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Generally, "all mele may be performed as oli (chant without dance), but only certain types such as name chants, sex chants, love chants, and chants dedicated to the ['aumakua] gods of hula (ritual dance), may be performed as hula (chant with dance)." [6] Hawaiian language contains 43 different words to describe voice quality; the technique and ...
In Hawaiian religion, the Kumulipo is the creation chant, first recorded in the 18th century. [1] It also includes a genealogy of the members of Hawaiian royalty and was created in honor of Kalaninuiamamao and passed down orally to his daughter Alapaiwahine.
One Hawaiian creation myth is embodied in the Kumulipo, an epic chant linking the aliʻi, or Hawaiian royalty, to the gods.The Kumulipo is divided into two sections: night, or pō, and day, or ao, with the former corresponding to divinity and the latter corresponding to humankind.
Luahine was born in 1915 in the village of Nāpoʻopo'o, near Captain Cook, Hawaii.Her given name was Harriet Lanihau Makekau, and she was the youngest of five daughters in a pure Hawaiian family that traced its genealogy to dancers and keepers of ancient Hawaiian rituals and chants.
A man was seen performing an offering and singing chants to floodwaters in Haleiwa, Hawaii, as flash flooding struck the island of Oahu on March 9.This video taken by Daniel Oliveira shows the man ...
Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi; Hawaiian pronunciation: Mah-ee-leeh-koo-kah-heeh; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D. [1] [2] He is known today from the old chants as one of the early and beneficent rulers of Oʻahu.
"E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua" ('God Save the King') was one of the four national anthems of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It was composed in 1860 by then 25-year-old Prince William Charles Lunalilo, who later became King Lunalilo. Prior to 1860, Hawai‘i lacked its own national anthem and had used the British royal anthem "God Save the King".
Kamalālāwalu (Kama-lālā-walu = "Son of eight branches") [1] was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui in ancient Hawaii, [2] known to us today from the old chants. [3] He was a great warrior chief and highly regarded for his leadership and resource management. [4] Kamalālāwalu invaded Hawaiʻi Island and engaged in a disastrous battle ...