Sili laulausiva

A male choir from Sili, Savai'i led by Fiu Tapa'i in 1968. This was the laulau siva that the choir chose to start their set of songs for recording, later broadcast on A3Z. The photo show the village at that time, before the bridge was built. Crossing the slippery stones was always fraught. Le teine ma'i lē tauagafau 'Ā ou lāiloa 'i le namu ma le sau 'Ā uea lou tino 'ai le tu'inanau E mā'eu lou fa'alēmāfaufau Lē 'o se mānaia 'oe le pate sasau Ma le musu 'i ali'i Lalotoga folau Auē le pele Sau ia 'oe la'u pele, 'oe la'u pele ā ē 'Ā 'ua lē fa'agaloina 'i lou fa'amoemoe 'oe la'u tuiveve. Sau ia 'oe la'u pele 'oe la'u mānamea e Sau ia 'oe la'u pele 'oe la'u teine tausala e 'Ā 'ia 'e talia mai 'o la'u fa'atoga e Ma la'u nei olega ma loimata e "aue auē auē, Auē le vai nei e Tālofa 'i nai ali'i 'o le vai māse'ese'e.