Saturday Hula

ALOHA,   FRIEND !

 Let's look in on the Prince Lot Hula Festival

" Hula is the art of Hawaiian dance,

which expresses all we see,

smell, taste, touch, feel,

and experience.

It is joy, sorrow, courage, and fear. "

Robert Cazimero

"Have you ever heard 

the earth breathe? "

Kate Chopin

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  Moanalua Gardens 

is a place long associated with Hawaiian history.

This great Monkey Pod tree 

is known to be over 100 years old. 

During the 1850s, King Kamehameha V

had a Summer cottage in the valley.

 Here, away from the prying eyes

of Honolulu Town, the court could enjoy

hula, chant, the Hawaiian language,

and the other traditions that outsiders

were trying to eradicate.

Lovely Hula Maidens

  "He lei poina ‘ole ke keiki "

' A lei never forgotten

is the beloved child  '

This Hula Mound

is an important place to devotees of the tradition.

" I cannot help feeling that the chief end of this meeting is plantation profits,

and the prosperity of the country,

the demands of society,

the future of the Hawaiian race

only comes secondarily if at all. "

Sanford B. Dole

1800s

" A'a i ka hula, waiho i ka maka'u i ka hale "

 Hawaiian Saying

' Dare to dance, 

leave shame at home.'

'KALO' is better known as 'TARO'

the staple food of Hawaiians

"Tell me what you eat,

and I shall tell you what you are."

 
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

(1755-1826)

The stone Poi Pounder, the Kalo Board, 

and the Bowl: THIS is Hawaii !

Note the plastic glove

" There is no love sincerer

than the love of food."

 

George Bernard Shaw

Bringing Home the Kalo

Wrapped in a Traditional Ti Leaf Package. 

" We may find in the long run

that tinned food is a deadlier weapon

than the machine-gun. "

 

George Orwell

Below is a snippet of Hula and Chant

for you to experience.  Mahalo for Visiting! cloudia