'Aho'eitu
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ธ.ค. 2015
- Shot in Tonga in with all local actors, this beautiful short film was made by Malosi Pictures funded by Creative NZ and the Coconet TV
See this new re-telling of the legend of 'Aho'eitu - the first of the Tu'i Tonga dynasty to rule over Tonga.
Born to a mortal mother and the God Tangaloa, 'Aho'eitu goes in search for his father - but doesn't count on the dealings of his brothers when they meet.
Shot in Tonga in with all local actors 'Aho'eitu was made as part of a project Digital Fananga by Malosi Pictures 2015.
To see MORE short films check out www.thecoconet.tv/moana-arts/... - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Rip To my UNCLE LATU. He played Tangaloa in this movie My uncle was a Rugby God & brilliant actor! May God rest his soul. I’m blessed & lucky enough to say I knew him & he knew me 😭💔 I love you Uncle! Tell everybody in heaven I send my love 😭😭😭
Sorry for your loss, he'll live on well in your memories
I never knew Uncle did this!! 💪🙏🥰
Is he the same Latu had his legs amputated? Played ikale Tahi ?
I am Samoan but this story is one of the best Tongan short clip ever
What do you look like
I love our heritage.
Mad love to all Polynesian people we where the warriors. If one day we all can come together an unite as one our Polynesian brothers and sisters will thrive. Ofa atu to every culture. Tongan,Samoan,Fijian,Cook Islander,Niuean,Tokelau,
Maori. One love to all✊
What about Micronesia and Melanesia? They seem to be the shadow of the Pacific. Lets acknowledge those brothers and sisters. What you reckon brotha?
Forgot Hawaiian 😕
@@anonymouspacificislander1630 This film is about Polynesians specifically Tongan, can we just own this space to damn selves!! There are plenty of opportunities and times when we can all acknowledge each other but honestly, this is not that time. Also culturally speaking, Melanesian's are closer to us and if the truth be known, go to Hawaii, and you find a lot of Hawaiian's feeling a certain way about Micronesian's...I know Ive been there, there's some conflict there. Anyway, point is this is our space, and we need to just be in our space!
@@anonymouspacificislander1630 I’m Micronesian
@@alexiscolby9415 You are absolutely right. It's the story about Ahoeitu and his connection to Tagaloa. It's a uniquely Tongan story that every Tongan should embrace, although other Poly cultures have connections to Tagaloa.
even though for reasons unknown im not samoan or tongan or from fiji but as an outsider i look to absorb knowledge from all walks of life, with that being said your culture has inspired me to keep up the never ending task of observing and detailing in my mind the views i have seen to the best of details and as always the great god or gods have blessed us all now only if other worldly cultures could observe this there's a chance we could all reach a unity.
Plenty of good around that will always happen my friend👊🏽stay strong
Beautifully acted
Ahoeitu what a great character watching from Fiji
I wish we had the resources to make a movie out William "Toki Uku'mea" Mariner's diaries of Finau Ulukalala's civil war.. that would be such a great movie!
If only you guys know how much story and history us tongan have and need to be told, seriously every Island from start to end has their won stories and we should be proud of that, we all should be proud of our Tongans most of all we also should be proud of where our heritage are from in Tonga... each villages has their own story and storytelling. I think that's very very important a 💯%
Good production. Malo lelei from your Samoan brother.
A beautiful rendition, really did a great job to a foundational myth. Iʻm glad Coconet is making longer videos based on our myths, in our indigenous languages.
RIP Uncle Latu!! Didnt know you went Hollywood on us!! Shit was hard, good acting.
Love you unc! ☝🏽☝🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This gives me pride in seeing the old beliefs and how they are depicted. This video is pretty accurate to what was believed in times of old. Thank you for sharing. I am a descendant of this lineage or the line of the Tui Tonga empire. My 5th Great Grandfather is King Taufa'ahau Tupou 1 who ties all three royal dynasties together, Tu'i Tonga, Tu'i Ha'a Takalaua and Tu'i Kanokupolu. Thank you for sharing this with us all to see! Ofa lahi atu kia kimoutolu mei Amelikani!! MATE MA'A TONGA!!!!
I know u dgaf but idgaf neither...lol its "Amelika lahi" & not "Amelikani" ... dat sounds too Tongan/Mexicanish...lol malo toko! 💪🏾🇹🇴
Love this history, Tagaloa lagi is from Manu'a islands of Samoa he also created our royal lines as well, like honorable Tui Manu'a honorable Tui Atua and honorable Tui A'ana honorable Tui Fiti and then later on honorable Tui Tonga... Aho'eitu's father was a High Chief from the Tagaloa clan.
Yes your right. We are all Polynesian brothers an sisters. Both our people come with long blood lines of warriors. An i love our heritage. Ofa atu uso..
@@polynesianpride7845 yes yes I am from the Tui'Tonga bloodline. Greats Greats of Fekai 27 Tui'Tonga. I so love my ancestors they are the reason I am a Genealogist today. Love your roots----
Love my Polynesian roots:)
Delz Lo ofa lahi atu to my Tongan fams as well 🇹🇴🌴🇼🇸🇦🇸 #TokoUso
Samoan creation story begins with Tagaloa Lagi ...which in the tongan traditions is only one of many Tangaloa...he was Ahoeitu's grandfather to be exact ...
TaeoTagaloa Folasa is not the same as the Tongan Tangaloa Eitumatupu'a.... Manu'atele community worldwide fb page posted that settlement in Fitiuta has been carbon dated as early as 1000AD which is long after Ahoeitu....
According to the Tongan...Tangaloa is associated with Langi pyramid mounds where the Tangaloas lived and ruled from....there are none in Manu'a 😂😂😂😂there's the pulemelei but in Savaii...built during the centuries of Tuitonga occupation ... Where did the powerful Sa Tagaloa clan of Samoa live and rule from in Manu'a? ....visit Tonga Folaha ..there are massive Langi built mounds where the Tangaloas lived and ruled from...
The First Tu’i Tonga King, Ahoeitu, descends from one of the old clans of Tonga Eiki. This clan is known as the Ha’a Tangaloa Clan that resided in Tongatapu. Ahoeitu’s father being a direct descendant of that clan. Tonga’s history is a rich & beautiful one. #676
Don't you mean Ha'a Tagaloalagi from Ha'amoa Manuka, it's funny how the current rulers of Tonga are known as Tui Kanokupolu meaning HEART AND FLESH an island in Samoa where honorable Tui Atua and Honorable Tui A'ana resided, Tonga is under the rulings of TUMUA of Upolu.
@@tumuamapuletamaaiga2847 Nope he meant what he said and said what he meant💯 Tangaloa is from nowhere else but the Kingdom of Tonga.
@@tumuamapuletamaaiga2847 uce you read this bull crap on Wikipedia or the Coconet tale of prehistoric empires predating the factual Tuitonga Empire...
Ama of Upolu was defeated and fled to Tonga....Ruling chief of Tonga at the time under Tuitonga was TuiHaatakalaua was married to Ama's daughter Tohuia..... TuiHaatakalaua allowed them to settle in the west.....they established themselves a village they called Kanokupolu...it is still called that til this day....
TuiHaatakalaua MoungaTonga's son Ngata with Tohuia Ama was installed TuiHihifo to rule and govern the west ...Ngata went to his maternal gpa's village and they made him his home ...became his most loyal supporter...he changed his title to Tuikanokupolu....but he was installed the title on behalf of his father not his mom....that is the chiefly title of present day king line💪🏽❤🇹🇴
Stop spreading the fake news
@@semilangi5432 facts 💯,spot on.🇹🇴💪
Ka aroha ki tetahi tangata kei te he.how sad one person dislikes.tena pea ehara ia ki te mohio me te ngako o te kiriata nei.perhaps he just does not get it.Nga mihi nunui ki nga Whānau o kiwa.big ups to the people!
I'm Melanesian and So interested for this story...
Big hug from Maluku, Indonesia
I came her because i looked up the name of my new sailboat "Tangaloa" and this stoey helped me alot to get the whole picture and roots of the name! Thank you! Greetings from France!
Rest in peace Latu va'eno, i meet him in Gisborne, and later in Lennox La, RIP so long brother Latu, arikatokosaimashita IESU.
Hi everyone. If there is no english subtitles it might be a problem for me to understand. Thanks for the subtitles. Its really a nice short movie. By the way, im from kuala lumpur Malaysia. Best regards from far away. Now i feel like i want to travel to Tonga and learn more about the culture over there.
This my lineage! I love my family history it goes all the way to Aho'eitu. I'm blessed to come from a such a line of Kings most importantly from a strong and respected lineage. One day I will see them all even Grandpa Aho'eitu and the ones that came before him.
Really? Me too! apparently found out only few years back. I guess it's just a Tongan instinct to act as family regardless since we're all related somehow lol
@Mele Tuinuia Yes! Oh my goodness which line you come from? I come from both Halakitaua and Ngata they are both brothers from MoungaTonga whose father is the son of Ahoeitu. Oh my! What's up family:)
+Uinise Pasikala Sorry for the very late reply. I don't know the exact details but I descend from Hala'api'api lineage which then later became the surname Takai (my paternal grandmother) was named after Tupou Veiongo who was a princess that was never married or had children i think??? I descend from her brother (that I need to find out his name again) all the way to their sons. Then Grandma Pou. Dad. Now my sister and I. I think you would lnow more than I do hahaha
+Mele Tuiniua Okay so Tupou Veiongo is my 8th great grandma on both side of my dads parents(lol) she married Tupounuia, they had Tupoutoutai who married a Fiji princess Usovanua. they had many children one of them is Sione Usaleva, who married and had many children himself one of them is Pauline Lupe who had a child with Inoke a hoeiki in Vava'u that child married Fijian princess from Cakobau from Bau, Fiji where the Mara people comes from. Anyway, Pauline Lupe married Mahe'uliuli Pasikala who had a lot of kids one of them is my great grandpa Viliami H. Pasikala who married Amelia Fasi from TeFisi, Vava'u who had 11 kids my grandpa Viliami Kaihau Pasikala is one of the youngest of them. That's how my line is like just a quick note Tupou Veiongo and Tupounuia they are related. Okay if you want more information on your line then definitely email me here uinise6@gmail.com and we will talk via email:) I'm glad to fine another family member!
@@uinisepasikala1737 Bula vinaka. My great great grandmother and namesake Tupoutu’a, was the daughter of Pauline Lupe and Inoke Fotu.
Malie 'Uno !!! Great acting sis , dad would have been proud !
Ahoeitu the King of Polynesia!! Thats for sure 👍 and the King of Tonga 🇹🇴 today is Ahoeitu Tupou the 6th the mordern King of Polynesia!
Love this story 🙏❤🙏❤
@Tulouna Le Lagi Facts cuuh, they have not found anything as old as that till this day anywhere in the pacific.so delete that bullshit video you put in your pathway hababahha
Love the person and everyone who participated in making this production! From my ancestors, I would like to say Thank you:)
Very good movie I enjoyed the legends of the Pacific..
The quality of this clip is really good - the visual, characters, subtitles etc 🔥
Cool. In Hawaii the deity is called Kanaloa, and the tree is called Koa. Pretty close. SUGGESTION: For non-Polynesians, you may want to put in parenthesis words like (great) for "Tu'i," which is obviously the same as "Nui" and the translation for words like "Fale fa," which I am guessing is "house of four," or Hale e'ha where I am from. Anyway, great story with a very valuable lesson. Mahalo...I mean Malo :)
Ancient Hawaiian and ancient Tongan used to travel to each others lands every ten years to compete in sports( canoe racing, javelin throwing, and wrestling). Our royal families are related. Our past will forever be intertwined. Mahalo nui loa kamaaina.
Thank you!! I wish there were films telling our people's story.
Ofa lahi atu.
Man so proud of our history and culture as a Tongan! The Tui Tonga line that had started in the Kingdom. We really are a blissed💯
Beautiful presentation, faka‘ofo‘ofa ‘aupito. Looking forward to seeing more of these. Fine way of preserving the culture
POWERFULL MOVIE. Loving these legends
Haueeeeee... Im loving the legends. Malo Aupito fai e ngaahi talanoa koeni mei ono'aho. Fakaofoofa. Pls keep it up. Ofa Atu.
Proud to have togan blood running through my veins 😍😍
Very good , watching these Tongan myths , so good to watch . Excellent .
Impressive work. Thanks for introducing me the Tongan legend.
There's more like;
=Legend of Kava Tonga
=Tangata me ihe Tonga (man from the south)
=The coconut tree
=The legend of Hina.
=The sika tournament of the gods
And many more. I hope you find them interesting.
WOOH!!!!
FILITONU NOX IN THE HOUSE
(He plays 'Aho'eitu)
So English people, what do you think of our language???
Oh cool! A tale about my ancestor 'Aho'eitu (or possibly named after the main character and derived from this story).
wow ....Thanks for sharing this video Very Iteresting....more more....'AHO'EITU is a good actor
Amazing! Wow! This was so captivating. Good work guys!
One of my favourite stories growing up😍
Wow just finished watching it... very interesting
Malo Va'eno .. fai fatongia .. ofa atu mei nukunuku faasisila california ..
I enjoyed this short film thanks for sharing
Kohai koau mo momo or maui tangaloa and pulotu were the highest title in Tonga not God they lived in the stone mound siaheulupe and langi in Tongatapu to serve the one and only Tuitonga! Tokatufa umutakitaki practices with Royal blood that is how manua island get their highest chiefs! Tangaloa means Tangata Tonga or the highest like ietonga highest gift ahu o tongaliki moai statue Tongariro matangi tonga sacred wind! Maui clan built the haamonga a maui stonework in Tongatapu located where time begins dateline today around 2000 years ago! Tuitonga Momo built pulemelei around 800ad from the story of uno o sangone! Kauulufonua fekai built Tototonga talietumu fortress around 1200ad as punishment of tamasia and malofaha assasination as captured in uvea island brought to Tonga for Kava ceremony they chewed the kava! They were taste like raw fish!🤗 Tuitonga Momo Puipuifatu Fangaoneone Takalaua Havea 1 Havea 2 Lomiaetupua as Talakaefaiki 1 Tuipulotu Fatafehi Telea Talakaefaiki 3 were lived in Samoa Is👑peace
We orator chiefs of Samoa still chants the Tui Tonga as part of our family because he is in the Samoan "Fa'alupega" son of Tui Manu'a Fitiaumua, our Tamali'is(High Chiefs) still acknowledge the history of Tagaloalagi the founder of our culture as the head of kings, we Samoans have four paramount kings that still have close relationship with the Tui Kanokupolu royal family, these kings are known as "Tama a Aiga"(Royal families) there are four titles holders Tamali'i-1(Malietoa/King) Tamali'i-2(Mata'afa/King) Tamali'i-3(Tuimaleali'ifano/Tui A'ana/king) Tamali'i-4(Tupua Tamasese efi/Tui Atua/king) the fifth5 one was Tui Manu'a but that title doesn't exist anymore, every time there's a Samoan meeting in the village of Falealupo in Savaii Islands or here in Upolu on the village of Lotofaga, or even in Manu'a islands in the village of fitiuta, Tui Tonga is always chanted by our orator chiefs because Tui Tonga was the son of Tui Manu'a Fitiaumua so we Samoans cannot forget the Tui Tonga kings, if yous Tongans think we're different well guess what our Tamali'is(Kings) are really close, including Tui Fiti the king of is also the son of Tagaloalagi, any kings that has a Tui title is descended from Tagaloalagi
@@HAMOEVACHEEHOOO ALL OF aho eitus brothers have tongan names why is that if they are all full samoan?
The Tui Manu’a title was created by Tui Tatui. Manu’a (Manuka in tongan) means ‘To Wound’. They bestowed the Tui Manu’a title to the 11th Tui Tonga who was Tui Tatui, because he was the first Tui Tonga to get the traditional tattoo. Tongan kings were considered too holy and cannot shed blood in any way including warfare or tattoo. But Tui Tatui wished to shed blood and get the tattoo hence why they called him Tui Manuka (first king to shed blood/wounded) Samoans are closer to our royal family because most of the kings had Samoan women as wives and all the banished royals went to samoa. They took there house names from Tonga to Samoa hence why we have similar village names eg. Ahau/Asau etc Our royal girls blood were considered too pure and cannot marry Tongans or Samoans so they went and marry Fijians. The Tangaloa clan however lived in Langi. They did not live in the skies 😂😂 Langi is the king’s land/house, Fale is for the chiefs and ‘Api for the commoners. Throughout the whole pacific, Langi can only be found in Tonga.
@@wg137 agree this makes so much sense!
Beautiful story and beautifully done. Happy I got to this before does Hollywood a effed up version.
😭😭😭😭 Rest In Peace!!!! uncle Latu
Very Well Done... Congrats.
Keep up the the good work!Malo aupito..
This is awesome!
Awesome work! thank you for putting together such a beautiful piece of our history. Malo aupito.
Love my tongan people
It nice and I love it
Toto'a na ena vaasarava ani talanoa ma'awa me baleji oda qase ei na vanua e da vu mai ina. Au mai vawili'a to'a nai talanoa me baleji ira na ai Uvea. Na nodra sema ira na ai Uvea ei Toga. Na nodra Alou vu o Tagaloa, ei na luvea o 'Aho Eitu. Na yaca ma o 'Aho Eitu, e vu mai nodra Alou vu na ai Samoa, o Raho ei Aitu. Ira na ai Toga qai va'ato'a me o 'Aho Eitu.
Can you type it again in English please?
Good watching this short films
Malo uncle Latu 💪playing tangaloa if that's spelled right pelehake kiai 💪💪
man this hit me so hard
im tongan thats my legend from old days know im the legend
Malo aupito. Fakaofoofa and well done!!!
beauitful ..in ma language te manea e humalia tou kotou tua e tou tala ..malie malie..tonga
2:00 the finest man I’ve ever seen in my life. Hope he’s not my cousin lmfao.
Pretty Awesome 😎
love this! #ProudTongan #676 😍✊
different... tnx
maumau tama e temata soosi. Malie kautama. Malo e Faiva
Good actor kaufononga pulu. malie
Koau oku ou Tonga
Tangaloa's (Latu is real name) real life son Maika is the one that did the kupesi (tribal tat) on my right arm. Good film, didn't know Latu had these acting skills. I wonder if there are more w/him in it. RIP
Kai Ta'e koe. Lol.
Hoi aue fkpo look at the Beautiful island I miss going to the beach
very nice
😭😭😭♥️🙏🏽
Dam soo crazy how the power to rule is always handed to the youngest in Tonga lmao
interesting......
What is the rock behind the king when he is sitting down ??
❤❤
relevant
Apparently aho eituus father tangaloa was a man who ruled manu'a island and hes name was tagaloa...
😂😂😂😂u know shit😂😂😂😂😂TAGALOA'S original name is Sa tagaloa Eitumatupua and he was born in manu'a fitiuta and his father and Mother Vitianaloa and Nafanua.......tagaloas grandfather pulotu gave him the title to be the highest ranked chief warrior and you guys claimed him as god...... the truth hurts😂😂😂😂😂and this is facts even okusitino mahina said this and all samoans know this shit...........and by the way leave all this shit behind and let's become tokouso because what happen in the past stays in the past.....I got love for all my toko brothers out there...peace
Help me reach yeah uso I'm over this samoan tongan bs. When it comes down to it we are all brothers n sisters. I got mad love for my uso around me an they all know it. TOKOUSO MOVEMENT is what i represent. Cause at the end of the day we are Polynesian family✊ ofa atu uce.
Nope, Ahoeitu descends from the Ha’a Tangaloa Clan that resided in Langi like many of his descendants after (e.g Ahoeitu to Laufilitonga). Langi is Tonga as Ahoeitu was said to reside there also, he’s only ever lived in Tonga. Great short film 🇹🇴💯
@@helpmereachplzplz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that might be a fairytale in your village ....
I know that the 5th Tu'iManua is Tae o Tangaloa .😂😂😂.. lol which has a bad translation in Tongan ...your mistaken to say that the Tangaloa from our oral traditions is the son of Nafanua ...
You keep throwing Dr. Mahina hearsay bull crap...of what you read on Wikipedia and Wikiwand and Coconet of the spoken in myth and legend of the prehistoric empires 😂😂😂😂
Real facts #40 TuiManua Elisala passed in 1909. ..that list will fall short in predating the Tuitonga..
Burley's archeological Lapita findings in Nukuleka Tonga 2013 named tonga cradle of Polynesia...predating the findings in Samoa back in 1973
@@renegade9064 Tonga is the only grouo of islands that have Langi....and where Tangaloa lived was always referred to as Langi...
😢
Main guy was hot as hell, even the other brothers too
🤴samoa 🤴
Nice 👏👏👏
malo ae ngaue lahi ko eni ke mamata ae fanau tupu oe fonua malo e ngaue
A bit like 'jack and the beanstalk'
I bet the whites stole this story and rewrote it
Brrrruh that’s what I said
Heavens Coconet TV - Pork Atmosphere2099E
LATU VAENO 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
They look so Māori, I thought Aho’eitu and Tangaroa would Hongi.
😂😂i would say the other way round as they are māori ancestors & we (māori) are the tribe/s who gapped it😅
Yup my uncle latu my mom cousin lol
Loved this 💙
🇹🇴🙏🏾
😃
Oku Ou ofa au ihoku kii fonua
lol goosebumps
Doesn't he look like one of the rugby players from the Tongan Rugby Leagues hhmm maybe an actress too
Malo to kava
Say we belong to the sea
This father is my uncle
Alive
N where is tui folaha descendants?
Tangaloa Eitumatupu'a is not the same as in the Samoan traditions Tu'iManua TaeoTagaloa Folasa...
Though he has the Tagaloa name Tagaloa established Tu'i titles
It doesn't meet the time frame ...
TuiManua TaeoTagaloa is #5 or #7 in the succession list of Tu'iManua
TuiManua #40 Elisala passed 1909 ...so 35 title holders back does not predate TuiTonga Ahoeitu .....
Also the false claim he was a defied Samoan chief....if that were so being that his father is a foreign High chief from Samoa ...Ahoeitu would have no right or claim to any title in Tonga ....he would have claim in Samoa maybe but not in Tonga....Even if Ahoeitu's mom was of noble birth ...no chief is installed chief on account of his mother...
bro what I'm saying ahah samoans just make their own version of our Tongan history and run with it like its facts lmao. also worth stating that ngata only became Tui Kanokupolu because his Tongan uncle (dads older brother) didn't want the title and instead advocated for his nephew to take it and samoans run their mouths like ngata got his title because of his samoan mother lol
@@tulounalelagi2150you can’t reply???😂 you Samoans want our history so bad get away your not worthy enough for Tongan traditions the real conquers of the South Pacific everywhere in Polynesia is influenced by Tonga even your little ufa island
Why they dropped the bomb
Inoke gat
Hey siana🤣🤣🤣🤣
i was scared
Pala Ka pa