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Kahiko-Lua-Mea (better known simply as Kahiko) is a god in Hawaiian mythology, who was once a chief on the Earth and lived in Olalowaia. He is mentioned in the chant Kumulipo and in the Chant of Kūaliʻi. Kahiko is also mentioned in The Legend of Waia. [1] The legend is that there was a head figure that had the ability to speak.
Hula kahiko performance at the pa hula in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Hula kahiko, often defined as those hula composed prior to 1894 which do not include modern instrumentation (such as guitar, ʻukulele, etc.), encompasses an enormous variety of styles and moods, from the solemn and sacred to the frivolous.
Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow gracefully to symbolize the winds ...
This is a pattern frequently seen in many languages, such as the Cockney form of the English language [7] [8] While “kahi” does not have an onset “t”, it should be recognized that “kahi” and, from the Samoan language, “tasi” share a common origin as both mean “one”, or “first”.
According to reports of Northern Paiute oral history, the Si-Te-Cah, Saiduka or Sai'i [1] (sometimes erroneously referred to as Say-do-carah or Saiekare [2] after a term said to be used by the Si-Te-Cah to refer to another group) were a legendary tribe who the Northern Paiutes fought a war with and eventually wiped out or drove away from the area, with the final battle having taken place at ...
Ta-Na-E-Ka is a short story, first published in a 1972 Scholastic Voices textbook and commonly used in the United States elementary education. Ta-Na-E-Ka describes a fictional ritual underta ken by two children of the Kaw people , ten-year-old Mary and her ten-year-old cousin, Roger.
Toi-te-huatahi, also known as Toi and Toi-kai-rākau, is a legendary Māori tupuna of many Māori iwi (tribes) from the Bay of Plenty area, including Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāi Tūhoe. The Bay of Plenty's name in te reo Māori , Te Moana-a-Toi, references Toi-te-huatahi.
Si comprehendis [,] non est Deus: if you understand [something], it is not God: Augustine of Hippo, Sermo 117.3.5; PL 38, 663 si dormiam capiar: If I sleep, I may be caught: Motto of HMS Wakeful (H88) Si monumentum requiris circumspice: If you seek (his) monument, look around you: from the epitaph on Christopher Wren's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral.