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KE ʻALA PUA ʻILIAHI HAKU ʻIA E KAWAIKAPUOKALANI K. HEWETT AUHEA WALE ANA ʻOE E KE ʻALA PUA ʻILIAHI AHI WELA KUʻU ALOHA HĀʻENAʻENA LA I KUʻU POLI HE IMI IĀ ʻOE I KA LIPO I KA LIPOLIPO O KA NAHELE AUĀLIPO KE ALOHA MAKA NOE KA LIKO ʻŌPUA E HOʻI MAI ʻOE IĀʻU E HOʻI MAI ʻOE I KA PILI PILI I KE ʻALA ONAONA PILI PONO I KA HOʻOIPOIPO HE LIʻA IĀ ʻOE E KA IPO E KE ʻALA PUA ʻILIAHI AHI WELA KUʻU ALOHA HĀʻ...

KUʻU PUA LEHUA KUʻU MILIMILI KA NANI KILIPOHE I KA UKA LA O OLAʻA I ŌLAʻA ʻOE ME LĀʻIEIKAWAI ULUWEHIWEHI I KA MAILE KALUHEA I KA HONI E HONI KĀUA E KA IPO E I KA WAI ʻAʻALA A ʻO KA LEHUA LEHUA KA MANAʻO PILI I KA PONO ME ʻOE UA KŌ KA ʻIʻINI HOʻOIPO ME KUʻU PUA PUANA KUʻU PUA LEHUA KUʻU MILIMILI KA NANI KILIPOHE I KA UKA LA O ŌLAʻA

THIS WAS RECORDED DURING THE TIME OF COVID. IT WAS A TIME WHEN I WANTED TO SHARE THE TRADITIONS THAT I GREW UP WITH FROM THE TIME I WAS BORN IN THE 50ʻS. ESPECIALLY THE THINGS WE COOKED AND ATE.

THE CHIEFESS PŌPŌʻALAE OF HANA MAUI WAS KIND AND CARING. BECAUSE OF HER "ʻANO ALOHA", MANY PEOPLE FROM HER VILLAGE OF KOAʻEKEA WERE VERY JEALOUS OF HER. THEY BEGAN TO SPREAD RUMORS OF A LOVE AFFAIR THAT WAS SHARED WITH HER HUSBAND THE CHIEF KAʻAKEA (MAKEA). HE, WAS SO OVERWHELMED WITH JEALOUSY THAT HE DECIDED TO END HER LIFE.

MALUAKIʻIWAI KE ALOHA HULA NOHO WITH PŪʻILI

KA UA MAI LA I MĀʻELIʻELI HULA NOHO HULA PĀ IPU

ʻANOʻAI I KUʻU WEHI LA HULA ʻULĪʻULĪ HULA NOHO

KE IHO LA KA MAKANI HULA NOHO HULA KĀLAʻAU

A KA LUNA O PUʻU ʻONIʻONI HULA ʻILIʻILI HULA NOHO

KŪPONO AND MERIT OUR RELATIONSHIP TO OUR ʻAUMAKUA KŪKAHI THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR TRADITIONS AN

HULA

TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THERE WITH OLOMANA AND KŪHAI HĀLAU O KAWAIKAPUOKALANI PA ʻŌLAPA KAHIKO. WHAT A FABULOUS MOMENT IN TIME. WHAT A FABULOUS MEMORY.

I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING FOR AROUND 60 YEARS AND I STILL PRACTICE BEFORE EACH AND EVERY PERFORMANCE.ALWAYS WORKING TO DOING MY BEST IN THE HULA TRADITION.

I AM DANCING MY COMPOSTION, EŌ MAI ʻOE E POLIʻAHU, A SONG THAT WAS RECORDED BY THE GROUP WAIPUNA AND WRITTEN WHILE I WAS ON MY KAHULA TOUR IN JAPAN, IN NAGOYA TO BE EXACT

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E LOHE I KA LEO

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