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Small Island Big Song ft' Yoyo Tuki & The Small Island Big Song Village - Ka Va'ai Mai Koe - Reprise (Small Island mix)

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Ka Va'ai Mai Koe - Reprise (Small Island mix)
Small Island Big Song ft' Yoyo Tuki & The Small Island Big Song Village

For our future
If there’s any thought we would like to seed as the album finishes, we will share this. We are the people of the islands, the saltwater people, as we face an uncertain future, we gift this saying of our culture. ‘Some say the ocean separates us, we say the ocean unites us’.

lyrics

Ka Va'ai Mai Koe - Reprise (Small Island mix)

By Yoyo Tuki in Rapa Nui

Ka va’ai mai koe, tou rima ena
Mo haka maeha, to’oku ara nei
Tou kata ena, me’e tau rahi
Haka kore tahi, te ino mai nei

Te ino mai nei, ooo, mai nei

Ka va’ai mai koe, tou rima ena
Mo haka maeha, to’oku ara nei
To’u kata ena me’e tau rahi
Haka kore tahi Te ino mai nei

Ka Va’ai mai koe I tou rima Ena
Mo Haka maeha To’oku ara nei

Hai hanga te mana’u Ka Haka piri Ena
Mo Haka riva riva
Mo Haka riva riva riva riva riva riva ite ao nei e i e’e’e’e’e

Hai hanga te mana’u Ka Haka piri ena
Mo Haka riva riva
Te ao nei e
Te ao nei e
Te ao nei e




Give me your hand and light my way
your shining smile is so beautiful
makes me forget all sadness
all sadness from here

Give me your hand and light my way
your shining smile is so beautiful
makes me forget all sadness

Give me your hand and light my way
If we were to join our thoughts in love
we would be able to make of the world a better better better place e i e’e’e’e’e

With love, we will unite our thoughts to make of the world a better place
a better place
a better place
a better place

By Siao-Chun Tai in Paiwan

isaceqalj~ senasenai, mapuljat i a o o a *6
Sing, let’s relax and sing together i a o o a *6

A quote by Afan in Pangcah

wusowal no álomanlay paraeray kitalan ku riyar
nikaorira pakayatay kitaanen ku riyal
nalay ko órip ita hato liyar hoto sera


Most say the ocean devides us
We say it’s the ocean unites us
We all share one ocean and island.

credits

from Small Island Big Song, released September 10, 2018
18. KA VA’AI MAI KOE – REPRISE
English title – Give me your hand – reprise
Composer – Yoyo Tuki
Nature sound – Amed beach, Bali, Indonesia.

Featured Artist –
Yoyo Tuki – Rapa Nui - Easter Island – Lead vocals

With –
Siao-Chun Tai – Paiwan - Taiwan - Vocals
Gabriel Bani – Wagadagam - Torres Strait Australia - Warup
Will Kepa - Kulkalgal - Torres Strait Australia - Tharum
Sammy Samoela – Merina - Madagascar - Valiha
Airileke - Motu - Papua New Guinea - Garamuts
The Yumi Yet Bamboo Band – Haku - Bougainville - Monaka
Kuana Torres Kahele – Hawai’ian - Hawai’i - Ipu
Piteyo Ukah – Truku - Taiwan - Qoqaw
Tarika Sammy – Merina - Madagascar - Backing vocals
Jerome Kavanagh – Maori – Aotearoa/New Zealand – Nguru
Alena Murang – Kelabit - Malaysia - sape’
Arthur Borman – Bidayuh - Malaysia - Pratuokng
Poemoana – Tahitian - Tahiti - Tahitian dance
Charles Maimarosia – Are’Are - Solomon Islands – Are’Are dance
Chameleon – Madagascar – crossing the road dance

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United for environmental & cultural justice, and to make incredible music.

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