One of my highlights of Vanuatu 2010 was a rather boisterous sing-a-long to and from our kayaking adventure. The kayaking was slightly sketchy: bad kayaks; risky conditions; overpriced; and lame sharks to feed. That didn’t matter. The trip was worth it. String Bands are a popular form of music in Vanuatu. We enjoyed listening to the Esalaik String Band on the bus. In one of the songs we recognised some of the lyrics and began to sing along. The bus driver liked this. So he kept repeating the track.
After both legs of the journey, we probably sang the song over 50 times!! The song was called Yesu Azali Awa – which I think means ‘Jesus is my Lord’. The chorus basically repeats the line ‘Hallelujah Jesus’ over and over again. And so we repeated it over and over again! So much fun.
Here are some vids from the experience that made it onto facebook: vid 1 and vid 2.
And above is a vid of my son dancing to the same song. :)
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nice singing dave :D
i wish bus drivers in sydney played awesome christian music over and over.. and sang along. Vanuatu sounds like a place that has Jesus at it’s centre :)
*its centre
haha nice one!! How good are bus sing alongs, especially when you are in the beautiful Vanuatu praising Jesus. Love the video of Sam
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Hi there, I’m the one singing soprano in the chorus! I really enjoy the video and my mates and I would like ti give God all the Praises and the Glories for putting joy in hearts of men through such music…we appreciate your guys for the comments, it’s such a blessing to us!
Thank you!!!!
God Bless…Psalms 37:4
hello hone albert,
so glad you stopped by!!!
love your album, love your country.
keep trusting Jesus,
dave.