Te Vaka - Lakalaka - New Zealand - Olivia Foa'i (Really Fun!)

[mysteryowl]

Over 4.6 Million views. The nature conductor is Olivia's brother. The guitar player is her father.

[mahina]

1. Vaka , Hawaiian wa'a canoe

I see and hear Samoan, Tongan, ? Fijian?, , modern Hawaiian, and ?any Maori?

[mysteryowl]

2. Yes, Olivia brought in various island cultures

Beautiful!

[SunSeeker]

6. Yep. She is from New Zealand. Her dad, Opetaia Foa'i, has Samoa/Tokalau ancestry.

He wrote the song We Know The Way for the Disney movie Moana with Lin-Manual Miranda. Very talented family.

[mysteryowl]

10. Actually, I read the entire Moana movie was inspired from this family!

Olivia can really sing!

[SunSeeker]

11. Yep. Here's another beautiful Te Vaka song they used in Moana:

[mysteryowl]

12. Lovely! Just what I needed, a lullaby at this time of night.

Okay, I now need to buy my first Te Vaka CD!

[GeoWilliam750]

3. Kul!

Thanks for sharing.

[mysteryowl]

4. I'm a huge fan of her work. She has some other awesome video's on YouTube.

[Iggo]

5. Well hell, that was some happy noise!

[mysteryowl]

8. The song translation is about an invitation to dance.

[SunSeeker]

7. Te Vaka fan here!

They are awesome! Here's her dad, the lead songwriter, singing one of my favorate Te Vaka songs:

[mysteryowl]

9. Love it!