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The teacher of hula is the kumu hula. Kumu means "source of knowledge", or literally "teacher". Often there is a hierarchy in hula schools - starting with the kumu (teacher), alaka'i (leader), kōkua (helpers), and then the 'ōlapa (dancers) or haumana (students). This is not true for every hālau, but it does occur often. Most, if not all ...
Today a hālau usually describes a hula school (hālau hula). The teacher at the hālau is the kumu hula, where kumu means source of knowledge, or literally just teacher. Often you will find that there is a hierarchy in hula schools - starting with the kumu (teacher), alaka'i (leader), kokua (helpers), and then the 'olapa (dancers) or haumana ...
Wong-Kalu was the subject of the feature documentary film Kumu Hina, directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson. [15] [16] Kumu Hina premiered as the closing night film in the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2014 and won several awards including best documentary at the Frameline Film Festival and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary.
The same sentiment goes for Leilani Kupahu-Marino Kaho‘ano, an Oahu-based nurse and kumu hula (hula teacher) who has been making leis for over 50 years since she was a young child.
Her sister, Leilani Alama, was also interested in hula and would go on to become a known kumu hula in her own right. [2] Alama-Tom is an alumnus of President William McKinley High School. This was the extent of her formal Western education. Alama-Tom always knew that she would become a kumu hula and decided not to attend college.
Oct. 3—There is a saying that kumu hula Cody Pueo Pata often refers to : "Strike while the iron is hot." And when it comes to preserving and protecting Hawaiian culture and hula, Pata said he ...
Aug. 30—Hawaii's renowned kumu hula and cultural practitioners are leading a daylong vigil Friday to provide spiritual healing from the devastating loss caused by the Maui fires. All Hawaii ...
Kumu Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu clarified that: Since the term māhū can have multiple spaces and experiences, Kumu Hina originally coined the terms: māhū kāne (transgender man) and māhū wahine (transgender woman). However, Kumu Hina believes that those terms should be revised due to scientific advancement and so she coined four new ...