O le vi'i o Nifoloa
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2023
- When I spent time in Falelima in 1967, the aualuma -- 20 or more unmarried young women -- was active in providing entertainment for visiting unmarried males. In their activities, including singing, they were led by an elderly widow known as the matua u'u. One song that the aualuma sang was a vi'i o Nifoloa, which I have posted here.
At that time long ago, the right to call on Nifoloa for help was considered the prerogative of residents of Neiafu and Falelima. It's probably fair to say that, elsewhere in Samoa in the 1960s, there was a degree of uncertainty and wariness about Nifoloa and his reputed ability to interfere in the lives of Samoans.
Although the lyrics of this particular song claim that the stories about Nifoloa are "na'o se fiafia lava", several Falelima people recounted incidents in which performance of the song had been specifically intended to inflict harm on a non-resident individual or group who had brought harm to an individual or discredit to the village by some act of malice or stupidity.
The portrait is that of the matua u'u o le aualuma.
Tama Nifoloa 'ā ta'alo fa'atausala
'O 'oe lava nifo na 'aumaia i le vasa
'O le nifo 'ua leva 'ua lauiloa e tagata
Mata'utia ana faiga i Samoa 'uma lava.
[tali]
Teine Samoa e, ō mai 'ina matamata
'I le ta'alo o le nifo, na'o se fiafia lava
E lē so'ona ulavale pe taulamalama
Fīlēmū pei o le lupe 'ae atamai pei o le gata.
'Ua salalau tala 'i le atunu'u 'uma
I sasa'e ma sisifo, 'i saute po'o mātū
'I le ta'alo a le nifo e faifaialēmū
Fai 'o se fīsaga e agiagi mālū
'Outou kalapu 'uma 'ua i Samoa nei
Tu'u le māsalosalo 'i Tama-o-le-Nifo
E te talitonu lava 'i lana pate pea u'u
Fa'ate'a ma mulumu, leai se polo e mamalu.
I can imagine being there and hearing this in person.
Wow such a moving clip. Just takes one back in time into another world
Thank you for sharing Richard
The vocal placements of the Tina matua is interesting. I noticed the little vocal runs/inflections are very common in these old pese's.
Its called "leo fa'asala." I prefer this sound over our more modern sound in todays peses.
Imagine hearing her in her prime #EightHundredBC
Sad that no one sings like this anymore
Yes, the tiny vocal trills and runs are being used today (by the older generation). When they are in charge of a choir or a village group, the fuataimi or faaluma will occasionally perform it. based on what I observed growing up. I think that's something that faalumas or fuataimi's do based on what they observe at faafiafiagas or po pese/po siva; it's not something that is taught. I believe this is the reason it isn't done in occasions like Polyfest in New Zealand.
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Love it! The innuendo 😂
Nifoloa Faʻatū lou iʻu, O oe le alii faʻasāuā e tali mai loʻu puapuagā
This part sounds like a curse actually,
Nifoloa make your tail (Penis) erect! Oh ye the cruel chief, do away with my burden!
Also i thought i was hearing
O le nifo ua ulavale i tou lavalava
(Inuendo for Penis)