RLynnT It's beautiful in both languages although the Oceanic language (too scared to try and say which due to other people's comments) is just stunningly beautiful.
No, the territory was originally ours, each of us claiming our own territory. The "other" countries took over because they thought they could just storm on in and take it as theirs, which they did, but i dream of life of how it would of been if they didn't
I live the fact that Polynesians don't care if the girls are skinny or thick. If you can dance like that then you dance it. You guys don't judge and it makes me happy.
I really love this song. Yes, this song tell a story about Polynesian culture but I think all of archipelago cultures (Phillipines, Indonesian, err.. Carribean?) will love this song.
the dancers did awesome. truly captured the essence of all Polynesian cultures. they need to teach their dance to the girls playing moana at Disney land and Disney world.
Moana is one of the best Disney cartoons, this song is so strong. The spirit God Maui reminds me of Wreck It Ralph. The classic bad guy who's actually very good.
Tatou o tagata folau vala'auina Le atua o le sami tele e o mai O ava'e le lu'itau e lelei Tapenapena Aue, aue Nuku i mua Te manulele e tataki e Aue, aue Te fenua te malie Nae ko hakilia kaiga e We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze At night, we name every star We know where we are We know who we are, who we are Aue, aue We set a course to find A brand new Island everywhere we roam Aue, aue We keep our Island in our mind And when it's time to find home We know the way Aue, aue, We are explorers reading every sign We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain Aue, aue, Te fenua, te malie Nae ko hakilia We know the way Aue, aue We set a course to find A brand new Island everywhere we roam Aue, aue We keep our Island in our mind And when its time to find home We know the way Aue, aue, We are explorers reading every sign We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain Aue, aue, Te fenua, te mālie Nā heko hakilia We know the way
Since they were doing the correct movements according to the words, it honestly looks like hula to me, but their attire looks samoan, so i'm not entirely sure.
Bc you realized just what the song is about, and how powerful the words are, and the meaning of the message it sends. It makes you reach into a part of your heart and soul that you didn't know was there, and it makes you think about where you came from
It's a beautiful song, and it's scene in the movie is perfection! Brings the emotion of the story to the forefront. If you haven't seen the film yet, I highly recommend it!
1:32 I just cant get over this guy; he has such a pleasant expression. Can anyone else agree with me that he just seems like very nice and happy person?
The only Pacific Islander heritage I have is Melanesian rather than Polynesian, but this song is beautiful, it reminds me of all the Austronesian peoples and the scene of the first Māori arriving on the beach in "The End of Eden" episode of Monsters We Met. Beautiful cultures. When I heard this song in the movie when I went to see it at the theater, it brought tears to my eyes.
Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina E le atua o le sami tele e o mai Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei Tapenapena Aue, aue Nuku i mua Te manulele e tataki e Aue, aue Te fenua, te mālie Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e [Lin-Manuel Miranda:] We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze At night, we name every star We know where we are We know who we are, who we are Aue, aue We set a course to find A brand new island everywhere we roam Aue, aue We keep our island in our mind And when it's time to find home We know the way Aue, aue We are explorers reading every sign We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain Aue, aue Te fenua, te mālie Nā heko hakilia We know the way
Liv Rundgren Tyler I'm so happy that there was finally a movie like this. But but i think that we could have made it up but we just didn't want to be involved because of how expensive it is. so America made it but i still love it so much! (I haven't even watched it yet though!)
One big reason why I loved Moana. The movie contained beautiful songs and they showed their culture. I love learning about new cultures :) Also, the songs were so exciting!
To all the Filipinos saying how proud they are of their culture being presented by Moana, TAKE A HUGE STEP BACK! This is Polynesian culture, you are not Polynesian! Moana is a movie that centres itself on Polynesia. You may consider yourself a "Pacific Islander" but don't go around saying stuff like that alrighty?
love the voice. song, like to be ringtone, even in the citybus if i hear this i felt like in the middle of the ocean... love love love from Philippines😂😂😂😂😂
I wondered when hearing the song in the movie why it was so clearly autotuned, but I get it now. He can't quite make the high notes. It's still great to watch though.
I'm Mexican and we don't study a lot about Polynesian cultures in school. After watching the movie on Sunday I have done a lot of research. They are amazing.
The dancers really added a wonderful touch to this performance. The Samoan and Tokelauan lyrics at the beginning give me chills every time. I am thankful, as a white American, for the chance this movie gave me to educate myself about South Pacific/Polynesian culture, and thankful to Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda for this beautiful song!!
I just love and appreciate Disney and the cast of Moana gives us more depth and shines light on Polynesian culture. It just makes me feel happy that different cultures are being known and appreciated, I'm not Polynesian but I've always been interested in Polynesian culture and the people who come from that culture have every right to be proud of it.
I loved this movie so much. ♥ These girls / men are so beautiful ! I come from an island, so it's wonderful to see that island girls / people are finally represented in a Disney movie ! Physically, (even before the movie was out, my friend was there: you look so much like Moana damn!) but also through the themes: family, finding one's way, and this craving to see what's beyond the horizon. :) I hope Disney will continue to make movies like this ! ♥
I'm japanese. this is a really beautiful dance. What is this dance?I love We know the way.I never danced a dance. But Fascinated by this dance. Every day, I imitate and dance. I am happy to meet unknown words · unknown dancing · culture.I think I love you more · I want to know more. I am watching this video everyday.
I feel proud of Polynesian culture, and I'm not even Polynesian one bit! But i am human and this song fills me with unspeakable joy every time. Just such beauty and wonder and majesty at what these navigators did! It's awe inspiring. I'd be amazingly proud to have descended from them
I can't even imagine what it must have taken to get into a boat and set out on an ocean that for all you know could be literally endless. Mindboggling.
Codes Te Moananui Like in Philippines, before our culture was a mixed of Polynesian and Malay cultures until the Spaniards came, destroyed most of our pre-colonial culture and forced most of our ancestors to be westernized/Christian.
I love this movie, finally a mainstream film that celebrates Polynesians and their exploits navigating the South Pacific. A heart warming way to bring the story to the world, congratulations.
www.opetaiafoai.com/we-know-the-way.html SAMOAN Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina E le atua o le sami tele e o mai Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei Tapenapena *Verse 2 from live performance version* Ua malamalama uiga o le moana Va’ai I fetu ma isi failoga e maua ai ala O nu’u fou avea mo tatou aiga TOKELAUAN (Holoholo vaka) Aue aue Nuku i mua Te manulele e tataki e Aue aue Te fenua te malie Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e ENGLISH We are voyagers Summoned by the gods Of this mighty ocean to come We take up the good challenge Get ready We understand the ways of the sea We look to the stars and other signs To find our way, to find new lands To make our home (Canoes on the move) Oh! Oh! There is land up ahead A bird in flight to take us there Oh! Oh! This beautiful land The place i was looking for We will make our home
Every time I watch this, or listen to this song for that matter, I sob. I think it's the beauty of the Polynesian culture. Their smiles are contagious and it's just beautiful to see them so happy and joyful.
If you enjoyed this check out these amazing Moana Deleted Scenes ► th-cam.com/video/R0zHpATvOe0/w-d-xo.html
This song make's me smile a lot!
Flicks And The City Clips n
Flicks And The City Clips No
Flicks And The City Clips y
Flicks And The City Clips i lov3 the performance
I like the native language sung before english. :) I love a good taste of a new culture
🙅🙁😭🤒💤👁🐕🦄🙉
aby marin ..... did I say something wrong?
Nope
RLynnT It's beautiful in both languages although the Oceanic language (too scared to try and say which due to other people's comments) is just stunningly beautiful.
Verse in Samoan, chorus in Tokelauan
We Polynesians are fucking badass
lol no
YES we are hahaha:P
It took one guy to conquer seven islands lol
Who and what 7? The 5 that make up the Polynesian triangle are/were US, Chile, British, German and French territories.
No, the territory was originally ours, each of us claiming our own territory. The "other" countries took over because they thought they could just storm on in and take it as theirs, which they did, but i dream of life of how it would of been if they didn't
I live the fact that Polynesians don't care if the girls are skinny or thick. If you can dance like that then you dance it. You guys don't judge and it makes me happy.
Love*
Avocado Faze I feel the exact same way you you do. It's beautiful!
T.T they're so cool.
Avocado Faze
Avocado Faze
the chubby guy is so extremely cute xD I love his smile
RIGHT! A CUTIE Pie...LOL Made me watch twice ;-)
same ahah
I mostly i watch it 4 time in a row.:)
omg, same
Kyutie Pie
I am glad they allowed people from this culture to preform and sing in there own mother toung.
he sings it in the movie too
they sang the song when it was Tokulean part but the English part was sung by Linn-Manuel Miranda.
Kitty Kat the
kunderemp it's Tokelau+an (idk how to spell it correctly, sorry)
MsMissX "Allowed?" Who would stop them? The police?
I really love this song. Yes, this song tell a story about Polynesian culture but I think all of archipelago cultures (Phillipines, Indonesian, err.. Carribean?) will love this song.
kunderemp damn right
kunderemp it's tre
kunderemp we all are sons of austronesians ☺️☺️☺️ our heritage are voyagers to find islands
kunderemp hey what about Samoans?
You're right about that! Fellow archipelago dwellers here :)
I love his voice and the song😍😍😍😍
Victoria zhuravlev like your profile pic😁 and same
Love seeing ARMYs everywhere XD MOANA WAS AMAZING!!!
Me too
Victoria zhuravlev shut up
Chelsea Matekino Wall what if I don't
the dancers did awesome. truly captured the essence of all Polynesian cultures. they need to teach their dance to the girls playing moana at Disney land and Disney world.
Beck's beer from Pittsburgh why is your name and a phone number
Moana is one of the best Disney cartoons, this song is so strong. The spirit God Maui reminds me of Wreck It Ralph. The classic bad guy who's actually very good.
If you aren't crying while watching this film, you are a damn dirty liar!!!
AlbinoMonkeyC i cry and my cousin just stare at me
AlbinoMonkeyC I didn't...
I cried on the inside lol
I always cry when I remember Moana's grandma
I cried when my popcorn tipped over. lol....
The first one to get on stage looks exactly like one of the characters on the clip of the movie!
The Kahuna/Chieftain from the boat scene almost looks exactly like a character model of Opetaia Foa'i with a goatee in retrospect.
Letícia Pais they usually model the look of the character to match what the actor looks like
well that was Opetaia Foa'i singing that part of the song in the film! This group is fabulous!
Letícia Pais i thought that too
Tatou o tagata folau vala'auina
Le atua o le sami tele e o mai
O ava'e le lu'itau e lelei
Tapenapena
Aue, aue
Nuku i mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue, aue
Te fenua te malie
Nae ko hakilia kaiga e
We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
At night, we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are, who we are
Aue, aue
We set a course to find
A brand new Island everywhere we roam
Aue, aue
We keep our Island in our mind
And when it's time to find home
We know the way
Aue, aue,
We are explorers reading every sign
We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain
Aue, aue,
Te fenua, te malie
Nae ko hakilia
We know the way
Aue, aue
We set a course to find
A brand new Island everywhere we roam
Aue, aue
We keep our Island in our mind
And when its time to find home
We know the way
Aue, aue,
We are explorers reading every sign
We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain
Aue, aue,
Te fenua, te mālie
Nā heko hakilia
We know the way
Ryan Karuna I was going to do this x( you beat me to it lol
real mvp right here
do u knw what your talking about sir this all has a meaning!
Delbert Hunt
i don't fully understand the song, but that doesn't mean i can't enjoy it
Ryan Karuna omg
MY FAVE SONG FROM MOANA!!!! Not only it has amazing music, the lyrics also make me think about my own country's culture.
Wow....
PhantomifyEponine And also it says they NO DA WAE
I wouldn't mind learning that dance , I feel the riddim its great
kirmanie sonson try searching up kelston boys polyfest they got a pretty cool dance
kirmanie sonson just come to new Zealand and join a haka group or search up haka and practice
Liam Hackney that's not a haka
Yasuo Oce i know it isn't a haka but they look quite similar though but he can go to a pacific island to learn a dance like this also
Since they were doing the correct movements according to the words, it honestly looks like hula to me, but their attire looks samoan, so i'm not entirely sure.
I love the sound of their language.
Exactly.
@m33ks_pixx really? what language is it exactly? is it just generally samoan? sorry i don’t know much about other languages 😅
for some reason this song makes me tear up its sooo beautiful
you are not alone
Mela Koma Im African American and this song makes me tear up too... such beautiful people
Bc you realized just what the song is about, and how powerful the words are, and the meaning of the message it sends. It makes you reach into a part of your heart and soul that you didn't know was there, and it makes you think about where you came from
me too
Yeah
It's a beautiful song, and it's scene in the movie is perfection! Brings the emotion of the story to the forefront. If you haven't seen the film yet, I highly recommend it!
Have seen it 5 times; so far :D
1:32 I just cant get over this guy; he has such a pleasant expression. Can anyone else agree with me that he just seems like very nice and happy person?
I thought so too!
i agree with you..im crying n smiling listening to them
I like the song so much after i saw the film “moana”。
same
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26 dont know the way
Tamaeva Ravel lmaoo 27*
Tamaeva Ravel Eh, 33
Tamaeva Ravel or lost it...
do you kno da way my queen?
Tamaeva Ravel 1.6k
The only Pacific Islander heritage I have is Melanesian rather than Polynesian, but this song is beautiful, it reminds me of all the Austronesian peoples and the scene of the first Māori arriving on the beach in "The End of Eden" episode of Monsters We Met. Beautiful cultures. When I heard this song in the movie when I went to see it at the theater, it brought tears to my eyes.
elsa1942 my mother is just straight up Māori, she came from New Zealand to the US in the late 80's.
Mines is Samoa
Yes we are
don't matter we all onelove Pacifica.
elsa1942 the canoes are of fijian design just search DRUA OR VAKATAU.
Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
Tapenapena
Aue, aue
Nuku i mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue, aue
Te fenua, te mālie
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e
[Lin-Manuel Miranda:]
We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
At night, we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are, who we are
Aue, aue
We set a course to find
A brand new island everywhere we roam
Aue, aue
We keep our island in our mind
And when it's time to find home
We know the way
Aue, aue
We are explorers reading every sign
We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain
Aue, aue
Te fenua, te mālie
Nā heko hakilia
We know the way
Can you teach me your language please
this song stuck on my head!!!
every single second i always Scream AUE AUE!!!
Reynaldi Zero me too. specially my daughters watch it again and again hahaha
This makes me proud to be a Pacific Islander. It amazes me that some of our island neighbors have similar things in common. Mainly the dances.
Liv Rundgren Tyler I'm so happy that there was finally a movie like this. But but i think that we could have made it up but we just didn't want to be involved because of how expensive it is. so America made it but i still love it so much! (I haven't even watched it yet though!)
Amazing song and the movie. absolutely amazing
One big reason why I loved Moana. The movie contained beautiful songs and they showed their culture. I love learning about new cultures :) Also, the songs were so exciting!
And the characters in the movie looks just like him but wearing different clothes
I miss my island now.
It sounds nice in English but the song is absolutely beautiful in the native tongue. My favorite song of the movie.
To all the Filipinos saying how proud they are of their culture being presented by Moana, TAKE A HUGE STEP BACK! This is Polynesian culture, you are not Polynesian! Moana is a movie that centres itself on Polynesia. You may consider yourself a "Pacific Islander" but don't go around saying stuff like that alrighty?
Se malolo 😂
the song itself tells a story of a culture.. love it.. makes me teary eye
it's sooo sooo amazing.
love the voice. song, like to be ringtone, even in the citybus if i hear this i felt like in the middle of the ocean... love love love from Philippines😂😂😂😂😂
I wondered when hearing the song in the movie why it was so clearly autotuned, but I get it now. He can't quite make the high notes. It's still great to watch though.
Oh good Lord! I saw Moana and absolutely LOVED it! This is so beautiful, I could cry! Heck....I am crying! :)
dtrix10kc my other half took me to see Moana on Thursday. I cried from about a minute in until the credits :)
Love being born in Florida #TropicalCulture
CHHHEEEEEEEEEHHHOOOOOOOOOO
Anora L no is cheeeeecho
andrea santiago no its not u dont even know our culture and the other guy spelled it right
I love this song! Very deep!
LOL I'm not used to hearing the English part with that accent. This like my fave song from the movie
Great song, great performance and so on.. but his voice isn't what I would expect from a song writer
Ta Vaka is fabulous! I hope the film Moana gets more people intereested in this fantastic set of cultures and history.
I has caused this effect on me!! :)
It has caused this effect on me!! :)
I'm Mexican and we don't study a lot about Polynesian cultures in school. After watching the movie on Sunday I have done a lot of research. They are amazing.
Likewise with Aztec culture. Manuia!
te vaka not ta vaka
bk4lnavaria
Im here because my daughter really love to watch the movie "Moana" 😂 I love this song in the movie.. it touch my soul
The dancers really added a wonderful touch to this performance. The Samoan and Tokelauan lyrics at the beginning give me chills every time. I am thankful, as a white American, for the chance this movie gave me to educate myself about South Pacific/Polynesian culture, and thankful to Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda for this beautiful song!!
Mary Hales white American lol
Live or not. This song always gives me goosebumps and a eager feeling to go to Hawaii
Skip to 0:50
I just love and appreciate Disney and the cast of Moana gives us more depth and shines light on Polynesian culture. It just makes me feel happy that different cultures are being known and appreciated, I'm not Polynesian but I've always been interested in Polynesian culture and the people who come from that culture have every right to be proud of it.
i love love love moana the movie
I can't I cant...one minute in and I'm crying already. Thanks
I'm also crying :'(
Kia ora
great song and movie.. i just come back for seeing it on cinema goes straight to youtube to find this song..best part of the movie in my opinion
Awesome!
I loved this movie so much. ♥ These girls / men are so beautiful !
I come from an island, so it's wonderful to see that island girls / people are finally represented in a Disney movie !
Physically, (even before the movie was out, my friend was there: you look so much like Moana damn!) but also through the themes: family, finding one's way, and this craving to see what's beyond the horizon. :)
I hope Disney will continue to make movies like this ! ♥
Megan Park fuck u hahhaha fuck me
lightofheaven 08 wow what an intelligent reply to my comment 👏👏👏
take away star wars land n put moana instead
I don't understand how any one could dislike this. I have it on repeat lol
It sound just like the movie a bit
absolutely love this movie! my 4 year old loved it so much that she wants to go back and watch it!
Morgana Madrid I'm 27 and I want to see it again. Can't wait for the DVD.
me to twoce
Morgana Madrid I saw it twice 😁
Yo this is boring not the song but the person filming skills
I'm japanese. this is a really beautiful dance. What is this dance?I love We know the way.I never danced a dance.
But Fascinated by this dance. Every day, I imitate and dance.
I am happy to meet unknown words · unknown dancing · culture.I think I love you more · I want to know more.
I am watching this video everyday.
I feel proud of Polynesian culture, and I'm not even Polynesian one bit! But i am human and this song fills me with unspeakable joy every time. Just such beauty and wonder and majesty at what these navigators did! It's awe inspiring. I'd be amazingly proud to have descended from them
I can't even imagine what it must have taken to get into a boat and set out on an ocean that for all you know could be literally endless. Mindboggling.
Please tell me I'm not the only one crying right now 😂😭😭
This song is amazing!!!
the lead vocal looks like the chieftain in the movie (the flashback scene)
nicsism That's because he voiced him!
No he didn't. The chief was voiced by Temuera Morrison
sorcy79au The one in the flashback. During the song
I love this song but that person sang it badly, he sounds like a dying goat. I like the studio version better.
who else think's Moana is better than frozen
Gänsehaut pur 😍
I really love this music 🎶, the music and the song it's so beautiful, greeting from Indonesia 😊👏👏👍
Its so good hearing tokelauan in this song ❤❤ proud tokelauan/samoan right hurr 🤘🏾👌🏿
I love this culture so much. I'm a grown ass man and it brings tears to my eyes watching this
Josh Mendoza This is cute as fuck.
i love moana
Thank you dwayne johnson for spreading our alofa and ofa's all across the world.
IM VERY HAPPY I FOUND THIS!!!
ok me being from hawaii and being pure samoan this is hula being danced to a samoan lyrics.
I know, right? Kinda weird
Actually, let me rephrase, it is weird.
Tokelauan is pretty similar to Samoan so sorry for the mistake. It sounded Samoan to me.
I've read a few places that one verse is Tokelau and the other is Samoan. ? When I look it up it says it's Tokelau. :/
Yes it is Tokelauan. Very close to Samoan and Tuvaluan. Common voyaging and cultural heritage. Kia manuia!
The whole of the movie gives me the goosebumps, Like wow.
😍 really need to watch again this movie.
134luisa saaaaaaame ❤
My school did this song it saw so good and amazing💟💟💟💟❣💓💓💖💛💘💗💙💖💛💓💘❤💛💙
Too bad alot of the pacific have dropped their History for Christianity.
what do you mean
Jerica DelaCueva Many native cultures and traditions have been nearly whipped out and forgotten due to forced conversion to Christianity in the past.
Oh yeah that's true, the missionaries
first we dont drop our culture we just to clever than you
Codes Te Moananui Like in Philippines, before our culture was a mixed of Polynesian and Malay cultures until the Spaniards came, destroyed most of our pre-colonial culture and forced most of our ancestors to be westernized/Christian.
No offense but he sounds bad
Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time. I'm not islander, but I can feel their pride.
I love this movie, finally a mainstream film that celebrates Polynesians and their exploits navigating the South Pacific. A heart warming way to bring the story to the world, congratulations.
I am looking for the native lyrics and their translations, including the extra stanza not used in the Disney promo versions.
skylarking12 the soundtrack leaflet has the native lyrics, but not the translation, and the extra stanza.
www.opetaiafoai.com/we-know-the-way.html
SAMOAN
Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
Tapenapena
*Verse 2 from live performance version*
Ua malamalama uiga o le moana
Va’ai I fetu ma isi failoga e maua ai ala
O nu’u fou avea mo tatou aiga
TOKELAUAN
(Holoholo vaka)
Aue aue
Nuku i mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue aue
Te fenua te malie
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e
ENGLISH
We are voyagers
Summoned by the gods
Of this mighty ocean to come
We take up the good challenge
Get ready
We understand the ways of the sea
We look to the stars and other signs
To find our way, to find new lands
To make our home
(Canoes on the move)
Oh! Oh!
There is land up ahead
A bird in flight to take us there
Oh! Oh!
This beautiful land
The place i was looking for
We will make our home
Does that guy sound like he have a stuffed nose or is it just me
40 people didn't know their way.
Estee Marissa they got lost on the way to the thumbs up button lol
may be you lost your way
Estee Marissa
This is beautiful!!
I love this song so much that I have been working so hard to sing exactly like Mona's voice
What a lovely culture!
this is actually my favorite song and keeps on listening from the movie..haha
This song is beautiful in both languages
What a beautiful dance and dancers too.
I like the video
Love this song and it was my favorite of the whole movie!
I love this song and he's voice very nice😍
Doesn't seem the same without Lin... still great though!
1,000 people don't know the way
Every time I watch this, or listen to this song for that matter, I sob. I think it's the beauty of the Polynesian culture. Their smiles are contagious and it's just beautiful to see them so happy and joyful.
Wow 😍😱
Beautiful!
I watch this video 1000000000000000000000000000