Keeping The Niue Culture Alive! Haircutting & Earpiercing Galue!
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- This is the haircutting and earpiercing ceremony of Asher, Nora and Indie. Loved ones of Vanessa Marsh and BJ Rex of Alofi, Niue Island.
The Niue haircutting ceremony feast is a traditional celebration of Niue to mark the coming of age of young men. Traditionally, the ceremony involves the cutting of the young men's hair, which is seen as a symbolic representation of their transition from childhood to adulthood. Their hair hasn't been cut since birth until this event.
During the ceremony, the young men's hair is cut by designated family members and friends. For the girls, it is piercing of their ears.
After the cutting of the hair or piercing of the ears for the girls, an uncooked feast is distributed out to invited guests to celebrate the occasion.
The family prepares for this event way in advance by raising pigs and planting taro plantations. Extended family, friends and people in the community and the Island also contributes to the feast or the "galue" it is called in Niue.
The size of the galue you get is in direct correlation to the amount of money you donate to the family on the day of the event. Donations range anywhere from $20 to thousands of dollars. The top donation that got the first galue on this occassion is $10K.
How this normally works is like in a reciprocal way, so when people you invited to your event, when they do their function, they will invite you. So here, you return to them whatever amount of donation that they bring to yours, plus a little more usually. It would be considered very rude and wrong if you don't.
Congratulations to Vanessa and BJ Rex and their families and friends for all the hard work that goes into this event!
#NiueIsland #culturalevent #tarofarming #niuetaros
Your language is very close and similar to ours. Alofa atu mai Uvea👍🤙
I have Uvea and Futuna Friends in school, we converse well they speak Uvea and I respond in Niue !
WOW ... that's alot of galue/gifts given out according to monetary gift recieved, there's more food at these special occasions in Niue than in NZ😂😂 AM I living in the wrong country🤔🤔 this is sooo unbelievable SOOO how much does one need/costs does one have to have b4 contemplating an event like this UNREAL but thanx 4 sharing🙏🙏
Actually its not an easy event to prepare it takes the whole community to help out and prepare
@@galikitama it is so good to see a community working together. A lot of people have forgotten what it's like to be a part of a family more countries should do things like this instead of fighting with each other. It is a beautiful thing to see. Bless you all.
Wow I've never seen anything like this! That's a lot of food and money. Cheers!
This very educational to see and understand the gifts how this is given out wow...to the amount $$$$$%%$ss massive it is ...its what uses give they give back has a return in exchanges is so well organizes ..you go Niue...Happy hair cutting🎉 i have learn alot from your viewing ...thanks for seeing this peace to uses in Niue
OMG😮taken these traditional events to a another level 🙌🙃amazing👍
Wow that’s awesome 🙌😍
Remarkable!
Thought us Tongans did things big...another level going on here.
Wow! This drawfs any big events and make others look like a normal backyard cookout.
The amount of resources and funds involved here is mind blowing.
Thanks for the video brother. Some of these customs and traditions aren’t seen nowadays and slowly let go by people. Niue is surely keeping it alive and well to the max.
It is nicely done and planned well. 💯💯🤙💯💯💯💯🤙🤙🤙
always push like before the clip even starts ...never dissapointed,love you guys Niue styles
and droooling bout the food always over here in Auxx lol
Absolutely amazing !
Niuean Culture Traditions wonderful Event my people ❤️
AMAZING!!! Thank you for the details 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Thank you for the detailed and thorough cultural lesson, Jay. Really appreciate your Niue Culture and beauty. Keep up the good work and stay safe. All the best to you and your family.
GOODNESS ME 😱. Thankyou🙏 for always working very hard to present these episodes . I look forward to these stories you bring to share with us, to entertain , but mostly , to remind us poor unfortunate ones, who have forgotten, cultural protocols and processes. Sincerely mate, thankyou🙏 and best wishes to your Fano for contributions in your Videos.👍😍👏
This was educational and interesting to watch following for more informational Niue ways. 😊
Tulou for the video Jay. ❤❤ Lahi ha ia e galue
A lot of work putting this up wow amazing, especially the cost etc. fakaue 👍😲🙂...
That's more food than there are people in Niue 🤣🤣
I wish could have some of those taro😂😂😂
Heck, that's a lot of food and money lol
That's a heap of cultural aroha ❤
unbelievable wealth!
Fakaue lahi ma Jay Hekau kua poki mai Galue mahaki tuili he Hifiulu moe huki seliga lahi mahu moe Monuina aho he kisia atu Blessings 🙏😍🌺🌴🇳🇺
Mean Nuie meeeeaaan😆🤛💯
Cool
wow that is very great
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Hey brother on ur last feed with ur family eating together u had the passion fruit drink how u make it?
Well explained.....but where is the boy with the hair cut??
To mafola tau gahua ia ha taua ma bro
Wow, that's alot of food.
Ko e faga e tau coverage haau ma bro ! Fai magaaho la ia ke hau ke nofo ke kitekite
Very beautiful ceremony
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For a small island Niue really knows how to pack a punch. I haven't seen anything of this scale in Samoa, Tonga or the Cook Islands 🤯
Impressive!!!! Big fish...!!!but what it is aloi it is food also ???