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ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē with four hula dancers including his wife and sister-in-law. Public performance of hula had been banned and heavily disparaged as heathen and lewd since the regency of Queen Kaʻahumanu due to the disapproval of the American Protestant missionaries. This changed during the reign of King Kalākaua (r. 1874–1891) who revived ...
Hula is taught in schools or groups called hālau. 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).
The hula hoop craze swept the world, dying out in the 1980s except in China and Russia, where hula hooping and hoop manipulation were adopted by traditional circuses and rhythmic gymnasts. In the mid to late 1990s there was a re-emergence of hula hooping, generally referred to as either "hoopdance" or simply "hooping" to distinguish it from the ...
Pages in category "Hula" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
George Naʻope George Naʻope at the 'Keauhou Beach Hotel', Kailua-Kona (Hawaii). George Lanakilakeikiahialiʻi Naʻope (February 25, 1928 – October 26, 2009), born in Kalihi, Hawaiʻi and raised in Hilo, [1] was a celebrated kumu hula, master Hawaiian chanter, and leading advocate and preservationist of native Hawaiian culture worldwide.
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The practice of hula is sacred but was once banned. Hula O Na Keiki is a children's hula competition that proves the art is far from dead. Hula was once banned in Hawaii, this competition fosters ...
2008: Hula ("The Art of Hawaiian Dance") 2007: Ke Kahua Lani o Hawaii; 2006: Na Paniolo Nui o Hawaii - The Great Cowboys of Hawaii; 2005: Nā Honu Hawaiʻi ("The Spirit Within") 2004: No Nā Kamaliʻi ("For the Children") 2003: E Mau Ana Ka Hula I Ke Kanaka ("Hula Lives Through Its People") 2002: Ka ʻUhane O Ka Loea ("The Spirit of the Masters")