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Small Island Big Song ft' Charles Maimarosia - Naka Wara Wara To'o (Small Island mix)

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Naka Wara Wara To'o (Small Island mix)
Small Island Big Song ft' Charles Maimarosia

“If you hear an Are’Are song you can feel and see how long it has been there. The songs are documents of who we are, the only gift our ancestors gave us." - Charles Maimarosia

For our ancestor’s wisdom
Dedicated to the gifts of our ancestors and the natural world. May we have the wisdom to treasure them and pass them on as they were gifted to us.

lyrics

Naka wara wara to’o
A’u Pata’i aasi
A’u Pata’i Toro

A’u hiroro’i Aasi
A’u hiroro’i Toro
Naka Wara to’oa

Naka wara wara to’o
Waru nima nanara
Naka wara to’oa

Naka wara wara to’o
Waru Kapasiraro Naka
Warato’oa ha



I’m shooting these prophetic words to you
You ancestral treasure of the ocean
You ancestral treasure of the mountain

To you ancestral spirits who curved the ocean treasures
To you ancestral spirits who curved the mountain treasures
These prophetic words will hit their goal

I’m shooting these prophetic words to you
Eight houses of thrones & crowns
These prophetic words will hit their goals

I’m shooting these prophetic word to you
Ancestral spirits who gave birth to air, space and time
These prophetic words will hit their goals

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from Small Island Big Song, released September 10, 2018
5. NAKA WARA WARA TO’O (Small Island mix)
English title – I’m shooting these prophetic words to you
Composer – Charles Maimarosia
Language – Are’Are, Solomon Islands
Nature sound – Rainforest in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Featured Artist –
Charles Maimarosia – Are’Are - Solomon Islands – Vocals, Au Rerepi & Awaa.

With –
The Yumi Yet Bamboo Band – Haku - Bougainville – Monoka (bamboo band)
Sammy Samoea – Merina - Madagascar - Kabosy
Rajery & Zo – Merina - Madagascar - Vocal Percussion
Kuana Torres Kahele – Hawaiian - Hawai’i - Ipu
Airileke and Paluai Sook Sook – Motu - Papua New Guinea - Garamuts
The Vanuatu Water Women – Mwerlap - Vanuatu - Water Percussion & Vocals
Piteyo Ukah – Truku - Taiwan - Qoqar & Pgagu

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We are artists of the Pacific & Indian Oceans.

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