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performed this last year. Still have it stuck in my head!

gives me goosebumps....very well done

Nice job, Elizabeth!

I would love to setup some local Madrigal Flash Mon for all the old Mads heads!! This is one of my all time faves

Fabulous! Love the alternating languages and choreographic method of highlighting all the singers so we meet every one of them!

wonderful!!

This song from the Maluku/Mollucas, birthplace of my mother, , an island chain in Indonesia. It's about "Hela Rotan", known to English-speakers as the game of Tug-of-War. In many Asian nations this game that would draw two communities together for a celebration centered on a peaceable but rowdy ritual contest. The athletes of a team were synchronized by their drummer, in whose hands rested the strategy of unifying the team's traction and power. The Tifa mentioned in the song is a drum still popular in Maluku and Papua. Maluku is a place of great cultural diversity. "Hela Rotan" is considered a parable. Because it takes two teams to have a contest, the tug-of-war celebrations symbolized that competition is also cooperation. Tug-of-war is still a popular sport for adults, with much excitement for regional and national championships throughout Asia. The rope is traditionally made out of "Rotan" (ROW-tahn), the vining palm from which woven furniture and other goods are made. The word rattan is from Malays "rotan". Although rattan is harvested in many places, it is still known in some places as "Malakka", from the name "Maluku", and a favorite species employed is Calamus rotang, the Rotan or rattan palm now grown in Burma and India. HELA ROTAN (traditional Indonesian folksong) Hela, hela rotan-e rotan-e [Pulling pulling rattan rattan] Tifa Jawa [Drum Java] Jawa-e ba bunyi [Java is the sound/noise] Rotan, rotan sudah putus [Rattan, rattan, already break] Sudah putus ujung dua [Already break end/tip two] Dua bakudapa-e [Two meet each other (shake hands)] (X2) Mangga mangga muda e manis e [Mango, mango young sweet] mangga mangga [Mango mango] Datang dari Nila [Come (brought in) from (Mount) Nila] Nona nona muka manis muka manis [Miss, Miss, face sweet face sweet] bikin Sinyo [Make mister (senhor)] Sinyo jadi gila-e [mister (senhor) so crazy] (X2)

Really nice cover of Soweto Gospel Choir’s version of the song. Good tone & pronunciation. The step needs to be more subtle & fluid-it’s more swiveling hips & shifting weight, less lifting knees & marching in place. Hand claps very crisp & visually interesting. Well done!

Where can I find this arrangement?

Beautiful.

Its not a South African song. It was originaly sung by the Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) migrant workers who were going home for their Christmas holidays.

Congratulations to you all, for a sensitively expressive approach to my work The Waking, with lovely phrasing, vocalism and careful attention to balance and blend. Such an honor!

A great interpretation of this wonderful song!

Phrasing and the soft outro are lovely!

In Minnesota, one feels April after the cold!

As a South African, I appreciate this, and it is really well done. It does however lack the goosebumps element that you get from homegrown choirs signing this piece. The African sun and thunderstorms, the passion that comes from a will to survive here (this originated as a labourer's song), working our backs off, but amidst the Ubuntu (humanity to others) amongst everyday South Africans : these are the ingredients that they couldn't add. Said in all love and respect ❤️🇿🇦

wow that girl at the beginning is so pretty

Something about how "Shosholoza....at the beginning didn't feel right , but the rest , splendid

Very nice job.

Magnifica esecuzione,bravi.

It's new to me as well. Beautiful composition and choiresters. Thank you.

What a bass baritone. Perhaps another Sir Bryn Terfel, one day. Everyone, thank you, and Merry Christmas from New England

Simply beautiful by all.

Delightful!

A girl had stepped out to the edge of the little platform attached to the automobile. She began to sing. Her clothes were unbelievable dirty and ragged, and she, too, was unwashed. Her ash-blond hair hung down in long skeins. ... But, best of all, she was beautiful, and in her untutored way, she could sing. She smiled as she sang, smiled rather sadly, and sang only a single line of a song.[2] John Jacob Niles

What a pure and beautiful sound! AMAZING!! I've never heard this piece before, but I will never hear a more PERFECT performance. THANK YOU!!

Amen en Amen ka lebitso la ntate ❤❤❤❤❤❤from 🇿🇦

Than you for sing this song, the song is from East Indonesia (Mollucas Province)

I'm enthralled with this beautiful rendition.

They deserved a standing ovation. How do you just sit on that grand rendition?♥️♥️♥️🤔

Great man👏👏👏

Bravo! Well done!

😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

isn't this like cultural appropriation or something?

Go Bokke

Looks like it is so much fun to perform.

What does Hela Rotan mean?

Meaning of the song. Bless in the Name of The Father in Sesotho, Sepedi and related languages from South Africa 3:38 Yo yo yo bless iyo Bless iyo Bless iyo Bless in the name of the father.

The masks are overkill.

This is beautiful, Showing love from South Africa!

Beautiful rendition of the song. The word Hlohonolofatsa actually means Bless Us.

Lovely, Thanks so much everyone!

OBSESSED! Wonderful job choir.

This lifelong choral bass is entranced by Adam Podd's arrangement and this performance by the Minnesota State Mankato Concert Choir! Bravo!

Amazing performance and lyrics

Amazing performance for the perfect lyrics ❤ I really wished if a translation was available for the audience to see how strong is the words meaning 🥲🇵🇸

Thank you so much for programming this piece! ~Robert T Gibson

Amazing!

You are awesome I listened to your pronunciation is superb I wish you many many more I love you all with God's love❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏