the REAL thing

Aloha Has Real Meaning Today
Because of These Three
Women. . .

       

 Iolani Luahine 

The Holy Dancer

  

  (1915-1978)           

 (HERE)      

    Mary Kawena Pukui

                              (1895-1986)

 The KUMU (Source)

HERE

Edith Kanakaole

(1913-1979)

The Teacher

HERE

"Eddie Kamae, shared with  MidWeek  (HERE)

some of his own personal recollections about

 these three women:

“Iolani is a dear friend of mine,” he says.

  She was a free spirit 

and she loves everything she does.”

He says hula priestess Luahine has done things 

he’s never seen in his life before.

 For instance, hula master George Naope
(HERE)

 told Eddie this story.

 One time, the Queen of Tonga

 and an FBI escort were visiting on the Big Island

 and the queen would not get out of the car

 because it was too windy.
“Iolani turned around, chanted,

 and the wind stopped,” Eddie says,

 retelling Naope’s story.

 “After that, the queen and the FBI

 were supposed to go to a hotel in Kona,

 and instead they went to Iolani’s house

 in Napoopoo, where she summoned

 all the animals to greet the queen.

 Her dog barked, her cat meowed,

 her rooster crowed, her pig oinked,

 and they bowed to the queen.

When someone said

 that they are not supposed 

to be at Iolani’s house, 

an FBI agent replied,

 ‘If she can stop the wind, we are going to be here.’”

Below is some old footage. It is worth a "look/listen"
even if you don't watch the whole thing.
Warmly, cloudia