Monday, December 31, 2007

Where the Hell is Afunakwa?

Duration: 08:43 minutes
Upload Time: 2007-12-02 04:11:06
User: mattharding2718
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sweet  lullaby  rorogwela  afunakwa  solomon  islands  baegu  where  hell  matt  harding  dancing  

Description:

I went to the Solomon Islands to research the origins of Rorogwela, a traditional folk song that was sampled in "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest and reused in my dancing videos. My mom just pointed out a grammatical error in the opening. And I got the date wrong. It was on Halloween. Ah, well. If you just can't get enough, there's more detail about the Solomons on my site: http://wherethehellismatt.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/02/index.html

Comments

Pinksoda87 ::: Favorites  2007-12-22 18:42:34

its awesome how determined you were to figure out what that song meant.. :) Good for you..
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0timide ::: Favorites  2007-12-21 20:45:04

no. 'saasi' is younger sibling.Its an older child (usually a girl) lullabying to her younger sibling about their predicament - they are orphaned. both the translator and narrator of this clip got the translation messed up.
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carif1 ::: Favorites  2007-12-20 08:23:48

congratulations. Thanks for Afunakwa.
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N73B60 ::: Favorites  2007-12-19 05:18:36

yep... guess You're right. I thought that too.
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rasputinsghost ::: Favorites  2007-12-16 18:00:15

at 3:34 i'm pretty sure he's saying 'relative.'
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zar911 ::: Favorites  2007-12-13 19:41:48

he's wearing a british/irish lions rugby t shirt! :O should really be wearing all blacks. great video, huge fan
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captbiggun ::: Favorites  2007-12-10 21:44:24

It is great you are investigating the person with that beautiful voice. Even though you, like most of us, don't know the words. The Story is almost as tranquilizing as the song.
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lilize29 ::: Favorites  2007-12-09 02:33:22

i love that you are really working hard on learning more about Afunakwa. hope it turns out well, it will sure be beautiful. love the song too btw.
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outtagoodnamesdangit ::: Favorites  2007-12-06 21:24:04

Wow. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the story.
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Lynnieburd ::: Favorites  2007-12-06 14:05:13

cool nice vid
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josette54 ::: Favorites  2007-12-06 07:47:09

very interesting and looking forward to the folow up...hugs
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Chicken993 ::: Favorites  2007-12-05 08:32:02

Oh it's kinda sad :( yet so inspirational.
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mospinas ::: Favorites  2007-12-04 19:15:54

Yeah!!! We want a Chapter 2!!!
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potchammy ::: Favorites  2007-12-04 14:16:36

Thanks
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MusicFromBlueSkies ::: Favorites  2007-12-04 13:39:48

Really interesting stuff! Dave. =)
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