0:43 that is my grandfather ❤️

Isaaa My Grandmother was the Lali bearer in that Spear dance (Meke)and she was in her early 20's. She passed away last month at the age of 89😥..

For people who got upset over the soldier who sat down like this, here is the evidence it is a cultural tradition. That little girl did not know how to curtsy, but she did know to sit down. Bravo, little girl. I hope you have had a blessed life.

@tevitakomaisavai4987

6 ай бұрын

The young girl was the daughter of the first Fijian President She has passed on. I went to the same high school with her son and had the honor of meeting this wonderful lady.

I particularly like the "fan dance" performed by the girl-students of Adi Cakobau High School in Sawani. I believe Mrs Charleton was the Head Mistress of the school at that time. I was fortunate enough to visit the school in 1959 as a student on social visit from Queen Victoria High School in Tailevu North The girls performed that same fan-dance for us and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Many thanks !!

that spear dance was epic...m so proud of my heritage...our ancestors did great...vinaka vakalevu

I'm proud to be a "kai Vaturova"for this great display of trust, obedience, honor and courage shown by our people to entertain Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II on that historical occasion. I believe now most of them have passed on but the legacy they left behind is something that all Fijian people can learn from and uphold our culture and tradition. Our people came and presented the same "Meki Wesi'' in 1982 in Bau during the BLV to entertain the Queen. I was supposed to join the group because that was my second year in the village but unfortunately due to an unforeseen circumstance caused me dearly. Vinaá.

Wonderful.. Thanks for posting this up. Proud of my Tongan heritage.

The fijian dances so good 🤯🔥

I was still at school by during this Royal Visit. it does bring tears to my eyes now thinking of all my relatives were alive and present there in Suva on the day. Thanks for posting this. Queen Salote of course was present in London for Queen Elizabeth's coronation the same year, 1953. We had to make do with Radio Broadcast in those days.

The dance by the school girls is so old....I remember my sister in it back in 1998 because we have a reel of it in VCR...sadly we couldn't salvage the old tape....this was back in Levuka at Levuka Public School

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in Balmoral on 8 September 2022 at age 96. She had reigned as Queen for 70 years. The world is in mourning of the second Elizabethan age

Wow I knew the Kai Lau performed the lakalaka, but I didn't know they also performed the maulu'ulu also, on point. Malo aupito Fisi

This is so Historical!! Like we're in 2010 Now..Thank You For allowing this vision to live on

@thesau2496

4 жыл бұрын

2020 actually.

@moanamakoni7920

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesau2496 no 2021😆

@tevitakomaisavai4987

6 ай бұрын

It's now 2024

All our beautiful graceful fijian Culture!! It is time to rekindle the creativities of our tradtional arts and culture!! I love the Lakalaka and the spear dance from Vaturova!!

@meretsamisoni

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Inia Mavai for this video on the source of our creativity. As an entrepreneur it is also a source of for micro-small-medium-large business development. The impact of this is for the people to address their own education, health, poverty and development needs without depending on the State. The State has no business to be in the private sector as their role should be in infrastructure development, rule of law and Justice.

@sixteeful

5 жыл бұрын

I think the spear dance was from Namacu Koro. I might be wrong. But I heard a competition was held and Namacu beat Vaturova. There is a legend behind it

@fjchannel321

Жыл бұрын

@@sixteeful no... Spear dance was the people of Vaturova,Cakaudrove.

Wow ... the men's meke wesi (spear dance) was amazing. Hands down the best I've ever seen. Too bad there isn't enough footage as well. I hope we can continue to hold on to what we have.

Its good that she came to beautiful friendly islands of the Kingdom of Tonga and meet the Lovely people in Tonga, love yous all back then 'Ofa atu

Fiji, you along with Tonga and Samoa were the powerhouses of the Pacific long before the white men came. Remember that.

@TheRealJanosAudron

8 жыл бұрын

STRAIGHT UP!

@comradeuro4255

7 жыл бұрын

wutdafeezy If they were such a powerhouse they'd be conquering Britain

@sativaemjay8061

7 жыл бұрын

Comrad Euro dw we got the Muslims conquering it 😂😂

@jasonbourne9819

4 жыл бұрын

Did you say that to embarrass us or to make us look cool? I don't get it.

@pablosalvadore2052

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Bourne he only said straight facts 💯 take it how ever u want

Quarantine Got Me Here ✌️ Anyone watching 2020

That Fijian Spear Dance is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

@doxsolokoh3784

7 жыл бұрын

I fink da fijishit upder

@latileta

4 жыл бұрын

@@doxsolokoh3784 ?

this is a great video my grandmother told me about wen the Queen came to fiji how wonderful its just really great that this video is on thank you

Missing so much Queen Elizabeth her graceful dignity. She was the only one

damn that spear dance was amazing

Long liv the Queen!🥂👑

@aisokulaguy Me too,... I only ever heard stories about the time the Queen Came To Fiji.. so amazing to find actual footage on youtube..

luv the vid...

Just love that men's spear dance, as well as the girls' fan dance by Adi Cakobau Girls School. There was live broadcast on FIJI BROADCASTING COMMISSION(FBC) and we in Kadavu Schools gathered at Vunisea for sports and celebrations.

It is customary in most Pacific Islands to squat or sit down when high ranking guests are on official visits such as you witness here. You may wave and applaud but not too boorish or undully 'loud' in your behaviour. The Royals of course were aware of these customs and took no offence. And as for FIJI, it wasn't grabbed by Britain, but high ranking chiefs asked Britain to administer the islands due to persistent threats from Americans about their debts. Fiji is now back independent.

@sionelotulelei , Yes Bro, the seated dancers are from the Lau Group in eastern Fiji and are performing the Lakalaka

How lovely!!!!

Sick as in Cool, Awesome,Amazing

i like fiji and tonga and im happy that queen elizibeth went to fiji and tonga

lol, my dad just turned one :O:O I luv the Canoe, so beautiful :X Luv FIJI!!

The song that the young girls sing at Adi Cakabau School, was later taught to other girls of other schools and later generations.

The "Maravu Levu" meke - tells the story of the 7 storey boat of the dead! Wonder if there will ever be a full staged performance of that meke - belongs to the Nakelo people of Tailevu! They say that more than 1000 meke can perform the meke in once setting without even completing the full 7 cycle!

@AnoRex770

6 жыл бұрын

The Maravu Levu is not featured in this video only the Spear Dance of Vaturova...if I'm correct the Maravu Levu is a club dance...

Faka'ofoofa moe tali tali, moe teu teu pola kihe ene afio and the Tongan dance the Ma'uluulu, Soke ,Laka Laka and the Kailao AWESOME

@BALEnaVICO Vinaka! I stand corrected re "meke wesi" so then is the "manua sa yawa" meke separate story to the lutunasobasoba legend of Vuda? Also am assuming the "Ranadi" to be an earlier canoe to the one built by Ratu Seru Cakobau for the tui tonga in the 1700s....Anyway fantastic meke wesi! and it's a shame no meke seem to be performed with precision and numbers these days....

Isaaaaa great day to fiji

First meke (Vakamalolo) is obviously performed by Lau people because the Dau ni vucu says "Taha" "Ua" which is tongan counting. I am inclined to believe the Meke Wesi (spear dance) is part of the "Maravu Levu" commissioned by the vunivalu of Bau Ratu Popi Seniloli & first composed/performed by the Nakelo people in the 1930s for the royal visit to Fiji of the Duke of Gloucester "Prince William Henry" . Meke iri (Fan dance) is an ancient chant about the Ciri & Vu (spirit protectors) of Fiji.

Hi lunafringe10 Fiji and most of the rest of the pacific have had a tradition of Serfdom where Chiefs/Kings/Queens had the power of life or death over everyone else, and so servitude and slavery has been part of our cultures for thousands of years. Democracy is not a tradition of the first pacific peoples and serfdom is still ingrained in our traditions to this day.

Good one fiji and Tonga malie malie

All Polys are the best

@aymansharif370

4 жыл бұрын

The Fijians are Melanesians

@ikaikaxkeahi

4 жыл бұрын

Ayman Sharif Poly/Melanesian hybrid

It was like an old mate invited for a barbie & a few cold ones.

somewhere out there in that crowd in albert park are my grandparents LOL probably showing they stuff to her majesty doin they meke ayy!

meeeeeaan ! malie malie .. go TONGA hehe love fiji too xx

God Bless Queen Salote!

'Ofa atu to all the Tongan - Kai Viti brothers and sisters. Queen Salote was one of the Pacific's greatest monarchs may her legacy live on...

Wished I could find that boat online. It looks like a mahogany wood made chris craft. Anyone know?

wow I Could Definitely Enjoy Staying At Tonga By The Looks Of It And Fiji =0

Do you have a clips or photos of her visit to Fiji around 1964-1966, She visited a town, Labasa, in Vanua Levu. I was there in group of student presenting items.

Dance of the Warriors ,

i bet that was the first time the Queen had to sit on the floor (in tonga)

@doxsolokoh3784

7 жыл бұрын

Know your roll slelizabeth 🚀😃😴😂😪😰😱

@chachaslide180

6 жыл бұрын

It’s a tradition for us Tongas to have royals sit on the floor like their people to show their equality and appreciation.

@BALEnaVICO Waqa Kuta vaka na waqa ni Ijipita? Would have been very daring & some voyage to travel open seas on a waqa kuta. I don't know the talanoa ni "yavu Vuni-ivi-levu" but I will ask my mother or my sister in law who is from tunuloa I guess she should know & some of my family should know as well. Noqu nana kaya ni ira na turaga levu dou vei lesi ira na tamata me meke se cava tale me cakava ki na soqo levu. It's a shame the complete footage of the mekes/ceremonies aren't available.

Beautiful film

tukast it call a TAFI..seating dance....lakalaka is a standing one... vinaka

@spiritfingers1 Or are you saying "manua sa yawa" was commissioned by the "Bose levu vaka turaga" for the Royal visit & for the people of Vaturova to perform? Meke totoka sara oi kemudou na va kania na kai tonga!

it's her Royal Duty.

Polynesians were kings before the Europeans came and called them chiefs instead. They didn't like that we were the greatest ocean navigators and they tried their best to make us lose that identity too.

@coryhawley738

Жыл бұрын

my guy Fiji voluntarily became a colony and Britian protected Fiji

Hi 100yrsable, some of the dancers are sitting and some are standing so it should be called TAFILAKA lol! my sister in laws family are from Tunuloa and they call it SEASEA so must be different names in different district. my fathers family are Bauan and they just call it VAKAMALOLO whether you sit down or stand up to perform action song.

Did u guys notice how fijian those Tongans looked at 17:31? Hehehe

What is it with Tonga&Fiji everytime the royal visit the Pacific they travelled to these two countries,,, why,,any idea?

@ppktl2474

5 жыл бұрын

Jackal Bark Tonga is the only island in the Pacific that has a monarch

@jackalbark7593

5 жыл бұрын

@@ppktl2474 what about fiji

@ppktl2474

5 жыл бұрын

@@jackalbark7593 they have chiefs. I'm not too sure or familiar with Fiji

@jasonbourne9819

Жыл бұрын

They never had a history of going to war with Brits, at least not all out war. Samoa has had a scuffles with Germany, US and UK. NZ and Australia were fully colonized by then. Other islands were too small and insignificant.

Malo Salote ene afio faka'ofoofa ke me'a hake a Elizabeth kihe tau fonua ko Tonga the friendly islands, beautiful and lovely pacific nation of Tonga, Love yous all back then 'Ofa atu

🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯

malie mooni ae ma'ulu'ulu...

TONGA :)

@mattandpatti222 Tikolo! gusu ni valepo! lol!

Eng ekoaua anne te UEA

ya-ko-na...hehehehe...

Manua sa yawa!!! Bale na vico!!

3 islands that haves a fight is niue Tonga samoea

Enjoy the Langi Grave .See the Throne. Of the Promise Land. The Grown that fall to the ground. The Queen always keeps 3 metre distance of the Covenant. Tonga Mama'o. James 007.Tincan Island.

Barack Obama @17:31

@AliceLeivere

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Mac-lv7gp

5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit

Full frendly tongan men n woman 💏☕🍰🍉🍇🍨🍸

the british must have stolen a lot there as well

You should have called it the second worse day in our history

@msquaresa

7 жыл бұрын

First I didn't recognised the poofhead walking along with the sword, I just focus on my cousins from Viti and my Tongan people. They should come and see for themselves how friendly and beautiful our people are instead of calling us savages.

@marlonbrandoseyes1443

5 жыл бұрын

Why?

malo fau hono vahevahe mai 'a e ng koloa mahu'inga 'o e fonua 'a e 'a'ahi fkpule'anga 'a Kuini 'Ilisapesi ... pehe ki he vakai atu ki he hoihoifua 'a e Fale 'o Ha'a Moheofo !!!! ... Ka 'oku toe 'iai ha'o video pehe ni pea katakai hokohoko atu ho'o vahevahe e ... Malo 'aupito ... philia

this is slooooow

Im telling you the commentator would have said Yaquna (aka known as kava to tongans) tasted like dirt Hahahahahha😂😂😂

celebrating what? servitude and slavery?

@chachaslide180

6 жыл бұрын

Juju Rellama no

@ninaleisaku7963

6 жыл бұрын

jikolo

@coryhawley738

Жыл бұрын

that never happen in Fiji my guy

isa totoka dina a sarava lesu tu a meca i!!!!!! qare sa veisau saraga vaka levu ko viti!!! isa viti noqu viti.....

@danosborne9962

7 жыл бұрын

dina saraga sa sega ni vaka i mada