{"id":918,"date":"2023-07-21T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T02:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:33:27","slug":"hula","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/hana-list\/hula\/","title":{"rendered":"Hula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inoa | Name(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hula<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu mana\u02bbo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No ka hula, he \u02bboihana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi n\u014d ia no ka ho\u02bboili \u02bbana aku i ka mo\u02bbomeheu a me ka mo\u02bbolelo Hawai\u02bbi. \u02bbO ka h\u0101lau a i \u02bbole ka p\u0101 hula kahi i h\u014d\u02bba\u02bbo \u02bbia ai ka hula e ke kumu. Aia i ka mo\u02bbok\u016b\u02bbauhau o ka h\u0101lau a me ke kumu ke \u02bbano o ke ke\u02bbehina o n\u0101 w\u0101wae a me ke kuhi \u02bbana o n\u0101 lima. Ma ka w\u0101 kahiko, \u02bbo ka hula kuahu ke \u02bbano o ka hula pili i ka ho\u02bbola\u02bba \u02bbana i n\u0101 akua Hawai\u02bbi, a h\u014d\u02bbike \u02bbia k\u0113ia \u02bbano hula i mua o ke kuahu. I k\u0113ia w\u0101, \u02bbo n\u0101 \u02bbano kaila o ka hula i laha loa i ka lehulehu \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi ka hula kahiko a me ka hula \u02bbauana. No n\u0101 \u02bbano o ka hula i a\u02bbo \u02bbia, aia n\u0101 \u02bbano he nui i loa\u02bba. \u02bbO kekahi mau la\u02bbana, \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi ka hula pahu, ka hula \u02bb\u014dlapa, ka hula noho, ka hula pua\u02bba, a me n\u0101 \u02bbano \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe he nui i koe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bb\u014clelo \u02bbia, \u201cI le\u02bba ka hula i ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bba,\u201d \u02bboiai \u02bbo n\u0101 k\u016blana \u02bbelua n\u0101 mea i pono ai ka hula, \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi, he mea nui ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bba a me ka mea e hula ana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wahi a ka M\u014d\u02bb\u012b \u02bbO Kal\u0101k\u0101ua, \u201chula is the language of the heart \u2026 therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people.\u201d Me k\u0113l\u0101 mana\u02bbo e \u02bbike ai k\u0101kou i ka mana a me ka waiwai o ka hula ma ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo o ka po\u02bbe Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hula is a critically important practice especially for passing on cultural knowledge and stories of Hawai\u02bbi. It is taught and practiced within learning environments called h\u0101lau and p\u0101 hula by kumu hula. The style and kind of hula that is practiced is in accordance with the genealogy of the kumu and the h\u0101lau. The style is seen in the movements of the body, including the hands and feed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In traditional times and carrying on to today, hula kuahu is a way of practicing hula that honors the deities of the Hawai\u02bbi landscape and was performed in front of the kuahu. In contemporary times, the two most well known and broad styles of hula are termed \u201cHula kahiko\u201d and \u201cHula \u02bbauana.\u201d There are many other types of hula that are practiced and are distinguished by the instruments and implements used, the style of movement, posture, or the rank of the dancer etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said, \u201cI le\u02bba ka hula i ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bba,\u201d meaning the joy of the dance is made so because of both the dancer and the musician, reiterating the importance of roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Kal\u0101kaua said \u201chula is the language of the heart \u2026 therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people.\u201d which demonstrates the cultural value of the perpetuation of hula within the Hawai\u02bbi worldview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bb\u014clelo kuhikuhi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E koho i k\u0113ia hua\u02bb\u014dlelo no n\u0101 kumuwaiwai laul\u0101 i pili i ka \u02bboihana hula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use this term for resources related to the practice of hula in a general sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo\u02bbok\u016b\u02bbauhau | Genealogy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akua | Diety:<\/em> Laka<\/a>; Pele<\/a>; Hi\u02bbiaka<\/a>; H\u014dpoe; Kapo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u0101lau | Group\/school:<\/em> H\u0101lau o Kekuhi; Ka P\u0101 Hula o Kauanoe o Wa\u02bbahila<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bb\u0100ina | Land\/sea: <\/strong>P\u0101 hula; H\u0101lau hula<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hana | Practice:<\/strong> Hana lei<\/a>; \u02bbAha \u02bb\u016bniki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbA\u02bbahu | Garments\/clothing<\/strong><\/strong>: P\u0101\u02bb\u016b; K\u012bhei; Lei<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lako | Materials + tools \/ implements: <\/strong>Pahu; Ipu; P\u016b\u02bbili; \u02bbIli\u02bbili; K\u0101\u02bbeke\u02bbeke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawena | Behavior: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step\/motion:<\/em> <\/strong>K\u0101holo; \u02bbUwehe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style\/type:<\/em> Hula noho; Hula kuhi lima; Hula honu; Hula \u02bb\u012blio; Hula \u02bbili\u02bbili; Hula ma\u02bbi; Hula \u02bb\u014dlapa; Hula \u02bb\u0101la\u02bbapapa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u016bkulu | Built environment<\/strong>: Kuahu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbA\u02bbahu | Garments\/clothing<\/strong>: P\u0101\u02bb\u016b; K\u012bhei; Lei<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u016blana | Title\/rank<\/strong>: Kumu; Po\u02bbopua\u02bba; Ho\u02bbopa\u02bba; \u02bb\u014clapa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u016bmole | Source(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalakaua, David. The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People<\/em>. Edited by Rollin Mallory Daggett. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1990. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary\u202f: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian<\/em>. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ Press, 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pukui, Mary Kawena. \u2019Olelo No\u2019eau\u202f: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings<\/em>. Honolulu, Hawai\u2019i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbopili \u02bbia i | Applied to: <\/strong>Oral History Finding Aid: Kahili Long Cummings<\/a>, Panel Finding Aid: Tribute to Iolani Luahine \u2013 Maui, 2005,<\/a> N\u0101 mele hula : Hawaiian hula rituals and chants. Volume 2<\/a>, 2013 Merrie Monarch Festival<\/a>, At a glance<\/a>, Kumu hula: roots and branches<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mea haku | Created by:<\/strong> Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inoa | Name(s) Hula H\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu mana\u02bbo No ka hula, he \u02bboihana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi n\u014d ia no ka ho\u02bboili \u02bbana aku i ka mo\u02bbomeheu a me ka mo\u02bbolelo Hawai\u02bbi. \u02bbO ka h\u0101lau a i \u02bbole ka p\u0101 hula kahi i h\u014d\u02bba\u02bbo \u02bbia … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"parent":878,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3185,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions\/3185"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}