Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu

Image Source: Timeless Tuvalu

Tuvalu Language Week Sunday 29 September – Saturday 5 October 2024

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Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu

The theme for Tuvalu Language Week 2024, ‘Taofi mau ki tau ‘gana, mo tou gaugaleo, me ko tou iloga tena’ which means ‘Uphold your language and dialect, for it is your identity’ highlights that language is a key part of who we are.

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This year’s theme was prepared by Kaiga Tuvalu Otago based in Dunedin and endorsed by national leaders of the Tuvalu Language Week working group.

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The community group elaborates on the theme by saying speaking your native language or dialect connects you to your ancestors and culture, creating a strong sense of belonging and pride. This helps maintain community bonds and ensures cultural traditions are passed down. Preserving one’s dialect is unique because it captures the special ways of speaking in a particular community, adding richness and diversity to the cultural tapestry.

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Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu - Tuvalu Language Week

Tama Tuvalu (A Climate Change Perspective) 5m45s

Tuvalu Song 2024 Lele Pepe - Wan Soul 🇹🇻 The sons of Punuagogo 4m8s

Uouo taa te uo (Tuvalu Dancer Taiwan)

3m34s

Fekite i konei Rax & Teuila_688 Production_Dj Neleta 3m26s

Taku Fou Nanumea 5m48s

Ride and walk with me in Tuvalu - one of the least visited countries in the world 10m49s

AUT Tuvalu Language Week 2023 - Freda Alefaio 1m39s

Tuvalu Language Week- Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu with Sei O’Brien

2m19s

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Contents

Island Facts

National Anthem

History

Letters & Sounds

Numbers

Colours

Time

Family

Classroom

Useful Phrases

Language Lessons

Songs for Kids

Songs

Dances

Polyfest

Island Life

Sports

Food

The Arts

Celebrations

Language Weeks

Tuvaluans

Myths & Legends

Proverbs

Faith

Discussion Topics

Documentaries

Tuvalu my Tuvalu

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Island Facts

Tuvalu is a small Pacific island nation that lies midway between Australia and Hawaii. Tuvalu means eight islands standing together. The total land area is around 26 square kilometres.

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

Fakamatalaga o fenua - Island Facts

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The nine islands are:

• Funafuti (the capital of the Tuvalu group)
• Nanumaga
• Nanumea
• Niutao
• Nui
• Niulakita (grouped up with Niutao to be one island).
• Nukufetau
• Nukulaelae
• Vaitupu

Mape - Map

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

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Where is Tuvalu? 56s

Zooming in on TUVALU | Geography of Tuvalu with Google Earth 11m4s

Mape - Map

Tuvalu Google Earth View 39s

Image source: NZ Geo

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In 2013, Tuvaluan people were the seventh largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand, making up 1.2% or 4,653 of New Zealand's Pacific peoples’ population.

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The current population in Tuvalu is 11,969.

TUVALU Population $ GDP Rate 💰 GDP per Capita ▪ Export & Import 1m57s

Aofaki tino - Population

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

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Tuvaluans are proud of their culture, history, stories and their uniqueness in the Pacific and in Aotearoa.

They are guided by principles including:

• Ulu kite fatu e malu ei koe (Shelter in the Rock for your safety)
• Te olaga aava, mataku ki te Atua ko te kamataga o te Poto – Moe ki te Puka Lasi (Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom)
• Olaga fiafia o sala te poto sala se lumanai manuia (Wisdom is the path to happiness and a bright future).

West Auckland Tuvalu Youth: Tuvaluan Values 2m58s

Iloga - Identity

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

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National Anthem

National Anthem - "Tuvalu mo te Atua". (Tuvalu) 1m8s

Hymne National de Tuvalu 1m12s

Vii o te Atufenua - Tuvalu National Anthem

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National Anthem」Tuvalu - Tuvalu mo te Atua 1m6s

Tuvalu National Anthem INSTRUMENTAL 2m21s

Vii o te Atufenua - Tuvalu National Anthem

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Flag

Like many former and current British dependencies, the Tuvaluan flag is a blue ensign based on the Union Flag, which is shown in the upper left canton of the flag; but has a sky blue field rather than the conventional blue. The previous flag (with the Gilberts) was also based on the Union Flag but with the coat of arms created by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932, the resident commissioner of the British colony.

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The stars represent the nine islands which comprise Tuvalu; the arrangement is geographically correct, with the east towards the top (i.e. north to the left).

Evolution of the Flag of Tuvalu 2m17s

Falaiki - Flag

Source: Wikipedia

Flag/ Fan day TUVALU (Geography Now!) 11m57s

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History

Tala fakasolopito - History

Part 1 King Tides Festival and the damage climate change is having 7m9s

Part 3 King Tides Festival 9m35s

Part 2 King Tides Festival 7m49s

Change In Tuvalu 40m42s

Tuvalu - 'Ipapalagi' - Sitting Dance 3m24s

Tuvalu - Fatele from Funafuti,1993 2m51s

Tuvalu - Fatele from Vaitupu,1993 -#2 -'Tagi a te tama' 8m22s

Fatele Tuvalu-'Aku tama ke gali ate aso'

4m18s

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Tuvalu - Part 1 6m51s

Tuvalu - Part 2 11m50s

Royal Visit to Tuvalu 2012 27m20s

Daily life around Funafuti in Tuvalu: Feb 2013 9m55s

William and Kate dance in Tuvalu 2m55s

TUVALU FATELE - AUCKLAND 1994 19m57s

Farewell, Tuvalu 8m59s

Tala fakasolopito - History

TUVALU - PACIFIC ARTS FESTIVAL 1996 39m26s

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Tuvalu Community 1989 - Funafuti Fatele at Grey Lynn Hall 3m37s

Tuvalu | Wikipedia audio article 1h40m49s

Tuvalu 1999 and 1998 1h36m33s

Fatele Vaitupu-Aku tama ke gali te aso, 2005 5m17s

Tala fakasolopito - History

TUVALU : Pasefika Festival 1999 6m54s

'FAATELE' by NATU Monden Natsuyo 10m15s

History of Ahmadiyya in Tuvalu - Dr Iftikhar Ayaz 4m17s

Royal Visit to Tuvalu 7m31s

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Tuvalu Wedding - Food Preparation 5 of 5 9m41s

Tuvalu Wedding - Food Prep for Feast 4m16s

History Of Tuvalu Tuvalu Wedding - Food Preparation 2 of 5 8m51s

Tuvalu Wedding - Food Preparation 3 of 5 7m58s

Tuvalu Wedding - Food Preparation 4 of 5 7m13s

Fatele Nukufetau-Se Manu Lele 6m44s

Wikipedia

Britannica

Tala fakasolopito - History

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Letters & Sounds

The alphabet consists of sixteen letters:

• Five vowels a, e, i, o, u

• Eleven consonants (including the digraph ng) f, h, k, l, m, n, ng, p, s, t, v.

Mataimanu - Alphabet

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

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Mataimanu - Alphabet

Tuvalu ABC Song (Tuvalu Song) 3m30s

Tuvaluan Alphabet | Pasifika Beatz 1m29s

Tuvaluan Alphabet 1m28s

Tuvalu A E I 1m20s

Tuvalu kids song with instruments 1m25s

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Tuvaluan is spoken on the island of Tuvalu. There are two groups of Tuvaluan dialects, based on dialects spoken in the northern and southern islands. Tuvaluan is closely related to the language of Samoan. It is distantly related to most of the other Polynesian languages

Image: South Pacific Islands Travel

Fakaleoga - Pronunciation

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

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Fakaleoga - Pronunciation

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Numbers

Fuainumela - Numbers

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

The Sound of the Tuvaluan language (Numbers) 15s

Lima Little Ducks | Tuvalu Language | Counting To Five 2m33s

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Colours

There are four basic colour terms in Tuvaluan, black, white, red and yellow. Other colour terms are compounds based on the colours (lanu) of the natural world, or loan words from English.

Kena Is White (Tuvaluan) 1m51s

Lanu - Colours

Source: Omniglot

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Time

Image: The Children’s Bookshop

Aso o te vaiaso - Days of the Week

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Masina o te tasaga - Months of the Year

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Family

Image: Let’s meet on Earth

Kaaiga - Family

Source: MPP Te Gana Tuvalu Language Cards

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Classroom

TUVALU: Inside classrooms of a 📓 primary school, rare views and tour 12m20s

Akoakoga - Education

Source: MPP Te Gana Tuvalu Language Cards

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Useful Phrases

Fakamunaga taua - Useful phrases

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

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Fakamunaga taua - Useful phrases

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fakamunaga taua - Useful phrases

Source: MPP Language Information Sheet

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fakamunaga taua - Useful phrases

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Language Lessons

Mataupu o ‘gana - Language Lessons

Learning to speak the Tuvaluan language 3m26s

Let's Speak Te Gana Tuvalu! 1m29s

Tuvalu Language Week 2022 | Part 1: Learning About Tuvalu 3m10s

(Tuvaluan) For My Friends In Tuvalu 2m15s

Let's Speak Te Gana Tuvalu! Practise Everyday.1m13s

Let's Speak Te Gana Tuvalu! Practising Phrases with 'Alisi and Semisi 1m16s

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Mataupu o ‘gana - Language Lessons

Tuvalu Language Week 2022 Word of the Day: Atafai 39s

Tuvalu Language Week 2022 Word of the Day: Te Tae 1m4s

Tuvalu Language Week 2022 Word of the Day: Fakamautu 51s

Phrase of the Day: Alofa ki tou tuakoi pela loa koe e alofa kia koe 43s

Phrase of the Day: Maen atuu ao maen loloau, aia taeka tamau ma sinau 45s

Phrase of the Day: Kafai se amanaiagina, taa iloga ka galo atu 44s

Tuvalu Language Week 2022 Word of the Day: Fakaaloalo 1m15s

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Learning to speak the Tuvaluan language 3m26s

Fun With Languages | Learning Tuvaluan 🇹🇻7m

WIKITONGUES: Paulo speaking Tuvaluan 1m16s

(Tuvaluan) For My Friends In Tuvalu 2m15s

Learning Tuvaluan Ep. 1 11m29s

Learning Tuvaluan Ep. 2 11m48s

Tuvaluan 30-Day Challenge Complete Collection (October 2018) 13m28s

The Sound of the Tuvaluan language (Greetings & Sample Text) 2m46s

Mataupu o ‘gana - Language Lessons

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Songs for Children

Pese mo tamaliki - Songs for Children

Tuvalu A E I O U 1m20s

Tuvalu kids song with instruments 1m25s

Tuvalu children singing climate change song 1m4s

Tuvalu Song- Tamaliki 5m26s

A Gift to You - Tuvalu Nauti Primary School, Vision Children's Choir 3m4s

Thank you Father (Fakafetai te Tamana) 3m28s

Welcome song 歡迎歌 -Tuvalu Nauti Primary School, Vision Children's Choir 3m22s

Give Thanks - Tuvalu Nauti Primary School, Vision Children's Choir 3m40s

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Tuvaluan Welcome Song 1m30s

Mataliki (Tuvaluan) 1m17s

Aute (Tuvaluan) 2m21s

Kena Is White (Tuvaluan) 1m51s

Ulu, Tuauma Head, Shoulders Tuvaluan 2m15s

Pukupuku Tuvaluan Shapes 1m48s

Old McDonald had a farm Tuvaluan 1m57s

Lima Little Ducks (Tuvaluan) 2m33s

Pese mo tamaliki - Songs for Children

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Songs

Pese - Songs

Tuvalu Song 2024 Lele Pepe - Wan Soul 🇹🇻 The sons of Punuagogo 4m8s

Meko - Asi ta tili 4m7s

Fekite i konei Rax & Teuila_688 Production_Dj Neleta 3m26s

🎵Uoo Kae Taa te Uoo - Tu8 Song 3m32s

Taku Fou Nanumea 5m48s

Tuvalu song - Guitar 7m53s

A Tou Fano Mo Tou Noho 6m55s

Koe He Tama Ni Polopoloaki 3m19s

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Pese - Songs

Tagata Pasifika Christmas Special: Moevale Tauasili 3m38s

HEA NI MUNA MAI- Happy T 3m45s

Pakasoa Tau Fakalesi 2023 688 Production 4m58s

Tuvalu Song- Koe Te Uo pele 7m13s

Lomaloma Official Music Video - Faasiu L Samuelu 5m20s

Tuvalu Song 2023_ Ke Pili Atu Au- Jayne ft DJ_Lex 5m45s

Tuvalu song (Tinei fale 3) 3m20s

Nanumea i toku loto 7m5s

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Pese - Songs

Tamafine Sofaea - Pakasoa 4m5s

Taku Tia (Vii o Noa) - Vex Selina Umutolu ft Eimos 3m37s

LOMALOMA TOKU ALUGA by Fasiu. L. Samuelu 2022 5m31s

Tuvalu Music - E_tiga_eiloa_a_vaivaiga_ote_olaga - Heitonga.Kivoli 4m18s

🌴Aku muna te malosi ka he matuku covered by TLMZ 5m4s

Tuvalu Music 🌴ALOFAAGINA By Mr Lova composed by Aileen T Taniela 4m10s

DJ PEKOZ - TO TAU MOE ITE VALUAPO 3m47s

🌴 ULUOLA TA KAIGA By Richard ft Mr Lova 4m54s

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Pese - Songs

Nofo Lameko - Au mai te Aliki 3m52s

Poly Songbook - Fakafoki Au - Nofo Lameko 3m2s

TUVALU SONG-TERIKIAI 4m34s

Pese Tuvalu - Nukulaelae 3m33s

Best of Kilifi Keli's Ukulele and Nofo's Guitar || Tuvaluan Boys 2m27s

"Tuvalu Toku Fenua Pele" - Punuagogo 3m43s

Matagi e Agi - Filoalofa ft Djneleta 4m27s

TUVALU SONG-TERIKIAI ¤¤(MNT EROD)¤¤ 4m34s

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Pese - Songs

Seai - TK (Official Music Video) 3m9s

South Pacific Songs 💃 What about Tuvalu Songs? 4m37s

🌴Taku Lupe Foki Mai x Eva evaga manu (Fatele)by TLMZ 4m28s

🌴SOLO AKE KAUMANA Cover By MB & Dj Lova 4m46s

🌴AMUTIA LA KOE TE TAMALIKI Cover by Asu 4m5s

Toku Fenua - 2pex 3m7s

Tafao koe ise koga... Tuvalu Song🇹🇻3m20s

TAMALIKI TUVALU Cover by Cherish Hope n Magicbobo ft Dj Toa 4m12s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

DJ TOA - SAUTALA A TAUTAI X STARCEL SOLOSENI (TUVALU REMIX) 4m38s

WAYNO - TUVALU MIX 4m29s

Melemele(Tuvalu Toku Atu Fenua) - MAGIC BOBO ft DJ TOA 3m57s

Papaiah - Toku Fenua Pele Ko Nanumea 5m25s

Fakafiafiaga Nukulaelae 2016 3m12s

Tuvalu song- **Toku Nuku Pele ko FUNAFUTI** Tamaika Kofe 4m7s

Tuvalu Music🌴VAIA LOIMATA 5m21s

Pese - Songs

Tuvalu Song- **Honey Foki Mai** Logologo 5m7s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Pati Se Liua (Just An Illusion Tuvalu Cover) - Alofa Sinalita 3m5s

Fakatali (Stand Still) - Echoes of Hope: TUVALU 3m11s

MUSIC TUVALU - (COMMUNITY REACTION) 5m11s

Tapula 🍀 Tuvaluan Song 🍀 4m50s

Christmas 2015 Whangarei Tuvalu Community Pele tagi tagi 2m53s

Polynesian drumming Tuvalu style 2m39s

Tuu Mo Aganuu - TK music (Official Video 2018) 5m16s

Pese - Songs

Tuki mai ke pakuu - LOTABROS 3m25s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Vanivani taku kata (Song from VTP) 3m23s

Tuvalu Te Sei ote Pasefika 3m52s

Foki Kite Fenua- Tuvalu Song 2016 3m10s

Me Koa Oti - Tuvalu Song 4m36s

Tuvalu Song - Kote Aso Fea - Samola 4m1s

Tuvalu Song- **Honey Foki Mai** Logologo 5m7s

Te Vii o Tina (Tuvalu Song) 5m49s

Sai mai ki toku tino_2Pex ft Josh D Viller (Tuvaluan Clip 2020) 3m8s

Pese - Songs

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Dances

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Tuvalu Fatele and Siva Highlights 10m12s

Nanumaga Community - Fatele 4m53s

Fatele Peletania & Siamani - Niutao 2023 6m43s

Tuvalu Fatele: Tasigapau te matua ite olaga nei 11m35s

Nanumea Fatele, Niutao Hall (Valusefulu Eliapo) 13m18s

Tata te Lakau - Fatele Niutao 5m3s

Toku Fau nei (Niutao Fatele Azonto) 3m58s

Nauti Fatele 2023 4m53s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Fatele Nanumaga - Niutao Hall 5m2s

Laeva Fatele 2 - Niutao Hall 2023 5m

POA Pasifika Day 2024 (Tamaliki Tuvalu) 🌺 3m55s

Fatele 1 ~ Fakfiafiaga ote Tuvalu Independence Day 2023 5m41s

Fatele Nukulaelae - Au e toka o tali koe 11m59s

Tuvalu dance 🇹🇻 2023 Millennium Productions 3m4s

Nukulaelae fatele 2024 - Vagana laa te mate 6m45s

Laeva Fatele 2024 - pese lagilagi - Ko kalagagina 4m59s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Tuvalu Solomons | SALUSALU FEST 2023 18m14s

Rotaract Club of Honiara Performing Tuvaluan Dance 2m16s

Uouo taa te uo (Tuvalu Dancer Taiwan) 3m34s

Tuvalu Aupac Performance 2K23 1m29s

Tuvalu Girls Dance in Marshall Islands 1m16s

Tuvalu students | USP OPEN DAY 2023 13m33s

Tuvalu Tiktok pt.6 🇹🇻 14m45s

Solovalu Song - (LONNA) | Team Tuvalu Welcome Ceremony 5m9s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

🇹🇻 Tuvalu Students Association - USP OPEN DAY 2022 18m20s

Tuvalu Student Association USP Open Day 2022 Laucala 12m34s

Tuvalu Student Association USP Open Day performance 2022 (Fiji) 17m55s

Tuvalu perfomance @UQSPIA multicultral night 2022 17m17s

Tutokotasi 2021 Tuvalu - Niutao Fatele 5m58s

E isi la se faigamea (Fatele Tu4) 44 tausaga Tutokotasi Tuvalu 2022 8m58s

Fatele Funafuti - Novema Vaitupu NZ 6m13s

Fatele Aulotu. Aso Tutasi 2023

7m11s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Tuvaluan Dance for Tatums 1st! 3m31s

Tuvalu number for Mama Fua 2m87s

Tuvalu Dance 5m

MARSHALL ISLANDS CONSTITUTION DAY 2023 | MARSHALL ISLANDS 8m10s

Tuvalu Language Week 2021- WUTSA- Taku Lupe foki Mai / Eva Eva Fatele 4m27s

Toku Fenua e Fakalofa- Nanumaga Fatele / Song 3m42s

A BEAUTIFUL TUVALU FATELE DANCE BY MISA AND THE TROOP.1m3s

Siva Tuvalu “Lele manu e“ 5m31s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

WOG Tuvalu Dance New Years 4m42s

Tuvaluan Dance♥️ 5m11s

Pacific Dance NZ & TAPAC DAY 1: Tuvalu 12m54s

Tuvalu Dance 4m15s

Tuvalu Tutokotasi 2021 - Nukulaelae fatele - ese ko pati 9m

Fatele Funafuti - Novema Vaitupu NZ 6m13s

TUVALU ee - Kaliloa Pasifika Cultural Dance Initiative - PICT GISBORNE 2021 4m26s

Greenpeace Tuvalu Wedding Dance 6m24s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Pasifika United 2022 Tokelau Porirua College Fatele group 19m37s

Fatale Nanumaga 11m8s

Tuvalu Dance 2m21s

Vaitupu fatele 2021 - tuvalu koe ko te sini 10m41s

Nanumaga Fatale Pasifika Festival 2021 5m46s

Fatele mai vaiaku apelila 2022 9m30s

Tuvalu Fatele performance at the Christchurch Art Gallery 12m58s

Fatele Nanumaga: Lotohoni @ Aileen & Afelau's wedding 6m5s

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Toku fenua e fakalofa , SIVA Tuvalu 3m38s

Tuvalu Community Group dance at Fiafia Day 2022 8m2s

Nanumaga repz💛💛Tuvalu "Fatele" 1m18s

Meet Tuvaluan dancer Molia Alama Tulafono 1m48s

Tuvalu dance group in Alice Springs 3m32s

Ainen Nui 💜🎶Fanau Salalau Nui 3m46s

Tuvalu Medical Students Association (TMSA) 2019 7m16s

Tuvalu Community Group dance at Fiafia day 2022 Pt2 7m31s

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

PASSTHEFOU TUVALU 🇹🇻🌺 5m57s

NUKULAELAE FATELE - TAINA MASAUA - ASO TE MATAGI 2022 5m33s

Tutokotasi 2014 - Nukufetau Opening Fatele 5m19s

MOE NEI AU ITE PO - Laeva Fatele 2017 5m34s

Nukulaelae at Pasifika Festival 2011 6m14s

Fatele - Se ko pati (Nukulaelae, NZ) 9m31s

Miss NZ Tuvalu 5m3s

Traditional dancing at the University of South Pacific campus 13m28s

Saka, mako, siva - Dances

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The Fatele is the traditional Tuvaluan song and dance.

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It is usually performed during special occasions such as welcoming of special guests, weddings, opening of significant buildings and you will always see it at the Tuvalu Independence celebrations.

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The fatele differs amongst the eight Tuvaluan islands, but its characteristics are very similar. There are also different types of fatele.

Laeva fatele at Pacific Islands Forum 2019 9m38s

Nukulaelae fatele in Funafuti - Pacific Islands Forum 2019 8m56s

The Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The men’s role in the fatele is to beat the pokisi (wooden box) and the kaapa (empty tin).

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The men sit closely together on the floor and right in the middle of them you will have the main instrument, the pokisi. The men closest to it will pound on the box with their bare hands to form the beat of the fatele. There is a special way to beat the pokisi.

Tuvalu Songs - Funafuti Fatele - Polynesian Tribal Dance #1 6m14s

Fatele Nukulaelae - Moe nei au ite po e 7m57s

Men’s Roles - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Another instrument is the kaapa, which is similar to a drum and beaten with sticks. There is also a special way to beat the kaapa. One island in Tuvalu does not use either instrument, instead they use the mat to beat on. That island is Niutao. According to the elders from this island, this is a method that has been carried on from their ancestors. It makes a quieter beat and allows for the words and the voices of the fatele to be heard clearly. The leader of the fatele is the pulotu (lead singer). He is male and is one of the men beating on the pokisi. The men also sing the fatele.

Tuvalu Fatele 2014 - Tamafine O Te Saegala 3m47s

Laeva fatele at Pacific Islands Forum 2019 9m38s

Fatele Instruments - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The women’s role in the fatele is to dance and to support the men’s singing. The women stand while dancing the fatele. They either stand behind the people on the floor or stand in front of them. The front row of dancers is reserved for young women who are single. This is because they are treasures of their island and you want to showcase them for everyone to admire. The second row is for the women who are married and have children.

Nukulaelae Fatele -Tu Tokotasi Auckland 2018 5m17s

Tuvalu - Princess Kate Dances to Laeva Fatele 11m55s

Women’s Roles - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

• Fou/fau/mae – head garland made from flowers and leaves that give off a beautiful fragrance
• Malele – neck garland made from shells, leaves and the Tuvaluan Puka tree seeds.
• Lakei – Upper arm band made from leaves, paper, shells
• Togiga fatele – dancing top for the women made from leaves
• Titi tao - decorative skirt that goes over the titi lama made from dyed pandanus leaves
• Titi lama – dancing skirt made from pandanus leaves

Aso pati 2020 - Ate tautai apo / Tuvalu fatele 6m55s

Nanumea Fatele 2016 - Tuvalu Independence 5m10s

Fatele Costumes - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fatele Song

Fatele songs are written as a form of telling a story, a message and remembering historic events.

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Fatele Music

Fatele music starts off very slowly, you can think of it as a warm up round. Eventually it gets faster and faster.

Tuvalu independence 2018 NUI Fatele 4m28s

Polynesian drumming Tuvalu style 2m39s

Fatele Songs & Music - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fatele Actions

Fatele actions originate from the words of the

fatele song. They show the emotion and the

feelings behind the words. On the first round of the fatele song while the fatele is slow, the

women stand tall and as the fatele progresses

the women start bending their knees to go

lower. Women do not sway much in fatele,

except for the island of Nukulaelae, whose women sway a lot.

Tuvalu Fatele 1h58m34s

Tuvalu Fatele. 1997 1h28m17s

Fatele Actions - Tuvalu Fatele

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fatele a Tonga ite Kilisimasi..2020. 9m23s

Fatele mai vaiaku nanumaga ite apelila 2021 8m24s

Koai nei la te kanamata 8m55s

Fatele mai Ffine Tumaseu 4m

Fatele Nnmaga Fakaifou Apelila 2021 8m24s

Fatele 6m1s

Fatele Nukufetau i Suva, Fiji 2020 6m50s

The Tuvalu Fatele

Tuvalu Fatele. 1997 1h28m17s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Polyfest

Fiafiga faka Polenesia - Polyfest

Combine Fatele 2023 (Kelston) 3m51s

Combine Fatele 2023 (Kelston) 4m2s

Tuvalu village, culture performance, Auckland Pasifika Festival 2024 2m51s

Porirua College - Te Kiwa Nui 2024 14m35s

Tuvalu youth Tauranga performance at pasifika in the bay 19m16s

Tuvalu - Brisbane Pasifika Vibes Festival 2023 10m42s

Tuvalu 2024 - Pasifika Vibes Festival. Brisbane, Australia 9m9s

Tuvalu village, boys group culture dance, Auckland Pasifika Festival 2024 1m34s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fiafiga faka Polenesia - Polyfest

Tuvalu combine 2k22 - keli’s boy siva 4m33s

Porirua College Tuvaluan PolyFest group 2021 13m17s

Polyfest 2021: Massey High School Tuvalu Group - Diversity Stage 13m43s

Tuvalu village, Auckland’s Pasifika Festival 2021 3m6s

Tuvalu village, Auckland’s Pasifika Festival 2021 8m13s

Tuvalu Pasifika (Siva Nanumea) He Liua Te Loto 3m6s

Massey High School’s Tuvaluan Group 2021 1m13s

Hastings Girls’ High School Tuvalu Group 🇹🇻🇹🇻🇹🇻( Fiafia night 2022) 10m33s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fiafiga faka Polenesia - Polyfest

Tuvalu village, Auckland’s Pasifika Festival 2021 3m44s

Nanumaga Fatale Pasifika Festival 2021 5m46s

A rainy day, Auckland’s Pasifika Festival 2021, Mt Smart Stadium 4m12s

Pasifika 2021 - Nanumaga 2m5s

Tuvalu stage Pasifika 2021 2m58s

Tuvalu stage Pasifika 2021: Sunday item 3m53s

Tuvalu combine 2k22 - keli’s mixed siva 3m7s

Tuvalu stage Pasifika: Nanumaga fatele 2m6s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Island Life

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Ride and walk with me in Tuvalu - one of the least visited countries in the world 10m49s

Walk with me on the island of Falefatu in Tuvalu 12m20s

Bombing of Funafuti 80 years ago remembered in ‘Te Aso o te Paula’ 3m19s

My experience in the least visited country on earth 🌎 Tuvalu 48m1s

This is Life in Tuvalu - The LEAST visited country in the world? 13m36s

Landing in Tuvalu - one of the least visited countries in the world

8m11s

Tuvalu Travel Guide 2024 - Top 10 Things To Do In Tuvalu 11m27s

Walk with me in Tuvalu - one of the least visited countries in the world 19m44s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Tuvalu combine 2k22 - keli’s mixed siva 26m55s

FIJI to TUVALU | Flying to the World's Least Visited Country! 11m20s

Deep sea fishing in Tuvalu 3m24s

Traveling to the least visited country in the world- TUVALU 3m20s

Nui atoll, Tuvalu 3m58s

Funafuti, Tuvalu - Coast To Coast Ride 19m53s

Tuvalu - least visited country in the world 22m14s

Top 15 Places in Tuvalu - Travel Guide Video 7m47s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Discovering Tuvalu: A descending Paradise 4m53s

Funafuti Conservation Area, Tuvalu 2019 4m34s

TUVALU (The least visited country in the world) 3m19s

Economy of Tuvalu 5m25s

TUVALU ISLAND | Paradise Is Waiting 31m54s

The country of TUVALU (The least visited country) 10m41s

Tuvalu interesting facts with foreign Minister 10m40s

Local Life In Funafuti, Tuvalu The Least Visited Nation In The World 5m46s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

TUVALU, THE LESS VISITED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 6m10s

Napping on an AIRSTRIP in Funafuti, Tuvalu 6m35s

Tuvalu National Library in Funafuti, Tuvalu 1m44s

Return To Tuvalu - Clip#9 "Coconut Crab" 1m41s

Return To Tuvalu - Clip #1 "Liaina" 2m46s

Tuvalu- 11 Interesting Facts! | Country Facts 4m3s

What Map - Map Review 830 - Funafuti, Tuvalu 11m23s

Tuvalu from Above 2m31s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Discovering Tuvalu

5m4s

TUVALU 🌴: The capital Funafuti 🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏾, what to see! 28m52s

Pacific Dance NZ: Virtual Launch of the 2020 Artist in Residence 🇹🇻 20m10s

This Country's NAME Makes Them $5 MILLION A YEAR 3m52s

This AIRPORT is a PLAYGROUND! (Seriously) 3m19s

LaLa May Voice, Tuvalu This is my island 2m26s

A tiny country with the ambitious hope — Tuvalu 2m2s

Exploring Funafuti Lagoon & Islets | Tuvalu 11m22s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Tuvalu - The Middle of the Pacific - Vlog in Tuvalu 5m15s

Tuvalu Island Is The New Bora-Bora | Underrated Paradise 9m19s

Tuvalu (HUNGRY BEAST) 6m39s

Journey To One Of Tuvalu's Islands, Tuvalu 106th Nation Visited 12m43s

9 Things to do in Tuvalu (the LEAST visited country in the world) 7m25s

Flying to Tuvalu: A Dream Come True 5m6s

Friendly People of Tuvalu | Making Friends on Funafuti 10m17s

TUVALU'S friendly and wonderful people, great scenes! 😲 18m31s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

My Journey to Tuvalu island part 2 11m3s

Niutao Island, TUVALU 2016.6m44s

Nukufetau Tuvalu trip 2018/2019 11m2s

Nanumea Atoll , Tuvalu : Amazing Planet 3m15s

Tuvalu 4m44s

Family life Funafuti in Tuvalu: Feb 2013 9m26s

Tuvalu, Nukulaelae - Hidden paradise- PolyAsiaNZ 11m42s

"FUNAFUTI" Top 5 Tourist Places | Funafuti Tourism 1m1s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Beach Walks & Sounds of the Sea | Funafuti Atoll | Tuvalu 6m45s

Tuvalu by bicycle #7 2m5s

TUVALU: Grandfather gives 💇🏼✂️ haircut to grandchild in Funafuti 5m5s

Tuvalu 2014 3m56s

TUVALU: Lifting weights 😂 made with coconuts 2m3s

Walking Around Tuvalu 2m16s

UN Chief on the Climate Frontlines - Tuvalu 1m11s

WHERE IS TUVALU | ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW 3m21s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

TUVALU: Golden sunsets 🌅 viewed from the lagoon - stunning views! 3m59s

TUVALU: Airport runway ✈️ becomes community centre for the country! 18m5s

Exploring an Atoll | Motorbiking Funafuti | Tuvalu 6m

My Invitation to a Fatele | Cultural Experiences | Tuvalu 8m17s

Tuvalu: Fisheries for our Future 7m8s

The country of TUVALU ( The least visited country ) 10m48s

Things worth knowing about Tuvalu 3m26s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Traveling to the Least Visited Country in the World // #76 TUVALU 9m41s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

VOX POPS - Tuvalu (HUNGRY BEAST) 2m37s

The German Seafarers of Tuvalu 2m59s

Travel to Tuvalu A land of Coral and Beauty 1m3s

Public awareness film - Be What You Want To Be - Tuvalu 2018 1m52s

Tuvalu 9m20s

Tuvalu MSA Culture nyt 2017 8m12s

Visiting The World's Least Populated Country 8m40s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

A Visit to Tuvalu (THE DISAPPEARING NATION) 3m42s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fenua gali- The beautiful island country called TUVALU 4m

Ramblin' Randy - Tuvalu 3m12s

Tuvalu 3m54s

Tuvalu's Airfield 2m56s

Tuvalu culture 6m19s

dotTV NEWS 11 JULY 2020 9m20s

Funafuti's Interesting Airstrip | Tuvalu 2m38s

Funafuti island in Tuvalu ： Touring by a motorcycle 44m14s

Olaga faka-fenua - Island Life

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Sports

Tafaoga - Sports

The Largest Stadium in Tuvalu 🇹🇻 3m20s

Clifton Lika: A Tuvalu International player have made historic achievements 🇹🇻 29s

Huka Huka Wrestling: The Traditional Combat Sport of Tuvalu 9m20s

Trolling and Spearfishing in Tuvalu 5m38s

Hunting Yellowfin Surgeonfish Funafuti, Tuvalu 1m6s

Le Malaga – Rugby (Tuvalu) 35s

Tuvalu – Keeping Your Fitness On Tropical Funafuti Island 41s

Northern Marianas donate equipment to Tuvalu 1m37s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Te ano (which literally translates as ‘the ball’) consists of two teams who stand facing each other on a malae (meeting ground or playing field). A designated area has been marked out for the game to be played in. The bulk of the team is called the vaka – they stand in rows behind two central players on their team, the alovaka (captain) and the tino pukepuke (catcher).

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Simultaneously, usually on the call of an elder spectator, both tino pukepuke of each team throw an ano to their alovaka, who in turn bats it towards the other team. The receiving vaka have to keep the ano off the ground and try to bat the ano back to the tino pukepuke who can then reset and throw the ball to the alovaka to repeat the move until a team drops the ano. Teams score points when the opposing team cannot keep the ano off the ground.

Traditional Tuvalu game played on Tuvalu Independence Day Celebrations 3m34s

Te Ano

Source: Te Papa Tongarewa

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

As there are two ano moving about at any one time, the game is known to be fast and very exciting to watch. The only person allowed to catch the ball is the tino pukepuke and players in the vaka try to hit the ano back to their tino pukepuke as fast as possible to set up their alovaka’s hit, who tries to target weaker players in the opposite team. The first team to ten points wins.

Prince William throws coconuts in Tuvalu 1m2s

Te Ano

Source: Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Hipstamp

Vaitupu Ano 1m31s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Food

Meakai - Food

5 Food Facts: Tuvalu 42s

Tuvalu 🤤 #foodshorts 33s

How to make Tuvalu kopta..... 40s

Learn from the Pacific Islanders❤️‍🔥 9m1s

Tuna Curry - National Dish of Tuvalu (Day 48 / 195) 52s

Tuvalu Food | 🇹🇻 | Top Traditional Tuvaluan Foods | Tuvaluan Cuisine 8m52s

The Food of Tuvalu with Sasha Martin 3m1s

Fish restaurant in the sea of Tuvalu 1m3s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The Tuvalu Food Futures project on Nukulaelae Island 5m34s

Second Spin, Country 180: Tuvalu [International Food] 6m6s

Vita group Pasifika Tuvalu stage 2k18 1m36s

The Foodcube - Improving food security on Pacific atolls 3m29s

Our Journey to Solomon Islands and Tuvalu 53s

Nukulaelae Island Tuvalu. Catching coconut crabs 4m29s

The Foodcube 3m18s

Meakai - Food

How to make Funafuna: Tuvalu traditional fried doughnuts 3m50s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

COCONUT TUNA - RECIPE FROM TUVALU 🇹🇻 2m9s

Tuvaluan Pastries, Funafuti Township, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu 3m2s

Promoting Local Food Production in Tuvalu 8m

SURVIVAL CHALLENGES: Food & Water Security in Tuvalu 23m10s

Climate Change in the Pacific: FOOD 5m39s

HOW TO MAKE SUPO MOA 13m24s

Meakai - Food

Tuvalu Food Futures Project Summary 2m25s

Tuvalu, Country 180, Night One 1h22m34s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The Arts

Tuu ga lima - The Arts

Tuvaluan artists take over Invercargill 22m33s

Fafetu: Lakiloko Keakea 3m10s

Kolose - The Art of Tuvaluan Crochet 3m12s

Art & Craft faka Tuvalu 3m56s

Tuvalu Women's Handicraft Centre in Funafuti, Tuvalu 2m5s

Tuvalu Clothes - Tales from Te Papa 3m34s

Tuvalu cultural clothing and art 1m19s

Tuvalu weaver ‘driven’ to keep art, language alive 4m49s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Inaugural Tuvalu Arts Festival 1m59s

TUVALU - PACIFIC ARTS FESTIVAL 1996 39m25s

Lakiloko Keakea: Fafetu 1m

Weaving in Tokelau: Novena's story 3m38s

Tuvalu-Miss Tolise Pageant - Handicrafts 10m33s

Kolose: The Art of Tuvalu Crochet - The Coconet

Tuvalu-Miss Tolise Pageant-Pacific Wear ¼ 4m46s

Commonwealth Fashion Exchange: Talofa Tuvalu 1m50s

Tuu ga lima - The Arts

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Celebrations

Fakafiafiaga - Celebrations

Solovalu Central SIVA Group |Foki Mai |Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 4m26s

Solovalu Boys III SIVA |Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 3m37s

Solovalu, the Solomon Islands Tuvalu Community dance 7m31s

Ka kilo koe Laeva Fatele Tuvalu Independence 2022 3m31s

Laeva Fatele - 50 Year Hurricane Bebe Celebrations 6m56s

Laeva Fatele, Opening Niutao Hall 7m31s

Nukufetau Fatele, Niutao Hall 2023 10m51s

Fatele 3 ~Fakafiafiaga ote Tuvalu Independence Day 🇹🇻2023 🇹🇼 7m33s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fakafiafiaga - Celebrations

2024 AUPAC @ UQ - Tuvaluan Performance 18m57s

Solovalu SIVA Dance Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 1m57s

SIVA Solovalu Boys | Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 4m41s

Tuvalu Independence Day (45th) Fatele 2023 10m1s

SIVA Solovalu | Te Valo'e | Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 4m1s

SIVA Solovalu Boys II | Tuvalu's 45th Independence Celebration 4m22s

Solovalu Henderson SIVA Group |Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 1m51m

SIVA Solovalu Central |Tuvalu 45th Independence Celebration 1m53s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fakafiafiaga - Celebrations

50 years commemoration Hurricane Bebe hit Funafuti 1972 8h28m51s

Fu Jen Catholic University 2023- Sautalaga a Tautai

4m22s

Tuvalu - Brisbane Pasifika Vibes Festival 2023 10m42s

Nukulaelae Fatele - 50 Years Hurricane Bebe In Funafuti, Tuvalu 8m30s

Funafuti Fatele - 50 Year Hurricane Bebe Celebration 7m42s

Fatele Vaitupu - 50 Year Hurricane Bebe Celebrations 5m28s

Tuvalu New Year Gathering 19m

60th Fu-Jen Catholics University Anniversary 2022 8m31s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Fakafiafiaga - Celebrations

Maria Esera 60th birthday TuvaLu/ Tokelau dance 6m4s

“Tuvalu Dance” Maria Esera’s 60th Birthday celebration 2m30s

“Tuvalu Dance” Celebration Maria Esera’s 60th Birthday celebration 2m2s

Tuvalu Faatele for Mr. & Mrs. Fesilis wedding 4m53s

Farewell Party for the pastor's family, Nanumaga Island 8m21s

60th Fu-Jen Catholics University Anniversary (Tuvalu Performance) 2022 8m31s

Tuvalu Flag Day Independence 2021 4m25s

Tuvalu Flag Day Independence 2021 4m

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Language Weeks

Vaiaso o ‘gana - Language Weeks

AUT Tuvalu Language Week 2023 - Freda Alefaio 1m39s

Tuvalu Language Week- Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu with Sei O’Brien

2m19s

Tuvalu language week 2023 7m2s

Tuvalu language week in Porirua City 39s

Happy Tuvaluan Language Week everyone 🇹🇻😊 8s

Rowandale‘s Online Chinese & Tuvalu Language Week 2023

14m17s

Tuvalu Language Week 2021 - WUTSA- Speaking Challenge 2m20s

Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week 2023

1m24s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Vaiaso o ‘gana - Language Weeks

ASO ONO - SATURDAY | Word of the Day | Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu 42s

ASO GAFUA | MONDAY 🇹🇻 Talofa koutou! 51s

ASO LUA | TUESDAY | Word of the Day | Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu 37s

ASO TOLU | WEDNESDAY | Phrase of the Day | Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu 35s

ASO FĀ | THURSDAY | Word of the Day | Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu 32s

ASO LIMA | FRIDAY | Word of the Day | Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu 1m2s

Tokelau Language Week 2023 - Fatele Day - Wellington NZ 4h3m6s

Tuvalu Language Week 1m46s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Vaiaso o ‘gana - Language Weeks

Tuvalu Language Week 2021 Fakalotuma 2m32s

Tuvalu Language Week 2m31s

2021 Tuvalu Language Week Assembly Randwick Park School 20m47s

Tuvalu language week (Name of tools in Tuvalu language) 2021 1m11s

Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Message from Tauliani Monise 31s

Tuvalu Language Week 10m58s

'Sautalaga a Tautai - Ke mau tau foe!" Short Story with Molia Alama-Tulafono 3m49s

Tuvalu Language Week 2m20s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

MJ’s Video for Tuvalu Language Week 2K21 5m

Tuvalu Language Week: Behind the business of making Fou's 5m9s

Tuvalu Language Week 2020 3m2s

Tuvalu Language Week ep. 2 (Mealofa) 8m10s

Tuvalu Language Week 2020 (Te Vaiaso ote Gana Tuvalu) 8m13s

Tuvalu Language Week | University of Waikato 1m35s

Vaiaso o ‘gana - Language Weeks

NIU HOSTS ATTEMPT TUVALU LANGUAGE WEEK 2019 2m13s

Laeva girls on Pacific Breakfast with Brian 16m14s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

The Fono | Laine Steven | 'Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou' 1m29s

The Fono | Message from Elena Tauliani | 'Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou' 2m42s

The Fono | Message from Mileta Esela | 'Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou' 1m48s

'Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou' | 'Navigating the changing environment' 1m30s

Vaiaso o ‘gana - Language Weeks

Celebrating Tuvalu Language Week - Auckland Museum 3m56s

Tuvaluans celebrate Tuvalu Language Week 2m13s

Tuvaluan Haka - Room 7 58s

Tuvaluan dance 5m2s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Tuvaluans

Interview with Mr. Feleti Teo, Interim Secretary General 11m38s

Rt Hon Enele Sopoaga, MP - ACFID Conference 2019 30m42s

Marama is back! 41s

Tuvaluans

Climate change and Tuvalu Rev Tafue Lusama Aug 2009 58s

Kosi Latu, Director General of SPREP: Climate Change & the Pacific 2m57s

Moira Simmons - Tuvalu (Climate Change Women Negotiators' Workshop) 1m22s

LIVE: Reuters Newsmaker with Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe 18m35s

Miss Tuvalu shows the effect of rising sea levels in her country 3m20s

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Myths & Legends

Legendary - The Eel & Flounder 4m10s

[Tales from Nanumea] Episode 2 - Te Lima 2m

[Tales from Nanumea] Episode 1: Pai & Vau 3m34s

[Tales from Nanumea] Episode 3 -Defeat of Tulaapoupou 2m

Myths & Legends

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Te Pusi mote Ali (The Eel and the Flounder)

Pusi: Talofa koe e te Ali!

Ali: Talofa koe e te Pusi.

Pusi: Ea mai koe ite aso nei?

Ali: Au e malosi fakafetai. Kaea mai koe?

Pusi: Au e malosi foki koe Fakafetai.

Pusi: E te Ali, e iloa ne koe ia au e mafi atu ia koe?

Ali: Ikaai, ese iloa ne au. Ko au loa e mafi atu ia koe.

Pusi: Kafai e fai mai koe ia koe e mafi atu ia au, vau la ke sau taua ite fatu tenei.

Ali: Oi au la ko ‘tao ne te fatu. Fakatali mai loa koe e te Pusi ia koe ka ta ne au.

Pusi: Oi sa tulituli la au ne koe e te Ali o ta , ia au foki la ka mate ite luaga ite taoga toku tinae ne te fatu. Oi au foki ko gasolo loa o kauvikiviki ko faigofie au o ‘muni mai ia koe.

Ali: Koe ka futi ne au ki tua ite koga tena e ‘muni ei koe.

Pese - Songs

E te pusi mote ali (te ali)

E fakatau fufuti (fufuti)

E te pusi, e te pusi

Kinikini tou felo

E ding, e dong, e fire

Fakalagiga o kupu mo Pese - Tuvalu Story & Song

Source: Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Proverbs

Tugapati, mua’gana - Proverbs

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Tugapati, mua’gana - Proverbs

Fetū o le Moana Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa - RTLB Cluster 12

Tugapati, mua’gana - Proverbs

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Tugapati, mua’gana - Proverbs

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Faith

Spiritual beliefs (talitonuga fakateagaga) and values (fuataga) are an important part of the day to day lives of Tuvaluans who are grounded and enriched by the Tuvalu way (Faka Tuvalu).

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These are guided by principles such as:

• Te olaga alofa ko te fakavae taua o ola i lalo i te fatu (love is the foundation of being sheltered under the rock) is the idea that alofa (love) and spirituality (fakateagaaga) influence everyday actions and participation in Faka Tuvalu
• Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for God).

Baha'is praying in Tuvalu 37s

Faka te-agaaga - Spirituality

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Faka te-agaaga - Spirituality

Tuvalu hymn( Wedding ceremony 2018) 3m39s

E iloa ne Ia au nei 3m29s

Ta olo kia Iesu 4m13s

Te Aeto (Eagle's wings) 3m50s

Te toto o Iesu 3m54s

Tuvalu Gospel song: Faleumu 3m36s

Tuvalu Singing_ AOG Youth composing Tuvalu version of "Taleni" 2m3s

Faleumu, Mirryam

3m31s

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Discussion Topics

Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

Taking Back Tuvalu - Defending the Pacific from Poachers! 5m37s

A country being lost to rising sea levels - documentary 21m13s

The Future of the Tuvaluan Language 13m58s

Tuvalu: Living on borrowed time and shaky foundations 10m41s

Bombing of Funafuti 80 years ago remembered in ‘Te Aso o te Paula’ 3m19s

Rising sea levels threaten to wash away entire country 19m11s

Tuvalu Is Sinking — This Is How Australia Plans To Help 4m55s

The World’s Smallest Economy Is Disappearing 12m39s

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Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

Tuvalu on Becoming a Digital Nation 2m39s

Tuvalu youth’s message to COP27 7m16s

Tuvalu's new Long-Term Adaptation Plan 5m57s

Change In Tuvalu 40m42s

Climate security in Tuvalu 34m45s

How to move a whole country: Tuvalu’s plan to flee rising sea levels 7m1s

Tuvalu's 'backup plan' to create a digital twin in the metaverse 7m47s

This Country Has 79 Years Left to Live 5m48s

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Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

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Tuvaluan who thought she was Samoan reconnects with her Tuvalu family 4m15s

Tuvalu PM Kausea Natano visits Council of Indigenous Peoples 2m33s

Climate-induced relocation and land disputes: Stories from Tuvalu 4m31s

Tribes of The Pacific: Tuvalu 12m25s

Climate Change and Food Security: Stories from Nui Island, Tuvalu 4m6s

PACIFICAL | Tuvalu 2m25s

RSE Worker Documentary: Voices Of The Pacific - Tuvalu 7m40s

Extreme king tide recorded on Vaitupu -the largest atoll in Tuvalu 1m6s

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Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

Help Save Tuvalu!!! The country that will sink because of us!🇹🇻 5m25s

How do elections work in... Tuvalu? 8m13s

How will Tuvalu save itself from higher seas? 3m14s

Episode 15 – Te Gana Tuvalu: Fakafouga o fakamatalaga i te COVID-19 1m11s

What's the "Deal" with Tuvalu Coins? 14m36s

West Auckland Tuvalu Youth: Tuvaluan Values 2m58s

Rising sea levels: Is there any hope for the inhabitants of Tuvalu? | DW News 14m16s

How Tuvalu Makes $5 MILLION A YEAR From Doing Nothing 6m20s

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Tuvalu language strong but still under threat 3m34s

Tuvalu is facing a shortage of water from drought 2m51s

Tuvalu held a special festival to highlight the issue of rising sea levels 2m24s

Climate Change - are our smaller island nations being overlooked? 5m43s

Angry Planet | The End of Tuvalu 22m5s

Tuvalu family's housing dream realised 4m4s

Tuvalu Community in Oamaru 3m55s

Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

The reason Tuvalu´s name was the luckiest thing happening to this country 5m

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Christmas 2015 Whangarei Tuvalu Community Pele tagi tagi 2m53s

Rising sea levels: Is there any hope for the inhabitants of Tuvalu? 21m30s

Haapai sea levels rising 6m9s

Mataupu mo faipatiga - Discussion Topics

Climate change, faith and hope in Tuvalu 7m53s

A Vital Lifeline in Tuvalu 1m22s

ThuleTuvalu (2014) 2m2s

Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project 2m4s

Tuvalu – The country that earns because of its name 5m35s

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Documentaries

Return To Tuvalu - A Peace Corps Story 1h12m15s

Time & Tide - Documentary Feature 59m16s

Ata tala - Documentaries

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Tuvalu, my Tuvalu

Tuvalu, my Tuvalu the land across the sea

Surrounded by the Ocean, you mean so much to me

I miss these coral atolls with gentle swaying palms

With smiling gentle people, so peaceful and so calm.

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Tuvalu, my Tuvalu I always think of you

Wherever I may travel across the sea so blue

And deep inside me I know that it will be

Tuvalu, my Tuvalu you always think of me.

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Your sons and daughters travel away to distant lands

They leave their homes and families so that they will understand

To study truth and knowledge in sadness and in pain, and then

Tuvalu, my Tuvalu you welcome them home again.

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Tuvalu, my Tuvalu may God’s blessings be on you

To give you strength and courage to see the future through

And may our blessed people hold their heads up high

Tuvalu, my Tuvalu I will love you till I die.

Tuvalu, Nukulaelae Dancers

Picture above, courtesy Louisa Butcher

Tuvalu, my Tuvalu - Jane Resture

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Websites

Tuvalu - The Coconet

Tuvalu - Te Papa

Timeless Tuvalu

Uepusaiti - Websites

Tuvalu Activity Book - Te Papa

Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

Tuvalu Brittanica.com

Art of Tuvalu - Wikipedia

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MPP Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource 2016

NZ Tuvalu Language Week - Facebook Page

Uepusaiti - Websites

Tuvalu Language Week Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu - Christchurch Library

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Tuvalu Language Week - Auckland Museum

Tuvalu Language Week - Tagata Pasifika

MPP Te Gana Tuvalu Language Cards

Weaving a life - The Spin Off

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References

MPP Te Gana Tuvalu Language Cards

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Omniglot

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Proverb Pictures created with Pablo by Buffer

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Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource 2016

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Te Papa Tongarewa

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Tuvalu Language Week Education Resource

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Wikipedia

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