Wakabaot Long Saenataon - Edwin Sitori live in Honiara, 2008

This is a live performance of the legendary Solomon Islands song "Wakabaot Long Saenataon" by Edwin Sitori, the composer of the song. He is backed by modern Honiara stringband One Drop Band. The video was shot in Honiara on December 13th at Solomon Islands PM Dr. Derek Sikua's annual Christmas Party at the PM's compound in Vavaya Ridge. The song has been released in several different versions since it was first made in the early 1950s. Among the more famous versions is Solomon Dakei and his Solomon Singers' version. But this is the original one, sung by the composer, Mr Edwin Sitori. Sitori is one of the few original Solomon Islands stringband musicians left today. A true Pacific legend.