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Small Island Big Song ft' The Ankievo Village Band - Hisoma sa ts Hisoma a (Small Island mix)

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    Along with the CD we now include a DVD 'An Oceanic Songline', where you can watch the musicians recording their parts in nature on their homelands.

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    The album itself was recorded in nature with and on the homelands of over 100 indigenous artists across the Indian and Pacific oceans, featuring only traditional instruments and languages. Then mastered at Real World Studios UK with Oli Jacobs.

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HISOMA SA TS HISOMA (Small Island mix)

For our seafarers
The Vezo people are one of the last of the world’s sea nomads. This song is dedicated to those who know, care, depend on and fight for our oceans.

English title – Dance or no dance
Composer – Ankievo Village Band
Language – Vezo, Madagascar
Translator - Jean Niriko Makozy
Nature sound – Shore brake, The Mozambique Channel, West Coast of Madagascar.

lyrics

HISOMA SA TS HISOMA (Small Island mix)

Mahatserike anay ny fombatsika gasy e
Mahatserike anay ny fombatsika gasy e

Tsika tsy ho aia mifandratiraty e
Tsika tsy ho aia mifandratiraty e
Oh nama a malaza raty e

Hisoma sa tsy hisoma

Oh vale e laha mis gny mandratiraty e
mistaka avao ambony moral zanahary anabo
ao avao mandahatse aze



We're astonished about our Malagasy behavior.
We're astonished about our Malagasy behavior.

We don't go far but we do bad each other.
We don't go far but we do bad each other.
Oh guys ¦ we're famous for the bad ways.

Dance or no dance?
Dance or no dance?

Oh guys, if someone do bad to you, do not hit back, your mind is strong.
God is overhead, God disposes.
Ready? We gonna dance.... one, two, three.
Stop.

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from Small Island Big Song, released September 10, 2018
English title – Dance or no dance
Composer – Ankievo Village Band
Language – Vezo, Madagascar
Translator - Jean Niriko Makozy
Nature sound – Shore brake, The Mozambique Channel, West Coast of Madagascar.

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