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During the king's 1883 coronation, local chanter and hula master ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē, aka Dandy Ioane, danced with hula girls, before an estimated 5,000 lūʻau guests. [20] [21] "Dandy" was an apt name for Ioane, who specially tailored his own clothing in a style that led one newspaper to call him "Honolulu's Beau Brummell". [22] The hula that ...
Hiʻiaka is the patron goddess of hula dancers, chant, sorcery, and medicine. [1] [2] Owls are her messengers and are sacred to her.Conceived in Tahiti, Hiʻiaka was carried in the form of an egg to Hawaiʻi by her sister Pele, who kept the egg with her at all times to incubate it.
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka is Greig's primary hālau. The hālau was originally founded in 1996 with her sister kumu hula Kahulu Maluo-Huber. The hālau is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Currently, the hālau serves over 200 hula students on the island of Maui ages 5 and up.
Ahe Lau Makani, translated as The Soft Gentle Breeze [5] or There is a Zephyr, [2] is a famous waltz composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani around 1868. Probably written at Hamohamo, the Waikīkī home of the Queen, this song appeared in "He Buke Mele O Hawaii" under the title He ʻAla Nei E Māpu Mai Nei.
She choreographed hula to go with many of her chants. [1] In 1953, after her mother had a stroke, she trained her daughters Nalani and Pualani to eventually take over the hālau. [6] In the early 1950s, Kanakaʻole toured the contiguous United States, western Canada, and much of Asia with a hula group named after her daughter Nalani. [7]
Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele (born September 14, 1937) is a Hawaiian kumu hula [1] and author. [2] She is the daughter of Edith Kanakaʻole, and as of 2003 led Hālau o Kekuhi along with her sister Nalani Kanakaʻole.
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Carlson Kamaka Kūkona, III (born 1978 in Maui, Hawaii), otherwise simply known as Kamaka Kūkona, is an American musician, vocalist, songwriter, record producer, kumu hula (hula teacher), and educator. In 2013, after years of recording, Kūkona, released his debut album, Hanu ʻAʻala.