronesia and polynesia
And you are the gateway to my heart 😂😂
+just another man Smooth AF 😂
itsyaboi 😂😂
Roko RATU Junior tui rewan nasinu prince lol WE WUZ KANGs is what you Fijians are referring too.. hahaha you make me laugh
Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia is the white mans way to separate us we are all the same. Lets not let these groupings separate us from one another. We are all brothers and sisters of the South Pacific.
Thank you for the wonderful show. One word, Unity :)
I love this great tradition.Beautiful.
AWESOME....vinaka vakalevu na meke...Just makes you proud to be a Fijian ...P.A.S.I.F.I.K.A
Tuna and Tafiti! This was from back in the day!!!!! The guy doing the Kava ceremony has kids old enough to be in college now! BYU HAWAII! Love them!
I am a fijian tongan and there are many similarities between culture and language.
RATU Junior tui nope. Tonga is basically a mix of samoan and fijians. The first kings came from fiji and samoa fiji being Tui Bulotu and samoa being Tui manu'a. They were the first rulers of polynesia. Samoan islands populated the pacific islands starting from marquesa to tahiti to cook islands to tahiti again then to rapa nui from rapa nui to hawaii from hawaii to aotearoa. These are recorded by kings of hawaii kings of cookislands kings of tahit and kings of tonga as well as white historians. The tongan kindom maybe the only monarchy is polynesia but it isnt 100% royal reason being there is white blood that runs in that kingdom. White people or as you people say " nobles " married some of your royal families which makes tongas monarchy less royal. And i have more to teach you but for now this will be enough for your small brains to take in
RATU Junior tui nope The first ever painting of a Polynesian sailing double canoe was done by an artist in the crew of the Dutch Captain Jacob LeMaire, who encountered a Samoan canoe between Samoa and Tonga on the 8 May 1616. On the sail was a big picture of a MOA.
The POLYNESIAN PAUSE in Samoa & Tonga, provided the period of the Samoa Polynesian genetics purification as the pure Polynesians from SAMOA, UPOLU & SAVAI'I moved into (FATU HIVA) MARQUESAS 100AD and then TAHITI 300AD ( Uporu & Havai'i ) and to HAWAII 500AD ( UPOLU, HAWAII & HAMOA, MAUI ) again from Tahiti & Samoa 1000AD according to King David Kalakaua 1888. And then from SAMOA & TAHITI to Cook Islands to AOTEAROA 1000AD New Zealand.
Yes Tongans, Samoans and all Polynesians this is your history as revealed by Science and Kings of Polynesia in King Taufaahau, King Malietoa, King Kalakaua, and King Kamehameha. Greetings, Island, Time of settlement, Native Polynesian People's native names. The Polynesian History & People. Samoa Birthplace Of Kings
RATU Junior tui Ancient Tonga Structure Haamonga & Migration from Samoa to Tonga. Rev. J. E. Moulton was the creator & founder of the Tupou College in Tongatapu which was established in 1866 he stated:
The migration from Samoa to Tonga took place in the days of Aho-eitu. According to two genealogical tables showing the descent from Aho-eitu to the time of death King George Tubou (1893) the number of generations is 34. Therefore it would have been about the year 1050 that this second element was added to the inhabitants of Tonga-tapu island. These people came from Samoa, and first landed on the east end of the island near Lafonga, where they settled, and there built the celebrated Trilithon called Haamonga, which has remained a puzzle to later generations. These people, after living there for many years, eventually removed to the east entrance into Mua inlet, and some of them still live there.
RATU Junior tui Tongan History Scholar Dr. Okusitino Mahina:
Over time and space, Tongan society became more settled, shaped strictly by both internal pressure and external influences. The external influences came in the form of imperial activities beginning with the Tui Pulotu empire in Fiji and followed by the Tui Manua empire in Samoa. In other words, Tonga was under considerable influence from the imperialism of both Fiji and Samoa. However, Tonga was able to free herself through bitter and bloody wars from the imperial domination of the Tui Manua -- which eventually led to the formation of the Tui Tonga empire around AD 950 in the person of Ahoeitu, the first Tui Tonga -- whose father was a deified Samoan high chief, Tangaloa Eitumâtupua, and mother a Tongan woman, Vaepopua, of great noble birth. This double origin entitled the Tui Tonga to hold both divine and secular offices. In principle, the close cultural and historical interlinkages between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga were essentially elitist, involving the intermarriage between regional aristocratic families.
RATU Junior tui Original History of Tonga states the Original Kings of Tonga came from Eastern Samoa (Manu'a). Dr. Lambert a palagi man wrote a book on Tongan History. Dr Lambert spent a lot of time with the Tongan Royal Family and Tongan People he wrote: The Tubous (Tupou's) have a past longer than that of any other ruling dynasty to-day. Their kings first came from eastern Samoa, probably from Ta'u, which seems to have been the cradle of great Polynesian kings. The Tui Tonga was the spiritual and temporal head of the state, and Aho'itu was the first of the Tui Tonga.
Woww!!Just AMAZING!
omg this is beautiful i rly wna go now
thank you very very much
reereesan I like you lol
Nice performance! strange little nuances not particular to Fiji but I guess thats what happens with artistic licence lol! Well done to all the polynesians/non fijians that were performing this show :)
Love to all Islanders of Melanesia,Micronesia and Polynesia.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
also the song at 3:03. want to know if PCC ever made a soundtrack.
anybody where i can find the intro walk in song & kava ceremony song at 0:47 secs?
The reason why some Fijians look Polynesian and have similiar words is because a lot of them are half Tongan. Tonga and Fiji usto war a lot before the palangis came and of course we'd mix and share out cultures with each other. Thats why Fiji and Tonga have a close relationship because we go way back. Hell my dads half Fijian from his dads side and hes straight up fob tongan lol..
toolowtoolow 😆😁😂😃😄 I'm a Fijian Tongan Born in Suva raise in Lami nemawi street. brought up in Fiji and Tonga. I know bouth culture. I speak Fiji and Tonga.My family came from lomaloma. mosquito Island just right the conners from my house in Lami.1982 Me and my nana and my older sister and brother, walk from Lami to mosquito Island,When is low tie. But now the low tie a no longer excited because of the weather has change.:((
Fiji and Tonga never usually went war witj each other.......they are related though.
Fiji is more like a big brother to Tonga.........same people but there skin colour changed when the Samoans settled in Tonga.
People like this Chinese Mei Natuna needs to be reminded that Fiji has a strong Melanesia n Polynesian cultural influence. Examples of Polynesian influence is evident in some parts if Lau which has strong connections to Tonga.
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia specifically Tonga and to a certain degree Samoa (Tatau) but be reminded that politically as a nation and an economy in this 21st century, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua. These are all the countries with Melanesian presence. If you as a Fijian don't like this, go and live in Tonga or Samoa with your descendants.
Fijians don't really care about this Melanesia, Polynesia categorising. It is irrelevant in Fiji. Fiji is Fiji. From dark brown chocolaty skin to Light brown golden skin people, Frizzy hair to soft, curly or straight hair, tall and slender to short or broader built, hundreds of dialects. We are proud of who we are and our history. We all gonna keep living our normal lives building our nation, irrespective of this Melanesian or Polynesian category. So no need to argue about us being poly or Mela. We don't need this bullshit.
If it is more cultures then one and it's beautiful. People always try to make a race thing to try make it ugly. It's sad but I agree with you. I didn't even know about the two tell I seen this post. I had no idea people was making it a problem between the two ...I know their both Beautiful
True true we are all pacific ❤
Trues up. I am a native Fijian. I have a light skin with a frizzy hair texture as that of a melanesian. I don't give a damn on which catergory I belong to. I am a proud Fijian🇫🇯. I am a proud Pacific Islander. Lets not be separated by these catergories. Lets be proud of the way we look and just see eachother as pacific island brothers. ❤🌴🌺
Bula fijian magnifique trop jolie belle danse rien na dire bisous à tous
Wow these Samoans and Tongans did a good job of representing Fiji, only Fijian face I saw was the chief
Edward Snowden hahahaha yes lol
are you implying all Fijians are dark skin? "Only fijian face i saw was the chief" Well he was darker skinned than the rest of the "Samoans and "Tongans" oh no no my friend we are not, we are very mixed people you see, Tan, Light, Dark etc. Different dialects for each clan, and unique 'culture' to those groups. You see we are a melting pot of people, We have the Lauan Tongans from the East, the Kioa people who are indegenously Tuvaluan, even the Indians who were originally labourers from India, and the Polynesian people of Rotuma. But if you want to talk about Indegenous dark skinned Fijiians, than lets not stop there coz' the real first settlers were the "Polynesian Lapita People" who were a variation of Light and Dark skin. You see a Race of people aren't subject to a certain color of skin.
Wow being racist huhh??...come visit Fiji one day you will actually be surprised
do you think you can find samoa and post it? thats the only one missing and this video like that year's performamnce is my favorite if all time! the dvd was in my pocket and i sat down and i killed it so im so sad smh
Can you upload Samoa from this same performance night please ?
@kennylondon123 lol..trues to that..but hey its always good to learn other cultural dances... i know i would!! :)
@ 0:29....where can I find this map? I looked online, googled it and I cant find it for the life of me. I want to frame it for my home. Someone help me please
map for what
@fob152 from what island then? his hair aint bushy like... i'm wondering lol... am micro myself :)
hahaha !! i thought so too !!..but hands down they did a great job here even though there were no obvious representatve !! Just like Fijians in Fiji doing the hulla dance without the Cook Islands or Tahitians ..lol
trues up....
@ CPO3Solovi...
...."Me nomuni na Kalougata"...translates as.."Good luck to you all"...or basically "all the best".
Wananavu!!
awwww Kava time...
Annabella Sina I give you some spam kava hahahaha lol girl.
Beautiful, but anybody know the name of the last song?
The last song is called Bula
It's a great song huh
The origin of the last song (or more like a chant) is called Bula Maleya, a song/chant composed for the Fijian military forces when they went to war in Malaya in the early 50s. It's still very popular in Fiji today and has metamorphosed into a welcoming song for tourists when they arrive in Fiji.
Does anyone know what the song is @8:08???
Bula Maleya
What's the name of the kava ceremony song
grog session...!
+Wyse “wyse” Aroma "Rolioo"...
vnk to the performance.
Kava ceremony not so sacred longer....everyone drinks it and some everyday like water...
LilyMila so true.
In Micronesia its diff!
no, maybe to you and in your culture but to some it is drunken at get togethers or lounging with friends. But the KAVA CEREMONY is a where you see the sacredness of Kava really displayed. Other than that yes it is sacred but it is also a gift most of us islander appreciate.
That guy who wears very nice.😊❤
These dancers are awesome!😊❤
This lady is so beautiful with her dress.❤
👏👏👏👏👏
These girls wear a beautiful dress.😊❤🌺
So similar to tongan but fijians their language sounds lile australian aborigines or paupa niugena but theyre culture is so polynesian
+moesha pempengco you'll be surprised that the Fijian language is quite similar to the Tongan language in quit a lot of aspects. Being the gateway between Polynesia and Melanesia, the Fiji language and its dialects can be septerated in two - the West Fijian (more Melanesian sounding) and the East Fijian Language (Polynesian sounding).
+ernie abott that's so true actually lol I've been doing research and you are so right they literally can be Melanesian and Polynesian
moesha pempengco language a similar to Tongan.
moesha pempengco Lau group in Fiji speak Tongan Fijian.
my family comes from there and stuff they say are tongan not fijian its mix
what is this show called?
Kate Patterson This is the Night Show at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii. This show is the old Night Show. The show is different now but still good.
Its called "I LOVE U"...very sacred!
It's a Fijian ceremony done in honour of a principle chief! I can show you how the wedding ceremony is done babe 😙
Malie Lala....
It's so impressive considering 90% of the performers look like other races. Amazing job.
Not 90% most of them are Fijian - Fiji is a mixture of appearances.
@@lynettesmp Nah ive seen some of those same performers do other cultural dances like hawaiian, or Tongan. It seems like wherever they did this performance don't have a lot of Fijians so they just use the other race of islanders who are already there to dance. I'm Fijian myself and I know how mixed we are, but it's different for this one because I've seen some of the dancers here perform other cultural dances.
@@francois9747 ok, I don't watch this closely. But they're not too different from Fijians.
@@lynettesmp . I love what you guys said, first that Francois said that 90% other race, and you said that no 90% Fijian mix. Some says they not Fijian and some says they don't look like Fijian but 4 me as a Fijian, they all Fijian. I live in Aussie n one time me n my friends went to church and waiting 4 the train. We all dressed well with bible on our hands. We saw this beautiful girl is walking towards us under the other side of the station. Next mnt she was standing next to us bullshit looking at the time table. So, as a man,we just look at each other lift our eyebrows and forgot that we are going to church. She was standing there that whole time with us n my friend came up and said, ok boys, I'm going bk home with my wife, so I ask him where is she?he said to me in Fijian that the one next you. We all said probably 100 times that she is so gorgeous. Right in the middle of the hot topic about her, the bitch just turned around and said to us in Fijian, dou veicai ga. You know what?she's a dam good looking Fijian girl. She's from savusavu. You may not look like a Fijian but we all Fijian and all islanders blood through the pacific. God bless us.
HAAA the breath of fire hahaha
fijian are melanesian but we got influence by polyneisan that were first on fiji before the first melanesian came adn also by samoans and tongans which is why people mistake fijian as a polyneisan because are culture is polyneisan. And if you go to fiji Lau they speak fijian tongan which is crazy
hahaha... i knoe dat old man in da video...
depending on the island an indigenous Fijian comes from, indigenous Fijians can range from mostly Melanesian to Full Poly
greenelephant1231 I'm a Fijian Tongan Born in Suva from Lami Nagoro kolo.And I speak both language Fijian and Tongan.Because their Language very very similar the same.
koe ha'u mei fe i tonga?
@@tanielawatta5342 does that mean where are u from in Tongan ? Just guessed if it is then damn that sounds too familiar
they ain't full poly they are full Pacifika
Misrepresentation. That is all. Oh and was that the Adi Cakobau School meke @05:03??
🙌🙌😍😍 yass it was
@M3GASIMS Lebanese isn't a language. The Lebanese speak their own variation of Arabic.
Vinaka vakalevu
wananavu .....vakadua
i saw a couple of real Fijians, its a shame theirs a shortage of em everywhere.
Around 2000 or 3000 years later, the Melanesians started arriving and probably settled in among the Polynesians that were already there and intermarried with them, and adopted their tradition and culture.and that was where the Fijian people today came from. I didn't make this up. I did a little bit of research. Still want to know more.
123 jump Fiji was the first one to Sattler the South Pacific Islands. Before your white ass came.
The Homo Sapien main divisions are Mongoloid, Caucasoid and Negroid. There many sub-divisions as results of mixing over thousands of years. The Peoples of the Pacific reflect perfectly the three main divisions I mentioned above ie the Melanesians could be identified as of Negroid stock, Micronesians/Indonesians as Mongoloid, and Polynesians as a Caucasoid sub-division. The mixing of races have resulted in the diversity witnessed in the Pacific Island peoples today.
Maciu Vatu That history is bull shit white man made false history full.
they say you can find the genetic make up of every race in the world in the people of the Pacific..but the culture is unique to the people of Oceania.
Mei rude who gives we all ilanders my gosj
@KoiNadi---> wailei vecedru vina ya na vimata ni vusi..lol
This video was taped in Hawaii. The people dancing are not Fijian, but Polynesians dressed in tradition Fijian cloths. Indigenous Fijians are Melonesians although there are certain parts of Fiji that have a Polyensian mix (as those Ilsands were overtaken by the Tongans)
Nea Reid I like you mix SPEM hahahaha lol
can you chart with me?
Taken over? Lmao
When a wannabe expert tries to explain the Fijian race to a comment section full of Fijians smh
where is wrong tho?
This is strange to me. I do love Fijian culture
😍😍thank you, we love that you love our culture😁
malo a vadrakai...totoka dina...
There are A lot of debates going on about whether Fiji is Melanesia or Polynesia. I would say that Fiji is more Polynesian than Melanesian based on their traditions, language, built, that are not Melanesians.but not the color. The first people that settled in Fiji were the Polynesians around 3000 BC. And that is where the Polynesian people we know today started from
123 jump THE FIRST POLYNESIAN WHERE BLACK LIKE THE FIJIAN, UNTIL THE WHITE MAN CAME MIX THE SPEM UP THAT WHY SOME LOOK LIGHT SKIN AND SOME LOOK MORE DARK. THE FIJIAN AND TONGA FIRST SATTLER THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDERS BEFORE ANY POLYNESIAN STARTED TO SATTLER OUTSIDE THE ISLANDERS.
no they weren't defok? These "polynesians" came from places we now know as Asia, Taiwan etc, hence the light skin smh.
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia but be reminded that politically as a nation, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua.
Nisa bula vinaka ,maro
Maro
okay first of all..the dance was great but to be honest twas not as i had expected. Kava ceremony was also good. m a fiji born part samoan and tongan but m proud to call mself a fijian. malo to the dancers and all but i didnt see any real fijian face except for the Chief. but anyways good job though!
Elenoa Salele Polynesian pussy like Tahiti and cook a sale out to the white small Dick hahahaha Lmassoff.
Total population of Fijians is around 600-750k, Yea Fijians are Melanesian, but their culture has been influenced by Tongans, and geographically, and archeologically considered the "Cradle of Polynesian civilization"
EliteBusJr Kania na dedra a kai toga! Fijians are Fijians with Fijian culture! Fuck whatever poly or mela shit you are talking about
@@tv2671 Dina mada. Me as lako saraga I toga, baleta ni Tubuna vakarua e kai toga ga.
Yes, culturally they share some customs and language affinity with Polynesia but be reminded that politically as a nation, and a modern day economy in the 21st century, we are formally Melanesian and are a member of the MSG - the Melanesian Spearhead Group comprising of the 4 Independent island countries of PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu and Fiji and the French territories of New Caledonia as well as the Indonesian territory of West Papua. If you as a Fijian don't like this then take your family to Tonga and live there forever.
The performers look Polynesians and not Fijians
Bruh not all Fijians are dark, they can be lightskined aswell
Have you been to FIJI???
@@marknave8111 Yup, totally agree...but there's alot more poly-looking representation here instead 😱😊
@@karemel3554 I have actually...I hope my response to Mark Nave provides clarity, thanks 😊😊
Gunnz skull yep and I’m fijian so I think should know more than u
,,, 😊
These aren't Fijians these are foreigners who settled on the island and never left
Niecey Denise That performance is in Hawaii bro.Culuter festival. in Hawaii. The real Fijian and Tonga did not make it to Hawaii festival bro.Those a some hafl cast Fiji and some half cast Tonga mix in with foreigners to make the show for the ordeance.
But the person acting as the chief is a real native Fijian. I'm pretty sure some of those dancers too have some Fijian blood in themselves while some are from other Pacific races.
this show really takes away the values of fijian culture.
in what way?
Iosefo Colaoca Yes you a right on that. Because the real Fijian a darker skin make the dance more interesting and unique.
no it dosen't... the whole theme of the show is the coming together of cultures and here different cultures perform each others culture......and the essence of the fijian culture is respect......which is what i see here.......our tongan and samoan brothers happily and humbly performing a meke......
No, I just see there are nuances that are missing, the way Fijians move in the meke is different, rapid twitching movement yet graceful but the performers did well since it's not their traditional dance.
I don't even get what is so special about polynesia, that nearly everyone in here trying to ostracized Fijians from this group. Who gives a flying fuck about it. If it's about colorism then it's so sad, to see Pacific islanders fall into the traps of the Palagi; the "Eurocentrism" ideals, of being fair or light skin is of higher hierarchy. Oh please people get off this misconception, yea of little minds. Do not allow the "inferiority complex" syndrome eat you up. As a Fijian I really don't care about these groupings. This divide was a colonial thing, before we were all Oceanians, and our ancestors are great seafaring people who navigate this vast Pacific Ocean and call it home. Iya ni sa malo bula.