The song “Tiurai Hanahana” refers to the traditional Tahitian festival, Heiva i Tahiti, which has been celebrated since 1881 in the month July. The “tiurai” meaning “July” showcases Polynesian music, dance and sport.
Rua Ione
Songwriter
Rua Ione
Composer
Tefafano Sisters
Singer
2010
Release date
Tahitian Lyrics – Tiurai Hanahana
Intro (x4)
Tiurai e
Verse 1 (x2)
E tiurai hanahana
E tiurai ruperupe
Te tavirira’a te papio
Hapa’o i to outou hina’aro
Chorus (x2)
A haere, a haere
Haere mai (Haere to Tahiti, Tahiti Tiurai)
Haere mai to Tahiti
Haere mai i teie tiurai
Tiurai nehenehe
Verse 2
Ua horo te papio
E fa’ahoro te vahine
Eia hara te vahine ru’au
Me ‘oro moto te haere inu
Verse 3
‘Ori ‘ori māmā e
‘Ori ‘ori pāpā e
Tara’a māmā
Tara’a pāpā
Tara’aha roa te vaipura
Bridge (x4)
Tiurai e
Verse 1
Chorus (x2)
Outro (x4)
Tiurai e
The Artists – The Tefafano Sisters
A group of three sisters who started in the late 1980s. They became well-known in Polynesia for their hits throughout the 1990s including “Approche un peu ton cœur du transistor, Pereo’o 2CV, Fare Ute Rea and Meherio“.
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