DESCRIPTION:
Te Vaka in concert, Apia Park, 2005 Samoa. The lineup for the 2005 tour was Opetaia Foai, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Melodee Panapa, Douglas Bernard (AKA Fresh), Manase Foai, Neil Forrest, Matatia Foai, Joe Toomata, Jeff Harris, Edwin Pita, Simon Hope, Tremayne Lihou and Olivia Foai. Te Hiva is from the 3rd Te Vaka album 'Nukukehe" Lyrics by Opetaia Foa'i, Music by Opetaia Foa'i & Malcom Smith.
Lyrics and translations below:

Te matagi malu kua hau i te loto
Vehehi ai toku tino i te fakalogologo
E he mafai na fai, fakafiti na lagona
Ko na pehe vena
E fakafiafia ma fakamimita



Tumau fakamau te migomigoi
Ko te uila kua hau
Fakaola ai toku loto
Fakatamilomilo fai taga fakatamilomilo
Fakafiafia ma fakamimita te hiva



Na hiva te gali te gali ona hiva
Kolikoli malie migomigoi na hiva
Na hiva te gali te gali ona hiva
Hiva fakamalie mai


Heee e o migomigoi
e o hiva fakagaligali
e o kolikoli ma te kolikoli
e o hiva fakamalie


E vena foki te fakalogo o na fenua
Egelani ma Falani, Europa ma Amerika
E tutuha lava te fiafia e lagona
Luelue ki latou
i te faiga o te hiva

THE SIVA

The cooling winds soothing my soul
Moving me as I listen
I can't seem to hold back this feeling
Making me happy and proud

Holding steady while I do the Migomigoi
Lightning strikes me reviving my soul
Spinning around, showing moves,
spinning sround
So happy and proud in "Te Hiva"

Dancing so gracefully
So graceful are the dances
Kolikoli sweetly and
Migomigoi in the dance

Dancing so gracefully
So graceful are the dances
Dance ever so sweetly

Boys chant



It's the same reaction

When heard in other places

England, France, Europe and America

They also get excited

They begin to sway

Dancing "Te Hiva"



Girls chant