Aganu'u ma Measina a Samoa (Incl. English subtitles)
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- This is a speech from Mata'afa Elia Autagavaia during the Aganu'u ma Measina a Samoa Festival 2013 held in Apia.
The video was originally posted by D Misa in April 2014.
I was quite impressed with listening to Autagavaia as he went through the do's and don't's of how to participate in a ma'ulu'ulu, Sasa, fa'ataupati, or even playing the part of Fuataimi or perhaps singing a pese. Other cultural activities include dancing in the roles of Taupou, 'Aiuli, and most importantly, getting involved with folafola sua.
The importance of D Misa's video and Autagavaia's message were instrumental in why I made this supplement video. I have edited Misa's work to include English translations/subtitles for the benefit of those who have not yet had the pleasure of understanding our language but still curious about our culture. I have also cut most of the non-spoken portions (four minutes in total) of the original video to reduce editing time. All of the original dialogue is retained.
This is my pilot attempt at translating so please forgive me if you find a better way to express our mother tongue than what I have attempted here in this video. However, I do wish that you find this helpful to better understand the message Autagavaia has been trying to deliver.
This is a non-profit exercise and will always remain so.
Please feel free to drop me a note if you find this beneficial in any way at all. On the other hand, If I have stepped on any toes in terms of copyrights, image rights, licenses, etc, please let me know as we all have room to learn.
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Beautiful video - sharing this one for sure! Fa'afetai lava!
+TheCoconetTV I'm glad you liked it. Most appreciative that you would share it. The message from Mata'afa Autagavaia is so indispensable.
Whoever translated this did a very good job. It is very precise, almost word for word - unlike loose translations, of which I am not a fan, but I take it that sometimes loose translations are necessary. Again, good translation. I wonder who did it, for I am very impressed. And thanks for the upload.
+Samoa Moni Thank you for your encouragement and wonderful comments. You might want to look at the Published Notes above and click on "Show More" to read my full commentary about this video. This has been my first attempt at translating anything Samoa/English or English/Samoan so any feedback (good or bad) goes a long way in improving things from this end. Manuia lou weekend.
Harry Lee Excellent job, bro. Just one thing. I noticed you didn't translate the word "susuga". That seems to be the case with many Samoan films. Perhaps you should give it a second look. How would you translate "susuga" or "afioga"? Do you think an English equivalent would be 'honorable one', or 'excellency", etc.?
+Samoa Moni .....Oh! that might be a tough one. There are no direct or similar English translations for Afioga and Susuga. But I guess you can still use 'honorable one' or 'excellency' depending on the person's title or rank in any organisation. Other nouns that can be sourced for usage as a preposition to Afioga and Susuga might be Eminence, Esteemed, Prestige, Prominence, and many others.
Harry Lee Exactly. When addressing TuiAtua, TuiA'ana and Malietoa, susuga would translate as majesty or highness, whereas addressing a chief who goes by susuga, it would be translated as - among other things - honorable one (I guess). I've been working on something, and I don't like leaving anything untranslated. If I had the money, I'd hire you instead. Thanks for your insights.
Samoa Moni I hope the project you're working on gets to the finish line at your satisfaction. Be glad to help anytime.
this is amazing wow we need more of this knowledge and wisdom to be taught so when we perform we know right from wrong and why
Thank you Lani for taking the time to comment. You are absolutely on point. There are many things we do incorrectly albeit unintentionally. We have great knowledgeable teachers out there whose wisdom are not channelled to the right audience as we envisaged.
That's why, when I found this vital piece of gem I realised how important it is. So I immediately translated it for the benefit of the many out there like yourself.
Thanks to Autagavaia for allowing us to broaden our awareness.
sole faafetai Ile information....IA faamanuia let Atua I Lau susuga. thank you very much... God bless Samoa...
+Samjap August
Thank you for your beautiful feedback. You are the first to give me fa'amanuiaga out of the 1000's who hace received this translation. Maaan, I feel so good now. Ia fa'amanuia fo'i Le Atua i lau susuga. Thank you once again.
Your welcome bro!!
This is an educational video not only for us Sāmoans, also for those who are interested in the our Sāmoan culture, specifically in dance and entertainment. It is of good purpose that explains rules that we must abide to. Fa'afetai tele lava. MANUIA TELE LE VAIASO O LE GAGANA SĀMOA! 🇼🇸
Thank you, Rev. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Have a good week.
@@Harry.Lee. Likewise, my friend. No worries. Manuia tele fuafuaga o lenei vaiaso.
I kniw this is an older video. But this is so good. Please do more. Ill be sharing this when im able to.
Very good video. Manu ia le aso. Tofa soifua. Ua lelei ia tofa.
Amen...these days its gone out of complex. True Samoan Tradition. KEEP IT SAMOAN REALZ...👍👍👍🇼🇸❤🇼🇸
AMENE MA TOE AMENE!
nice educational video. great editing!
+Chris21
Fa'afetai mo le fa'amalosi'au.
I'm glad you've found its benefits. I'm hoping to spread this message to as many people as possible. I've learned a lot from it myself.
Manuia lou aso, Chris21.
Thanks for the video & especially the translation x
183SOS, you are most welcomed. I hope you found it educational just as I did.
. . . . Manaia le fa'amatalaina o vaega taua ole aganu'u, toe manatua ai si o matou faiaoga ole Gagana ma Aganu'u Fa'a Samoa ile Kolisi O Samoa, Mr Tanuvasa. . . . . E taua tele ona iai so tatou 'fa'asinomaga" i mea fa'apenei. . . . Fa'afetai lava Mata'afa Elia 'Autagavaia.
Informative, educational and straight to the point.
Excellent translation
Thank you David. I hope it helped you understand Mata'afa's message with much more clarity.
Faafetai i lau tofa Vaaulu Elia Mataafa Autagavaia mole faasoa manino male malamalama
Malo uso. LOL Shot for the english version. Couldn't be bothered doing one. Haha Hopefully our people will take heed of this in order to fa'asa'o all the stuff happening in our cultural dances today. :)
+D Misa Let me also add - I LOVE THE TRANSLATIONS. Haha gonna share on my page uso.
+D Misa Thank you uso for your affirming comments. Although Autagavaia is the one delivering the all-important message, you're the one who gave us the gateway to receiving that message. So, thank you for connecting the dots.
Yes, by all means share it. The embarrassing thing for me is, I was also guilty of allowing a "taupou" to stand on my back. LOL.
I was having difficulty translating some of our orator language especially the one you cannot translate literally. It's the best I could muster. Manuia lou aso..... and thanks again.
Bro, the translations are perfect and on point. Malo lava. I too was also guilty of doing the whole lie down infront of the taupou thing until a few of us got oke'd back in St Joe for doing that. LOL But it's allgood, we all learn from our mistake. I just pray and hope that people will indeed take this advice and learn from it. Like Mata'afa said "a le fa'asa'oa nei, o ai la fa'asa'oa - a'o po'o afea foi e fa'asao ai"
:)
+emanresu808 Thank you for your wonderful feedback. Don't be disheartened if you get frowned upon by our brothers n sisters in Hawaii. I guess they have a different viewpoint on culture guidelines as say you and I. We'll move on. Thank you again.
Harry Lee Manuia le aso Tofa soifua. Ua lelei ia tofa fa’afetai lava
Malo Mata'afa Elia Autagavaia, manaia le faamaninoina o lea vaega o Measina a Samoa i le itu tau i fa'afiafiaga.
Aua ua tele ina fenumia'i mea tau fa'afiafiaga faa-Samoa moni e pele i soo se tasi o le tatou atunuu o loo afifio ma papa aao i fafo i soo se itu o le lalolagi, faapea foi Samoa.
Talosia ia, ia amanaiaina e le au fa'afiafia o loo faia lea taleni aemaise o le au fa'amasino, ina ia fa'amasino ai e tusa ma le fa'atinoina o fa'afiafiaga faa-Samoa moni.
Faafetai, God bless!
+Pasefika Maiava, fa'afetai mo lau fa'asoa matagofie aua e ese le aoga o le tatou fa'alogologo i se tasi o faia'oga a le tatou atunu'u ua loa lona tomai i vaega ese'ese o la tatou aganu'u lavelave. Ia manuia lava lou aso.
Respect
Perfect, ultimate, one-word summary.
Thank you for sharing this
+HerrMajesty Hislady Thank you for your comment. Really appreciate it.
Wow
E ese agaifanua ma aganuu a nu’u ma itumalo eseese. There is no 1 standard in Samoan culture. E lasi!
Yep and fully agreed with this.. O le mauululu a le matou nuu e mafai na faaeseese taga a tama ma teine..
Ato is "tenor". But the rest is solid
+Ravanetta Sititi Thank you for your comment. I appreciate any help with corrections on what I've done thus far. Will note that for future use. I guess you can easily tell I'm not a musician, but thank you again.
Its not true that the siva uʻu isint traditional, this is an old dance move, now days people want to jump on the bandwagon with what this guy says. The brother has always laid his life down for his sister, thats why the saying goes, o le tamatane e ola ae oti lava mo lona feagaiga
If this isn't traditional, then they would've add this when the first Taualuga created in the 1920s. I've watched the 1920s version and not once i see any one man or woman does the lay down infront of the performer🤔
@@luititoa4563 share pls
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