Today’s Vegetarian Elite will be presented in Haitian Creole and English, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hungarian, Haitian Creole, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Nepali, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Thai.

I don't eat animals, and also I don't drink, I don't do drugs.

I never liked meat. I never like anything from it, especially cow. I don’t like the smell of the milk. I was never interested in that. I influence a lot of people, sometimes without saying anything.

Greetings tropical sun-lovers, welcome to another exciting edition of Vegetarian Elite. Today, we feature one of the Caribbean’s musical stars, Haiti’s own King Wawa. A versatile artist, King Wawa is an accomplished singer, percussionist, guitarist, songwriter, and painter. His mission is to inspire, uplift, and bring joy to people.

His given name “Wawa” means king of kings and reflects his noble nature. The essence of his music stems from African traditions; however, King Wawa truly draws inspiration from the cosmos itself. Recently, Supreme Master Television had the honor of speaking with King Wawa in California, USA. During the interview, he spontaneously sang a powerful song about love and respect for all life, reminding us all of the importance of living as a true human being.

We’ve got to save the animals now
We’ve got to save the land now
We’ve got to go vegan oh to save the land
We’ve got to go vegan now if you’re a true human
Oh, we’ve got to go vegan now, to save the land
We’ve got to be true human now To save the animals.

King Wawa’s passionate roots of veganism and painting came through a very intense experience when he was just a small child.

I love nature. I like to paint nature. I like to paint the landscape. I like to paint animals, water, and pathways. I always think we all got pathways to go through life, and we don’t even know where it’s going to take us. http://www.kingwawa.com/Art.html One of the things that inspired me painting when I was young and I went to vacation in the country of Haiti, I saw somebody kill a goat in front of me. And when that happened, I was really small, that kind of messed me up, the way they did that. And then in my painting, I’m thinking if I’m painting this animal, I can bring that animal back to life. You know? So now if anything happened that was negative, I think if I paint it, I can bring back alive to people, and I start inspiring like that.

So much confinement Cows are in the cage
Can’t you see what they’ve done to Millions of animals now?
Oh can’t see you what you’re eating?
Oh flesh and blood!
We’ve got to go vegan!
Oh to save the land, Be a true human now.
To save the land If you want to be healthy
You have to go vegan.

As an artist and musician growing up in Haiti, King Wawa was blessed with the immense support and encouragement of his family who saw to it that he followed his chosen path. We asked him where his musical inspirations originated from.

That’s a good question. First of all, my inspiration came from my country, from Africa, the traditional Haitian music the Africans brought to their land. So this is where I was listening a lot. Also they got some French influence, some French songs. The fact is I play percussions, so when you play percussion you put a lot of different rhythms from different places around the world. So that’s helped me create a unique style of mine. So when I’m playing guitar, when I’m playing percussion, it goes straight to the island in Africa, that’s where it always goes. So no matter how I play this morning, it’s going there. It’s the root, you know?

King Wawa’s music is self-described as Afro-pop – world music of Haitian-African roots. A song which beautifully displays this lively but soothing tropical sound is “All I Ever Dreamed,” written by King Wawa himself.

King Wawa speaks about two main styles of music in Haiti. The first is Haitian traditional pop music called “kompa,” consisting of keyboard, accordion, and a drum base. This music originates from legendary Haitian musician Nemours Jean-Baptiste and his partner Webert Sicot, who was considered one of the greatest saxophonists in the world. They combined Latin, Haitian urban and rural music, and some African music, and called it “kompa direk.” It is now called “kompa” for short. The second style of Haitian music is more African-based and is called “rasin.”

We’ll be back in just a moment to hear King Wawa explain the meaning of his band name “Oneness Kingdom,” which is also hopeful vision for the world.

Welcome back to Vegetarian Elite on Supreme Master Television and our 2-part feature on King Wawa, Haiti-born vegan musician and artist. King Wawa deeply respects and acknowledges his Haitian heritage. Moreover, he believes in universal oneness. His website displays the French phrase: “L’Union fait la force” meaning “Strength in unity.” King Wawa discusses his feelings of world unity and how his band got the name “Oneness Kingdom.”

The world needs to be united. People have different backgrounds, different traditions. No matter how we think, there is one thing we have in common. We need to love one another, And I’m saying if all of us come to, as oneness in one place, we call, it will take one day to unite, just like forget our differences, forget our anything, and to be our self, to be human. You know? And then I said that to my friend, “You know, what's a good name And there was a singer in the band who said “You know what, what about Oneness Kingdom?”

After the Haiti earthquake in early 2010, King Wawa selflessly offered all his time and energy to his home country of Haiti. He took a training course from The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture on how to build emergency green eco-dome communities for his Haitian brethren in need.

And I get involved in a lot of projects, a lot of nonprofit organizations to help the world, children, Haiti, Katrina. All kinds of, all the needs for the world. And I always get a call, and then I realize that my career turned into to serve humanity. So this is where my career is basically shifting now. So it’s going to be all right in that direction because I think it’s a good thing to help you know, to help humanity, because I think humanity needs help. They need us, whoever can help them, so I think these are good things.

He subsequently established the King Wawa Haiti Relief Project. He also created an inspiring song and video while he was helping in Haiti, titled “Haiti Will Rise Again.”

Place the vision
in my heart
deep in my soul,
it’s still alive
I can only breathe to say
Haiti will rise again
Haiti will rise again
Haiti will rise again
Like she did in 1804
Haiti will rise again
(Haiti will rise again)
Haiti will rise again
(Haiti will rise again)
Haiti will rise again
(Haiti will rise again)
Like she did in 1804.

From helping his co-citizens, to sharing his insights about a compassionate vegan lifestyle, to performing his music, King Wawa has been devotedly fulfilling his role as a caretaker of the Earth and her inhabitants. It is his belief that when we respect ourselves and respect others, the world will become a better place for all humankind, building peace and harmony for us and all future generations to come.

We’ve got to save the animals now
We’ve got to save the land now
We’ve got to go vegan oh to save the land
We’ve got to go vegan now if you’re a true human
Oh, we’ve got to go vegan now, to save the land
We’ve got to be true human now To save the animals.

Cherished viewers, thank you for joining us for part 1 of our 2-part program on King Wawa, Haiti’s acclaimed vegan musician and artist. Vegetarian Elite will continue on Saturday, January 22, 2011 with more on King Wawa’s vegan philosophy and concern for all of life on our precious planet. Coming up next is Between Master and Disciples. May celestial blessings illuminate your pure soul.

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For more information about King Wawa’s music and Haiti Relief Fund, please visit www.KingWawa.com