Sau e Siva presents Lalelei: Fonuea

Lalelei means beautiful in Samoan and is the title of the acclaimed show by Sau e Siva telling the story of the turtle and the shark, a Samoan legend from the village of Vaitogi in Tutuila, East Samoa.

This show exploded on the stage and had an extended season at the Mangere Arts Centre, Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, bringing together 40 performers from a variety of backgrounds and was choreographed by the talented Sau e Siva Creatives: Leki Bourke, Italia Hunt, Epine Savea, Jill Karapani and Idalene Ati with Creative Director Troy Tu'ua.

In this rendition the story focuses on the power of love and magic of song and dance through the story-telling of contemporary pese and Siva Samoa.

[daniella]

I love this. I know nothing of my Samoan heritage my grandmother passed away without handing her lineage down to her children . This performance made my eyes water.

[valerieselau]

I really loved this representation of traditional Samoan music, dance and language with a sense of pride, passionate and proud. 😁

[esetamoors]

Malo saasaa teine Samoa.So beautiful to watch.

[biggteez]

I love it, traditional Samoan dances at its best!!!! Malo lava le fa'afiafia....

[cheenjoopearl]

Stunning...elegant and beautiful. What a gorgeous cultural expression.

[ssff]

Laumei faiaga, faasusu si au tama
Aumai le moega'afa- fa'i mai, fa'i mai
Se lauti o laulelei, e lavalava le laumei
Fonuea, Fonuea, laulau mai se manamea
Po 'e sai i luga nei
O sa Letuli i luga nei
A ua'ina, a la'ina
A solo e mata'ina
Lou galu tu'u la le i'a
Lalelei, lalelei, lalelei!

[mcace]

Lead dancer, malo le siva, malo le faafiafiaga...absolutely stunning movement, magaia le faavaivai ole kigo, such a pleasure to watch

[divinespear]

Oka. Manaia tele le intro. That was powerful. Strong and poised. Fa'afetai.

[GUNbabyy]

Watched this many many many times. The lead dancer is so gracious I love it!

[LEKI]

Awesome seeing the standard of S.E.S productions hasn't dropped especially after watching Rosalina 🔥🇼🇸🔥❤🔥

[Rorogee]

Omgoodness! I’m in love with this performance. They were all so graceful with beautiful smiles, glad I stumbled across this :)

[smp]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! Well done Maxine and girls. Stunning, graceful and beautiful from start to end! LOVE!

[gracevaeao]

Nice uniform.. Beautiful... Awesome performance, thanks for representing our culture and our people...God Bless...

[carmelsmith]

STUNNINGLY PORTRAYED IN THE BEAUTIFUL GRACE OF THE GRACIOUS SAMOAN WAY...!

PERFORMANCE IN EXCELLENCE...Faafetai lava

From...Atearoa Niu Tireni New Zealand...Merci Beaucoup...Mauuruuru IaOrana Manea' Salut' Carmel

[gracenmercy]

Beautiful remind me of my childhood back home.

[sayliemose]

Anyone still watching this cause i love this

[leolasicamafauena]

I dont know why i keep on watching this because it is so
Nice i just keep on watching it on and on so nice dance
And nice smile and the song great job wait are you samoan
Just asking because i am samoan i tried singing your song
But its hard. So nic dance to all of you buy💖💖💟💟💟💖💟💖

[islandgrinds]

Is this Letuli's chant from the island of Vaitogi? The legend of the turtle and shark??? This is beautiful!

[bethanyfurry]

so gracious and beautiful 😍😍😍love it 💙💚💛💜

[djozum]

Very well performed👏🏽👏🏽 Is there a way i can get the audio please? Faafetai lava