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Small Island Big Song ft' Rajery & Zo - Omby (Small Island mix)

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Omby (Small Island mix)
Small Island Big Song ft' Rajery & Zo.

For our domestic livestock
Rajery dedicated this song to the Omby, the Zebu, the cattle of Madagascar. Our domestic livestock make up 60% of all mammals on Earth. (Humans make up 35% and wild mammals just 5%). Domestic livestock account for the greatest percentage of greenhouse gas emissions.

lyrics

Lyrics (Original in Malagasy)

Be omby maro any aminay any
ampiasaina ny omby hiasa tany e!
ampiasaina ny omby hitanteram bokatra
manontany e! manontany e manontany e! harena aminay any ny omby
ampiasaina ny hitanteram bokatra e
m ampiasaina ny omby hiasa tany manontany! manontany e! manontany e! fahavalon ny omby ny dahalo e
ampiasaina ny omby hiasa tany
ampiasaina ny omby hitanteram bokatra e
manontany manontany e! manontany e:

(English translation)

There is a lot of zebu here
Zebu work the earth
Zebu is used to transport the harvest
I ask I ask I ask
Zebu is a wealth here
Zebu is used to carry crops
Zebu has to work the land
I ask I ask I ask
the enemies of the zebu are the Dahalo (the zebu thief)
Zebu is used to work the land
Zebu is used to carry crops
I ask I ask

credits

from Small Island Big Song, released September 10, 2018
15. Omby (Small Island mix)
English title – Zebu
Composer & Lyrics – Rajery
Language – Merina, Madagascar
Nature sound – Farming ploughing the land with a Zebu, Avenue of Baobabs, Madagascar.


Featured Artist –
Rajery – Merina - Madagascar - Valiha & Vocals

With –
Zo – Merina - Madagascar - Perc' & Vocals
Ben Hakalitz – Selau - Bougainville - Kundus
Airileke – Motu – Papua New Guinea – Kundus
Paluai Sook Sook – Baluan – Papua New Guinea - Garamuts
Richard Mogu – Motu - Papua New Guinea - Susap
Goroka Show Sing Sing – Papua New Guinea – Group chants
Will Kepa - Kulkalgal - Zenadth Kes/Torres Strai,t Australia - Tharum

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We are artists of the Pacific & Indian Oceans.

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