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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.
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 ...
Nalani Kanakaʻole (born March 19, 1946) is an American Hawaiian kumu hula (hula teacher) at Hālau o Kekuhi, the dance company. [1] The daughter of Edith Kanakaʻole, she leads Hālau o Kekuhi along with her niece Huihui Kanahele-Mossman. [2]
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.
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.
A hālau hula (Hawaiian pronunciation: [haːˈlɐw ˈhulə]) is a school or hall in which the Hawaiian dance form called hula is taught. The term comes from hālau, literally, "long house, as for canoes or hula instruction"; "meeting house" [1], and hula, a Polynesian dance form of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Hula dancers in a Luau in Lāhainā, in traditional kī leaf skirts. Four deities of this name can be differentiated: [2] (1) Ku-ka-ohia-LAKA, male patron of the hula-dance [3] Ku-ka-ohia is the god of Hula dancing and canoe building. He is married to Hina-lula-ohia.