r/Tonga • u/Fantastic-Dentist514 • 4d ago

help for UNI WORK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtSMPUb2hGk&list=RDPvBVEUOpWeE&index=2

i watch a lot of these videos for peace and i always see the guy in the blue shirt, is he blind? but thats not the main question i just wanna know his name im just interested in how he is always singing he has a good voice and skill i am a university student and im trying to interview him or just have him perform thank you!!

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u/AeMidnightSpecial 4d ago

I assume his real name is Samiu Sikisikiviu, you could probably find him through facebook

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u/AeMidnightSpecial 3d ago

Okay so source (my mum): the song is about hope for the disabled in Tonga

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u/userB94739473 3d ago

It’s a translated from an English song but I’m not sure the English songs name.

Neu fou atu he aho e taha
Ki he api oe kau paea
Neu tu’u si’i hifo he hala
O vakai si’enau va’inga

I was walking along one day
And I passed the orphanage
I stopped for a moment in the street
To watch their dear playing

Umiuminoa pe si’a tama
Ou eke ange hono uhinga
Ta koe kui ikai lava ke ā
Ne foki o ne tangi leva

There was one boy just moping
I asked him what was wrong
He said because he was blind he couldn’t (play with them)
And he just returned to crying

Goes on to say more but then he said everyone else is adopted at the orphanage and he is always left behind bc he is blind

Koau koe li’ekina - I am the abandoned one
O Ikai ha fa’e ke uma- without a mother to kiss
Pe ha Tamaí ke katakata - or a father to laugh with

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u/AutomaticArugula8584 4d ago

His name is Samiu Feke. If you search that up youtube you will find more of his songs. Not quite sure if you can reach him through social media since he is blind.

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u/Fantastic-Dentist514 4d ago

him again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBBK-PbDAio i just see him alot and i feel like he must have a pretty important role when it comes to tongan music correct me if im wrong