Ka'anela Hula Research by gabriel robinson

Ka'anela

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-22 22:04:00 UTC

Summary; I learned from the website that people often associate hula with men and women in short grass skirts, rapidly gyrating their hips and twirling fire. Unfortunately, that's not hula dancing. That's a Polynesian form of dance, popular at luaus. No, hula, authentic hula, is a slower, soulful dance, primarily performed by women in full, formal dress. It is common to see men dancing the hula, as well, but generally it is a dance dominated by women. When it was actually dominated by men at first to train them for war.

Reflection; I think I should be able to research about hula because I really love hula. The way it makes me feel when I'm dancing. Hula makes me happy when I'm dancing. And I love the way you dance to hula and the music we dance to when dancing to hula.

References

A Brief History of the Hula. (2018, February 1). Hawaii Ocean Project. Retrieved January 15, 2025, from https://hawaiioceanproject.com/a-brief-history-of-the-hula/

Ka'anela; History and culture of Hula

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-22 22:15:42 UTC

Hula is told in a lot of stories passed down for ages in Hawaii and the way Hula was born is interesting. Because there are a lot of different stories about how Hula was born. Did Laka, the goddess of dance, give birth to hula on the island of Molokai or did the forest goddess Hi’iaka invent it to calm her fiery sister Pele, the mistress of volcanoes? There are a lot of stories about hula but no one really knows where it came from. People say hula is as old as the Hawaiian people and I think so too. I really love dancing Hula it's very fun and I love the music we dance to, and how we dance to the music.

Hula

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-22 22:17:54 UTC

References

A Brief History of the Hula. (2018, February 1). Hawaii Ocean Project. Retrieved January 15, 2025, from https://hawaiioceanproject.com/a-brief-history-of-the-hula/

Hula

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-22 22:30:43 UTC

Coons, C., & Takei, G. (n.d.). Reclaiming the Culture through Hula. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2021/2/showing-strength-through-creativity-equity-and-access-arts-asian-americanpacific-islander/reclaiming-culture-through-hula

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-22 22:44:50 UTC

Summary; This website talks about reclaiming the future through hula and Vicky Holt's struggles to learn Hawaiian. When she went to college she had to take Latin instead of Hawaiian. Because her college said Hawaiian was not an acceptable language. But in order to do hula you have to study the language. So she used that as a ticket to do hula and learn Hawaiian. At 27 years old she graduated as a kumu hula. In 1997, after she taught hula for 20 years, Vicky learned of State Senate Bill 8, legislation that would restrict Native Hawaiians from gathering the natural and cultural resources that are vital for making adornments, conducting ceremonies, and the performance of hula. Vicky successfully mobilized other practitioners to protest the bill at the state legislature and marks this as the moment she became an activist.

Hula

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-23 03:46:37 UTC

History of Hula. (2019, January 29). Hawaii Luaus. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://luaus.org/hula-in-hawaiian-culture/

Ka'anela

grobinson2531 — 2025-01-23 03:51:10 UTC

Summary; Hula is very prominent in Hawaiian mythology, although there are differing stories about its origin. Did Laka, the goddess of dance, give birth to hula on the island of Molokai or did the forest goddess Hi’iaka invent it to calm her fiery sister Pele, the mistress of volcanoes? Maybe it was Pele’s expression of joy when she finally found a home where the waves of the ocean couldn’t reach her: deep within the craters of the Big Island of Hawaii. Whoever you ask, you may hear different legends, each one colorful and exciting in its own way. And Hula is also very expressive and tells stories when you dance Hula. Hula kahiko refers to hula as it was before Western culture started to influence Hawaii. Generally speaking, hula movements and chants that were developed before the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy are considered kahiko. Hula kahiko is performed standing or sitting and includes the use of traditional musical instruments. Instruments include drums and rattles made of gourds, shark skin, bamboo, and lava stone.