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  2. Hiʻiaka - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Hula - Wikipedia

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    Hula (/ ˈ h uː l ə /) is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) [1] or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form. There are many sub-styles of hula, with the two main categories being Hula ʻAuana and ...

  4. Molokai Ka Hula Piko - Wikipedia

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    The first festival was in 1991 by the Molokai Visitors Association and John Kaimikaua, a Kumu Hula.It is currently organized by the Halau Hula o Kukunaokala. [2]It is held in annually in Kaana because according to Hawaiian legend, Laka, now regarded as the goddess of hula, created hula at Pu'u Nana, a sacred hill in Kaana, before spreading the art form across the islands.

  5. Maʻiki Aiu Lake - Wikipedia

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    In a Hālau Hula though, it is organized so information from the Kumu Hula is directly given to the students. Students of the Hālau Hula are expected to pass down this information that they are given from a specific lineage of Kumu Hula to the next generation. [8] In 1972, Ma’iki advertised for a public Kumu Hula class. This was the first ...

  6. Culture of the Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    Hula kahiko performance in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The culture of the Native Hawaiians encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms practiced by the original residents of the Hawaiian islands, including their knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits.

  7. Māhū - Wikipedia

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    Notable contemporary māhū, or mahuwahine, include activist and kumu hula Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu, [20] kumu hula Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole, and kumu hula Kaua'i Iki; and within the wider māhū LGBTQ+ community, historian Noenoe Silva, activist Ku‘u-mealoha Gomes, singer and painter Bobby Holcomb, and singer Kealii Reichel.

  8. Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    Kumu hula [81] Thaddius Wilson: c. 1952–2004 2015 Kumu hula [82] Sonny Chillingworth: 1932–1994 2014 Slack-key guitar, vocalist [83] Lani Custino: 1932–1998 2014 Hula dancer, vocalist, daughter of Vickie K. I'i Rodrigues [84] Edith Kawelohea McKinzie: 1925–2014 2014 Author, genealogy, hula and chant expert, professor of Hawaiian studies ...

  9. Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Alexander Anderson (often given as R. Alex Anderson) (June 6, 1894 – May 30, 1995) [1] was an American composer who was born and lived most of his life in Hawaii, writing many popular Hawaiian songs within the hapa haole genre including "Lovely Hula Hands" (1940) and "Mele Kalikimaka" (1949), the latter the best known Hawaiian Christmas song.