Because of These Three
Women. . .
Iolani Luahine
The Holy Dancer
(1915-1978)
(HERE)
Mary Kawena Pukui
(1895-1986)
The KUMU (Source)
Edith Kanakaole
(1913-1979)
The Teacher
"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.
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,
“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
even if you don't watch the whole thing.
Warmly, cloudia
